diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.mm
index 3557485f5fdb60..df069c0865553b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.mm
@@ -264,10 +264,6 @@ - (RCTScheduler *)_createScheduler
     CoreFeatures::enablePropIteratorSetter = true;
   }
 
-  if (reactNativeConfig && reactNativeConfig->getBool("react_fabric:use_native_state")) {
-    CoreFeatures::useNativeState = true;
-  }
-
   if (reactNativeConfig && reactNativeConfig->getBool("react_fabric:cancel_image_downloads_on_recycle")) {
     CoreFeatures::cancelImageDownloadsOnRecycle = true;
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
index e7de36ee272534..ee685a42215448 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
@@ -129,12 +129,6 @@ public class ReactFeatureFlags {
    */
   public static boolean reduceDeleteCreateMutation = false;
 
-  /**
-   * Use JSI NativeState API to store references to native objects rather than the more expensive
-   * HostObject pattern
-   */
-  public static boolean useNativeState = false;
-
   /** Report mount operations from the host platform to notify mount hooks. */
   public static boolean enableMountHooks = false;
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/Binding.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/Binding.cpp
index 27e48acbf3b8e7..0f89b1ee8fe29b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/Binding.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/fabric/Binding.cpp
@@ -414,7 +414,6 @@ void Binding::installFabricUIManager(
 
   CoreFeatures::enablePropIteratorSetter =
       getFeatureFlagValue("enableCppPropsIteratorSetter");
-  CoreFeatures::useNativeState = getFeatureFlagValue("useNativeState");
   CoreFeatures::doNotSwapLeftAndRightOnAndroidInLTR =
       getFeatureFlagValue("doNotSwapLeftAndRightOnAndroidInLTR");
   CoreFeatures::enableCleanParagraphYogaNode =
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/runtimescheduler/primitives.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/runtimescheduler/primitives.h
index 70422a0866577a..1531a99aa472fc 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/runtimescheduler/primitives.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/runtimescheduler/primitives.h
@@ -13,23 +13,12 @@
 
 namespace facebook::react {
 
-struct TaskWrapper : public jsi::HostObject {
-  TaskWrapper(const std::shared_ptr<Task>& task) : task(task) {}
-
-  std::shared_ptr<Task> task;
-};
-
 inline static jsi::Value valueFromTask(
     jsi::Runtime& runtime,
     std::shared_ptr<Task> task) {
-  if (CoreFeatures::useNativeState) {
-    jsi::Object obj(runtime);
-    obj.setNativeState(runtime, std::move(task));
-    return obj;
-  } else {
-    return jsi::Object::createFromHostObject(
-        runtime, std::make_shared<TaskWrapper>(task));
-  }
+  jsi::Object obj(runtime);
+  obj.setNativeState(runtime, std::move(task));
+  return obj;
 }
 
 inline static std::shared_ptr<Task> taskFromValue(
@@ -38,12 +27,7 @@ inline static std::shared_ptr<Task> taskFromValue(
   if (value.isNull()) {
     return nullptr;
   }
-
-  if (CoreFeatures::useNativeState) {
-    return value.getObject(runtime).getNativeState<Task>(runtime);
-  } else {
-    return value.getObject(runtime).getHostObject<TaskWrapper>(runtime)->task;
-  }
+  return value.getObject(runtime).getNativeState<Task>(runtime);
 }
 
 } // namespace facebook::react
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.cpp
index 4a434560a4fe7d..135dc5516a9af1 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/UIManager.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ namespace facebook::react {
 // "key function" for the ShadowNodeWrapper class -- this allow for RTTI to work
 // properly across dynamic library boundaries (i.e. dynamic_cast that is used by
 // isHostObject method)
-ShadowNodeWrapper::~ShadowNodeWrapper() = default;
 ShadowNodeListWrapper::~ShadowNodeListWrapper() = default;
 
 static std::unique_ptr<LeakChecker> constructLeakCheckerIfNeeded(
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/primitives.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/primitives.h
index ce36f64bd5a465..b8e0f9fc2f1f07 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/primitives.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/primitives.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <react/renderer/core/ShadowNode.h>
 #include <react/renderer/core/TraitCast.h>
 #include <react/renderer/graphics/Rect.h>
-#include <react/utils/CoreFeatures.h>
 
 namespace facebook::react {
 
@@ -31,19 +30,7 @@ struct EventHandlerWrapper : public EventHandler {
   jsi::Function callback;
 };
 
