diff --git a/packages/stack/package.json b/packages/stack/package.json
index 8f16f818..8edbd1a1 100644
--- a/packages/stack/package.json
+++ b/packages/stack/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/react-navigation/react-navigation-stack#readme",
   "dependencies": {
+    "react-native-screens": "^1.0.0-alpha.8"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@expo/vector-icons": "^6.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/stack/src/views/StackView/StackViewCard.js b/packages/stack/src/views/StackView/StackViewCard.js
index ba4098f7..c21239ba 100644
--- a/packages/stack/src/views/StackView/StackViewCard.js
+++ b/packages/stack/src/views/StackView/StackViewCard.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { StyleSheet, Platform } from 'react-native';
-import { Screen } from './screens';
+import { Screen } from 'react-native-screens';
 import createPointerEventsContainer from './createPointerEventsContainer';
 
 const EPS = 1e-5;
diff --git a/packages/stack/src/views/StackView/StackViewLayout.js b/packages/stack/src/views/StackView/StackViewLayout.js
index f9716e2b..af16a5f0 100644
--- a/packages/stack/src/views/StackView/StackViewLayout.js
+++ b/packages/stack/src/views/StackView/StackViewLayout.js
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ import {
   withOrientation,
   NavigationProvider,
 } from 'react-navigation';
+import { ScreenContainer } from 'react-native-screens';
 
 import Card from './StackViewCard';
 import Header from '../Header/Header';
-import { ScreenContainer } from './screens';
 
 import TransitionConfigs from './StackViewTransitionConfigs';
 import { supportsImprovedSpringAnimation } from '../../utils/ReactNativeFeatures';
diff --git a/packages/stack/src/views/StackView/screens.js b/packages/stack/src/views/StackView/screens.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 914f2150..00000000
--- a/packages/stack/src/views/StackView/screens.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import { Animated, View } from 'react-native';
-
-const ScreenContainer = View;
-
-class Screen extends React.Component {
-  render() {
-    // Filter out active prop in this case because it is unused and
-    // can cause problems depending on react-native version:
-    // https://github.com/react-navigation/react-navigation/issues/4886
-
-    /* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
-    const { active, onComponentRef, ...props } = this.props;
-
-    return <Animated.View {...props} ref={onComponentRef} />;
-  }
-}
-
-export { ScreenContainer, Screen };
diff --git a/packages/stack/yarn.lock b/packages/stack/yarn.lock
index ae2a0a2c..63e1cdc3 100644
--- a/packages/stack/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/stack/yarn.lock
@@ -4981,6 +4981,10 @@ react-native-safe-area-view@^0.8.0:
   dependencies:
     hoist-non-react-statics "^2.3.1"
 
+react-native-screens@^1.0.0-alpha.8:
+  version "1.0.0-alpha.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-screens/-/react-native-screens-1.0.0-alpha.8.tgz#c70b2d753420b9b9a64c4354bb301628f3a7d580"
+
 react-native-tab-view@^0.0.77:
   version "0.0.77"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-tab-view/-/react-native-tab-view-0.0.77.tgz#11ceb8e7c23100d07e628dc151b57797524d00d4"