diff --git a/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm b/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm
index 8276a68c9..1b6c8b797 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ public:
   }
 
   void schedulerDidRequestPreliminaryViewAllocation(SurfaceId surfaceId, ComponentName componentName, bool isLayoutable, ComponentHandle componentHandle) override {
+    if (!isLayoutable) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     RCTScheduler *scheduler = (__bridge RCTScheduler *)scheduler_;
     [scheduler.delegate schedulerOptimisticallyCreateComponentViewWithComponentHandle:componentHandle];
   }
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Differentiator.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Differentiator.cpp
index 3b6f1f891..9bac22008 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Differentiator.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Differentiator.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,17 @@ static void sliceChildShadowNodeViewPairsRecursively(
 
     const auto layoutableShadowNode =
         dynamic_cast<const LayoutableShadowNode *>(childShadowNode.get());
+#ifndef ANDROID
+    // New approach (iOS):
+    // Non-view components are treated as layout-only views (they aren't
+    // represented as `ShadowView`s).
+    if (!layoutableShadowNode || layoutableShadowNode->isLayoutOnly()) {
+#else
+    // Previous approach (Android):
+    // Non-view components are treated as normal views with an empty layout
+    // (they are represented as `ShadowView`s).
     if (layoutableShadowNode && layoutableShadowNode->isLayoutOnly()) {
+#endif
       sliceChildShadowNodeViewPairsRecursively(
           pairList,
           layoutOffset + shadowView.layoutMetrics.frame.origin,