diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/ImageRequest.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/ImageRequest.h
index 1f2ae5ed8..d955ce70c 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/ImageRequest.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/ImageRequest.h
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ namespace react {
  */
 class ImageRequest final {
  public:
-  /*
-   * The exception which is thrown when `ImageRequest` is being deallocated
-   * if the future is not ready yet.
-   */
-  class ImageNoLongerNeededException;
 
   /*
    * The default constructor
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/ios/ImageRequest.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/ios/ImageRequest.cpp
index 81f00b726..40020f7b6 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/ios/ImageRequest.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/ios/ImageRequest.cpp
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@
 namespace facebook {
 namespace react {
 
-class ImageRequest::ImageNoLongerNeededException : public std::logic_error {
- public:
-  ImageNoLongerNeededException()
-      : std::logic_error("Image no longer needed.") {}
-};
-
 ImageRequest::ImageRequest(const ImageSource &imageSource)
     : imageSource_(imageSource) {
   coordinator_ = std::make_shared<ImageResponseObserverCoordinator>();