diff --git a/Libraries/EventEmitter/NativeEventEmitter.js b/Libraries/EventEmitter/NativeEventEmitter.js
index e04bc5f95d06c5..298a3eea2f8831 100644
--- a/Libraries/EventEmitter/NativeEventEmitter.js
+++ b/Libraries/EventEmitter/NativeEventEmitter.js
@@ -22,15 +22,29 @@ type NativeModule = {
   ...
 };
 
+type NativeEventEmitterOptions = $ReadOnly<{|
+  __SECRET_DISABLE_CALLS_INTO_MODULE_DO_NOT_USE_OR_YOU_WILL_BE_FIRED: boolean,
+|}>;
+
+const DEFAULT_NATIVE_EVENT_EMITTER_OPTIONS = {
+  __SECRET_DISABLE_CALLS_INTO_MODULE_DO_NOT_USE_OR_YOU_WILL_BE_FIRED: false,
+};
+
 /**
  * Abstract base class for implementing event-emitting modules. This implements
  * a subset of the standard EventEmitter node module API.
  */
 export default class NativeEventEmitter extends EventEmitter {
   _nativeModule: ?NativeModule;
+  _disableCallsIntoModule: boolean;
 
-  constructor(nativeModule: ?NativeModule) {
+  constructor(
+    nativeModule: ?NativeModule,
+    options: NativeEventEmitterOptions = DEFAULT_NATIVE_EVENT_EMITTER_OPTIONS,
+  ) {
     super(RCTDeviceEventEmitter.sharedSubscriber);
+    this._disableCallsIntoModule =
+      options.__SECRET_DISABLE_CALLS_INTO_MODULE_DO_NOT_USE_OR_YOU_WILL_BE_FIRED;
     if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
       invariant(nativeModule, 'Native module cannot be null.');
       this._nativeModule = nativeModule;
@@ -42,7 +56,7 @@ export default class NativeEventEmitter extends EventEmitter {
     listener: Function,
     context: ?Object,
   ): EventSubscription {
-    if (this._nativeModule != null) {
+    if (this._nativeModule != null && !this._disableCallsIntoModule) {
       this._nativeModule.addListener(eventType);
     }
     return super.addListener(eventType, listener, context);
@@ -51,14 +65,14 @@ export default class NativeEventEmitter extends EventEmitter {
   removeAllListeners(eventType: string) {
     invariant(eventType, 'eventType argument is required.');
     const count = this.listenerCount(eventType);
-    if (this._nativeModule != null) {
+    if (this._nativeModule != null && !this._disableCallsIntoModule) {
       this._nativeModule.removeListeners(count);
     }
     super.removeAllListeners(eventType);
   }
 
   removeSubscription(subscription: EventSubscription) {
-    if (this._nativeModule != null) {
+    if (this._nativeModule != null && !this._disableCallsIntoModule) {
       this._nativeModule.removeListeners(1);
     }
     super.removeSubscription(subscription);
diff --git a/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.ios.js b/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.ios.js
index 92ef33394316a3..bc1081aab357d6 100644
--- a/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.ios.js
+++ b/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.ios.js
@@ -18,7 +18,14 @@ import type {RequestBody} from './convertRequestBody';
 
 class RCTNetworking extends NativeEventEmitter {
   constructor() {
-    super(NativeNetworkingIOS);
+    const disableCallsIntoModule =
+      typeof global.__disableRCTNetworkingExtraneousModuleCalls === 'function'
+        ? global.__disableRCTNetworkingExtraneousModuleCalls()
+        : false;
+
+    super(NativeNetworkingIOS, {
+      __SECRET_DISABLE_CALLS_INTO_MODULE_DO_NOT_USE_OR_YOU_WILL_BE_FIRED: disableCallsIntoModule,
+    });
   }
 
   sendRequest(