diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManagerImpl.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManagerImpl.java
index ad10a6e7c..0baef21f2 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManagerImpl.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManagerImpl.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
-import android.app.Application;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.os.AsyncTask;
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.UiThreadUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableNativeMap;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.CatalystQueueConfigurationSpec;
-import com.facebook.react.common.ApplicationHolder;
 import com.facebook.react.common.ReactConstants;
 import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.facebook.react.devsupport.DevServerHelper;
@@ -204,9 +202,6 @@ import com.facebook.systrace.Systrace;
       NativeModuleCallExceptionHandler nativeModuleCallExceptionHandler) {
     initializeSoLoaderIfNecessary(applicationContext);
 
-    // TODO(9577825): remove this
-    ApplicationHolder.setApplication((Application) applicationContext.getApplicationContext());
-
     mApplicationContext = applicationContext;
     mJSBundleFile = jsBundleFile;
     mJSMainModuleName = jsMainModuleName;
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/ApplicationHolder.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/ApplicationHolder.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 535b81597..000000000
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/ApplicationHolder.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
- * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
- */
-
-package com.facebook.react.common;
-
-import android.app.Application;
-
-import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
-import com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip;
-
-/**
- * Holds the current Application Object.
- *
- * TODO(9577825): This is a bad pattern, we should thread through an Environment object instead.
- * Remove once bridge is unforked.
- */
-@DoNotStrip
-@Deprecated
-public class ApplicationHolder {
-
-  private static Application sApplication;
-
-  public static void setApplication(Application application) {
-    sApplication = application;
-  }
-
-  public static Application getApplication() {
-    return Assertions.assertNotNull(sApplication);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/JSLoader.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/JSLoader.cpp
index db8b4d980..416640a37 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/JSLoader.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/JSLoader.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 #include <android/asset_manager.h>
 #include <android/asset_manager_jni.h>
-#include <jni/Environment.h>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <streambuf>
@@ -19,19 +18,6 @@ using fbsystrace::FbSystraceSection;
 namespace facebook {
 namespace react {
 
-static jclass gApplicationHolderClass;
-static jmethodID gGetApplicationMethod;
-static jmethodID gGetAssetManagerMethod;
-
-std::string loadScriptFromAssets(std::string assetName) {
-  JNIEnv *env = jni::Environment::current();
-  jobject application = env->CallStaticObjectMethod(
-    gApplicationHolderClass,
-    gGetApplicationMethod);
-  jobject assetManager = env->CallObjectMethod(application, gGetAssetManagerMethod);
-  return loadScriptFromAssets(env, assetManager, assetName);
-}
-
 std::string loadScriptFromAssets(
     JNIEnv *env,
     jobject assetManager,
@@ -85,14 +71,4 @@ std::string loadScriptFromFile(std::string fileName) {
   return "";
 }
 
-void registerJSLoaderNatives() {
-  JNIEnv *env = jni::Environment::current();
-  jclass applicationHolderClass = env->FindClass("com/facebook/react/common/ApplicationHolder");
-  gApplicationHolderClass = (jclass)env->NewGlobalRef(applicationHolderClass);
-  gGetApplicationMethod = env->GetStaticMethodID(applicationHolderClass, "getApplication", "()Landroid/app/Application;");
-  
-  jclass appClass = env->FindClass("android/app/Application");
-  gGetAssetManagerMethod = env->GetMethodID(appClass, "getAssets", "()Landroid/content/res/AssetManager;");
-}
-
-} }
+} }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/JSLoader.h b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/JSLoader.h
index 25dab510d..c7381fe7e 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/JSLoader.h
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/JSLoader.h
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@
 namespace facebook {
 namespace react {
 
-/**
- * Helper method for loading a JS script from Android assets without
- * a reference to an AssetManager.
- */
-std::string loadScriptFromAssets(std::string assetName);
-
 /**
  * Helper method for loading JS script from android asset
  */
@@ -24,6 +18,4 @@ std::string loadScriptFromAssets(JNIEnv *env, jobject assetManager, std::string
  */
 std::string loadScriptFromFile(std::string fileName);
 
-void registerJSLoaderNatives();
-
 } }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/OnLoad.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/OnLoad.cpp
index 6eb6d523e..5ef5c28aa 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/OnLoad.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/OnLoad.cpp
@@ -780,7 +780,6 @@ extern "C" JNIEXPORT jint JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM* vm, void* reserved) {
     NativeArray::registerNatives();
     ReadableNativeArray::registerNatives();
     WritableNativeArray::registerNatives();
-    registerJSLoaderNatives();
 
     registerNatives("com/facebook/react/bridge/NativeMap", {
         makeNativeMethod("initialize", map::initialize),