diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricReconciler.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricReconciler.java
index cc851c228..3e8eca9ca 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricReconciler.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricReconciler.java
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ public class FabricReconciler {
       indicesToRemove.add(0, j);
       if (!addedTags.contains(nodeToRemove.getReactTag())) {
         tagsToDelete.add(nodeToRemove.getReactTag());
-        // TODO: T26729293 since we are not cloning ReactShadowNode's we need to "manually" remove
-        // from the ReactShadowTree when one of the nodes is deleted in JS.
-        nodeToRemove.getParent().removeChildAt(j);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java
index 53a27c440..c5727e664 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNodeImpl.java
@@ -150,9 +150,7 @@ public class ReactShadowNodeImpl implements ReactShadowNode<ReactShadowNodeImpl>
   @Override
   public ReactShadowNodeImpl mutableCopy() {
     ReactShadowNodeImpl copy = copy();
-    copy.mYogaNode = mYogaNode;
-    // TODO: T26729293 clone YogaNode instead of reusing the same instance
-    //copy.mYogaNode = mYogaNode.clone();
+    copy.mYogaNode = mYogaNode.clone();
     copy.mNativeChildren = mNativeChildren == null ? null : new ArrayList<>(mNativeChildren);
     copy.mTotalNativeChildren = mTotalNativeChildren;
     copy.mChildren = mChildren == null ? null : new ArrayList<>(mChildren);
@@ -170,9 +168,7 @@ public class ReactShadowNodeImpl implements ReactShadowNode<ReactShadowNodeImpl>
   @Override
   public ReactShadowNodeImpl mutableCopyWithNewChildren() {
     ReactShadowNodeImpl copy = copy();
-    copy.mYogaNode = mYogaNode;
-    // TODO: T26729293 clone YogaNode instead of reusing the same instance
-    //copy.mYogaNode = mYogaNode.clone();
+    copy.mYogaNode = mYogaNode.cloneWithNewChildren();
     copy.mNativeChildren = null;
     copy.mChildren = null;
     copy.mTotalNativeChildren = 0;