diff --git a/Libraries/Components/SafeAreaView/SafeAreaView.flow.js b/Libraries/Components/SafeAreaView/SafeAreaView.flow.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 77d04f50ec9391..00000000000000
--- a/Libraries/Components/SafeAreaView/SafeAreaView.flow.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- *
- * @flow strict-local
- * @format
- */
-
-import type {ViewProps} from '../View/ViewPropTypes';
-
-import View from '../View/View';
-import * as React from 'react';
-
-export type SafeAreaViewType = React.AbstractComponent<
-  ViewProps,
-  React.ElementRef<typeof View>,
->;
diff --git a/Libraries/Components/SafeAreaView/SafeAreaView.js b/Libraries/Components/SafeAreaView/SafeAreaView.js
index 43f1689266a2b4..b53774b38b5b88 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/SafeAreaView/SafeAreaView.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/SafeAreaView/SafeAreaView.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  */
 
 import type {ViewProps} from '../View/ViewPropTypes';
-import type {SafeAreaViewType} from './SafeAreaView.flow';
 
 import Platform from '../../Utilities/Platform';
 import View from '../View/View';
@@ -32,4 +31,4 @@ if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
   exported = require('./RCTSafeAreaViewNativeComponent').default;
 }
 
-export default (exported: SafeAreaViewType);
+export default exported;