diff --git a/React/CoreModules/RCTTiming.mm b/React/CoreModules/RCTTiming.mm
index 1c6e61047f8320..f47bcbd432309b 100644
--- a/React/CoreModules/RCTTiming.mm
+++ b/React/CoreModules/RCTTiming.mm
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ @implementation RCTTiming
   NSTimer *_sleepTimer;
   BOOL _sendIdleEvents;
   BOOL _inBackground;
-  UIBackgroundTaskIdentifier _backgroundTaskIdentifier;
   id<RCTTimingDelegate> _timingDelegate;
 }
 
@@ -136,7 +135,6 @@ - (void)setup
   _paused = YES;
   _timers = [NSMutableDictionary new];
   _inBackground = NO;
-  _backgroundTaskIdentifier = UIBackgroundTaskInvalid;
 
   for (NSString *name in @[UIApplicationWillResignActiveNotification,
                            UIApplicationDidEnterBackgroundNotification,
@@ -158,35 +156,10 @@ - (void)setup
 
 - (void)dealloc
 {
-  [self markEndOfBackgroundTaskIfNeeded];
   [_sleepTimer invalidate];
   [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
 }
 
-- (void)markStartOfBackgroundTaskIfNeeded
-{
-  if (_backgroundTaskIdentifier == UIBackgroundTaskInvalid) {
-    __weak RCTTiming *weakSelf = self;
-    // Marks the beginning of a new long-running background task. We can run the timer in the background.
-    _backgroundTaskIdentifier = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] beginBackgroundTaskWithName:@"rct.timing.gb.task" expirationHandler:^{
-      RCTTiming *strongSelf = weakSelf;
-      if (!strongSelf) {
-        return;
-      }
-      // Mark the end of background task
-      [strongSelf markEndOfBackgroundTaskIfNeeded];
-    }];
-  }
-}
-
-- (void)markEndOfBackgroundTaskIfNeeded
-{
-  if (_backgroundTaskIdentifier != UIBackgroundTaskInvalid) {
-    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] endBackgroundTask:_backgroundTaskIdentifier];
-    _backgroundTaskIdentifier = UIBackgroundTaskInvalid;
-  }
-}
-
 - (dispatch_queue_t)methodQueue
 {
   return RCTJSThread;
@@ -212,7 +185,6 @@ - (void)appDidMoveToBackground
 
 - (void)appDidMoveToForeground
 {
-  [self markEndOfBackgroundTaskIfNeeded];
   _inBackground = NO;
   [self startTimers];
 }
@@ -313,7 +285,6 @@ - (void)didUpdateFrame:(RCTFrameUpdate *)update
   }
   if (_inBackground) {
     if (timerCount) {
-      [self markStartOfBackgroundTaskIfNeeded];
       [self scheduleSleepTimer:nextScheduledTarget];
     }
   } else if (!_sendIdleEvents && timersToCall.count == 0) {
@@ -416,7 +387,6 @@ - (void)createTimerForNextFrame:(nonnull NSNumber *)callbackID
   }
 
   if (_inBackground) {
-    [self markStartOfBackgroundTaskIfNeeded];
     [self scheduleSleepTimer:timer.target];
   } else if (_paused) {
     if ([timer.target timeIntervalSinceNow] > kMinimumSleepInterval) {