-struct ShadowNodeWrapper : public jsi::HostObject {
-  ShadowNodeWrapper(ShadowNode::Shared shadowNode)
-      : shadowNode(std::move(shadowNode)) {}
-
-  // The below method needs to be implemented out-of-line in order for the class
-  // to have at least one "key function" (see
-  // https://itanium-cxx-abi.github.io/cxx-abi/abi.html#vague-vtable)
-  ~ShadowNodeWrapper() override;
-
-  ShadowNode::Shared shadowNode;
-};
-
-struct ShadowNodeListWrapper : public jsi::HostObject, public jsi::NativeState {
+struct ShadowNodeListWrapper : public jsi::NativeState {
   ShadowNodeListWrapper(ShadowNode::UnsharedListOfShared shadowNodeList)
       : shadowNodeList(std::move(shadowNodeList)) {}
 
@@ -62,28 +49,17 @@ inline static ShadowNode::Shared shadowNodeFromValue(
     return nullptr;
   }
 
-  if (CoreFeatures::useNativeState) {
-    return value.getObject(runtime).getNativeState<ShadowNode>(runtime);
-  } else {
-    return value.getObject(runtime)
-        .getHostObject<ShadowNodeWrapper>(runtime)
-        ->shadowNode;
-  }
+  return value.getObject(runtime).getNativeState<ShadowNode>(runtime);
 }
 
 inline static jsi::Value valueFromShadowNode(
     jsi::Runtime& runtime,
     ShadowNode::Shared shadowNode) {
-  if (CoreFeatures::useNativeState) {
-    jsi::Object obj(runtime);
-    // Need to const_cast since JSI only allows non-const pointees
-    obj.setNativeState(
-        runtime, std::const_pointer_cast<ShadowNode>(std::move(shadowNode)));
-    return obj;
-  } else {
-    return jsi::Object::createFromHostObject(
-        runtime, std::make_shared<ShadowNodeWrapper>(std::move(shadowNode)));
-  }
+  jsi::Object obj(runtime);
+  // Need to const_cast since JSI only allows non-const pointees
+  obj.setNativeState(
+      runtime, std::const_pointer_cast<ShadowNode>(std::move(shadowNode)));
+  return obj;
 }
 
 // TODO: once we no longer need to mutate the return value (appendChildToSet)
@@ -112,13 +88,8 @@ inline static ShadowNode::UnsharedListOfShared shadowNodeListFromValue(
       ;
     }
   } else {
-    if (CoreFeatures::useNativeState) {
-      return object.getNativeState<ShadowNodeListWrapper>(runtime)
-          ->shadowNodeList;
-    } else {
-      return object.getHostObject<ShadowNodeListWrapper>(runtime)
-          ->shadowNodeList;
-    }
+    return object.getNativeState<ShadowNodeListWrapper>(runtime)
+        ->shadowNodeList;
   }
 }
 
@@ -127,15 +98,11 @@ inline static jsi::Value valueFromShadowNodeList(
     ShadowNode::UnsharedListOfShared shadowNodeList) {
   auto wrapper =
       std::make_shared<ShadowNodeListWrapper>(std::move(shadowNodeList));
-  if (CoreFeatures::useNativeState) {
-    // Use the wrapper for NativeState too, otherwise we can't implement
-    // the marker interface. Could be simplified to a simple struct wrapper.
-    jsi::Object obj(runtime);
-    obj.setNativeState(runtime, std::move(wrapper));
-    return obj;
-  } else {
-    return jsi::Object::createFromHostObject(runtime, std::move(wrapper));
-  }
+  // Use the wrapper for NativeState too, otherwise we can't implement
+  // the marker interface. Could be simplified to a simple struct wrapper.
+  jsi::Object obj(runtime);
+  obj.setNativeState(runtime, std::move(wrapper));
+  return obj;
 }
 
 inline static ShadowNode::UnsharedListOfShared shadowNodeListFromWeakList(
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/utils/CoreFeatures.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/utils/CoreFeatures.cpp
index 80bd5287c5b602..cdc24ae9c3b75e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/utils/CoreFeatures.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/utils/CoreFeatures.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ namespace facebook::react {
 
 bool CoreFeatures::enablePropIteratorSetter = false;
 bool CoreFeatures::blockPaintForUseLayoutEffect = false;
-bool CoreFeatures::useNativeState = false;
 bool CoreFeatures::cacheLastTextMeasurement = false;
 bool CoreFeatures::cancelImageDownloadsOnRecycle = false;
 bool CoreFeatures::enableGranularScrollViewStateUpdatesIOS = false;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/utils/CoreFeatures.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/utils/CoreFeatures.h
index 082631b485bc15..62a9a139ab3450 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/utils/CoreFeatures.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/utils/CoreFeatures.h
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ class CoreFeatures {
   // when a transaction is mounted.
   static bool blockPaintForUseLayoutEffect;
 
-  // Whether to use Hermes' NativeState instead of HostObject
-  // in simple data passing scenarios with JS
-  static bool useNativeState;
-
   // Yoga might measure multiple times the same Text with the same constraints
   // This flag enables a caching mechanism to avoid subsequents measurements
   // of the same Text with the same constrainst.