diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index 12cd26ec4bad92..72e4d9f4da80ab 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -3306,7 +3306,6 @@ public final class com/facebook/react/modules/core/TimingModule : com/facebook/f
 	public fun createTimer (DDDZ)V
 	public fun deleteTimer (D)V
 	public fun emitTimeDriftWarning (Ljava/lang/String;)V
-	public fun initialize ()V
 	public fun invalidate ()V
 	public fun setSendIdleEvents (Z)V
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/JavaTimerManager.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/JavaTimerManager.kt
index ecce67478dd9d0..8b6571698fc5dd 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/JavaTimerManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/JavaTimerManager.kt
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public open class JavaTimerManager(
 
   init {
     reactApplicationContext.addLifecycleEventListener(this)
+    HeadlessJsTaskContext.getInstance(reactApplicationContext).addTaskEventListener(this)
   }
 
   override fun onHostPause() {
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ public open class JavaTimerManager(
   }
 
   public open fun onInstanceDestroy() {
+    HeadlessJsTaskContext.getInstance(reactApplicationContext).removeTaskEventListener(this)
     reactApplicationContext.removeLifecycleEventListener(this)
     clearFrameCallback()
     clearChoreographerIdleCallback()
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/TimingModule.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/TimingModule.kt
index bfa0219acf2454..caf7846a322d86 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/TimingModule.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/TimingModule.kt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableArray
 import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting
 import com.facebook.react.devsupport.interfaces.DevSupportManager
-import com.facebook.react.jstasks.HeadlessJsTaskContext
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule
 
 /** Native module for JS timer execution. Timers fire on frame boundaries. */
@@ -24,11 +23,6 @@ public class TimingModule(
   private val javaTimerManager: JavaTimerManager =
       JavaTimerManager(reactContext, this, ReactChoreographer.getInstance(), devSupportManager)
 
-  override fun initialize() {
-    HeadlessJsTaskContext.getInstance(getReactApplicationContext())
-        .addTaskEventListener(javaTimerManager)
-  }
-
   override fun createTimer(
       callbackIDDouble: Double,
       durationDouble: Double,
@@ -68,8 +62,6 @@ public class TimingModule(
   }
 
   override fun invalidate() {
-    val headlessJsTaskContext = HeadlessJsTaskContext.getInstance(getReactApplicationContext())
-    headlessJsTaskContext.removeTaskEventListener(javaTimerManager)
     javaTimerManager.onInstanceDestroy()
   }