diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
index 6751018c889162..93482868a5887a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
@@ -374,11 +374,6 @@ - (void)updateProps:(const Props::Shared &)props oldProps:(const Props::Shared &
     self.accessibilityIdentifier = RCTNSStringFromString(newViewProps.testId);
   }
 
-  // `zIndex`
-  if (oldViewProps.zIndex != newViewProps.zIndex) {
-    self.layer.zPosition = newViewProps.zIndex.value_or(0);
-  }
-
   _needsInvalidateLayer = _needsInvalidateLayer || needsInvalidateLayer;
 
   _props = std::static_pointer_cast<const ViewProps>(props);
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Transform/TransformExample.js b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Transform/TransformExample.js
index 7741baff11ddb5..75370c931cc47c 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Transform/TransformExample.js
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Transform/TransformExample.js
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     marginVertical: 40,
     flex: 1,
     alignSelf: 'center',
+    zIndex: 0,
   },
   flipCard: {
     width: 200,
@@ -255,7 +256,6 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     justifyContent: 'center',
     backgroundColor: 'blue',
     backfaceVisibility: 'hidden',
-    zIndex: 1024,
   },
   flipCard1: {
     position: 'absolute',