diff --git a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedModule.m b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedModule.m
index 75357f6d679761..819d3937e99bc8 100644
--- a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedModule.m
+++ b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedModule.m
@@ -322,11 +322,11 @@ - (void)animatedNode:(RCTValueAnimatedNode *)node didUpdateValue:(CGFloat)value
                      body:@{@"tag": node.nodeTag, @"value": @(value)}];
 }
 
-- (BOOL)eventDispatcherWillDispatchEvent:(id<RCTEvent>)event
+- (void)eventDispatcherWillDispatchEvent:(id<RCTEvent>)event
 {
   // Native animated events only work for events dispatched from the main queue.
   if (!RCTIsMainQueue() || _eventAnimationDrivers.count == 0) {
-    return NO;
+    return;
   }
 
   NSString *key = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@", event.viewTag, event.eventName];
@@ -336,11 +336,7 @@ - (BOOL)eventDispatcherWillDispatchEvent:(id<RCTEvent>)event
     [driver updateWithEvent:event];
     [self updateViewsProps];
     [driver.valueNode cleanupAnimationUpdate];
-
-    return YES;
   }
-
-  return NO;
 }
 
 - (void)updateViewsProps
diff --git a/React/Base/RCTEventDispatcher.h b/React/Base/RCTEventDispatcher.h
index b6a4d41bfd98b7..e65fd00343874b 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTEventDispatcher.h
+++ b/React/Base/RCTEventDispatcher.h
@@ -58,10 +58,9 @@ RCT_EXTERN NSString *RCTNormalizeInputEventName(NSString *eventName);
 
 /**
  * Called before dispatching an event, on the same thread the event was
- * dispatched from. Return YES if the event was handled and must not be
- * sent to JS.
+ * dispatched from.
  */
-- (BOOL)eventDispatcherWillDispatchEvent:(id<RCTEvent>)event;
+- (void)eventDispatcherWillDispatchEvent:(id<RCTEvent>)event;
 
 @end
 
diff --git a/React/Base/RCTEventDispatcher.m b/React/Base/RCTEventDispatcher.m
index 381aa265c589f4..8e9228049f88ab 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTEventDispatcher.m
+++ b/React/Base/RCTEventDispatcher.m
@@ -146,19 +146,12 @@ - (void)sendEvent:(id<RCTEvent>)event
 {
   [_observersLock lock];
 
-  BOOL eventHandled = NO;
   for (id<RCTEventDispatcherObserver> observer in _observers) {
-    if ([observer eventDispatcherWillDispatchEvent:event]) {
-      eventHandled = YES;
-    }
+    [observer eventDispatcherWillDispatchEvent:event];
   }
 
   [_observersLock unlock];
 
-  if (eventHandled) {
-    return;
-  }
-
   [_eventQueueLock lock];
 
   NSNumber *eventID = RCTGetEventID(event);
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.java
index 64f44d1285a08f..c59b60cc79e315 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/NativeAnimatedNodesManager.java
@@ -314,10 +314,10 @@ public void removeAnimatedEventFromView(int viewTag, String eventName) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public boolean onEventDispatch(Event event) {
+  public void onEventDispatch(Event event) {
     // Only support events dispatched from the UI thread.
     if (!UiThreadUtil.isOnUiThread()) {
-      return false;
+      return;
     }
 
     if (!mEventDrivers.isEmpty()) {
@@ -332,11 +332,8 @@ public boolean onEventDispatch(Event event) {
       if (eventDriver != null) {
         event.dispatch(eventDriver);
         mUpdatedNodes.put(eventDriver.mValueNode.mTag, eventDriver.mValueNode);
-        return true;
       }
     }
-
-    return false;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/EventDispatcher.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/EventDispatcher.java
index ade36a58ca97c9..619ed445a14d95 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/EventDispatcher.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/EventDispatcher.java
@@ -114,16 +114,8 @@ public EventDispatcher(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
   public void dispatchEvent(Event event) {
     Assertions.assertCondition(event.isInitialized(), "Dispatched event hasn't been initialized");
 
-    boolean eventHandled = false;
     for (EventDispatcherListener listener : mListeners) {
-      if (listener.onEventDispatch(event)) {
-        eventHandled = true;
-      }
-    }
-
-    // If the event was handled by one of the event listener don't send it to JS.
-    if (eventHandled) {
-      return;
+      listener.onEventDispatch(event);
     }
 
     synchronized (mEventsStagingLock) {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/EventDispatcherListener.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/EventDispatcherListener.java
index 20a9940e9a3a86..a3e3298eef5943 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/EventDispatcherListener.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/EventDispatcherListener.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ public interface EventDispatcherListener {
    * Called on every time an event is dispatched using {#link EventDispatcher#dispatchEvent}. Will be
    * called from the same thread that the event is being dispatched from.
    * @param event Event that was dispatched
-   * @return If the event was handled. If true the event won't be sent to JS.
    */
-  boolean onEventDispatch(Event event);
+  void onEventDispatch(Event event);
 }