diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index 16be4f9f3989f9..a55f39188d03a8 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -2037,10 +2037,10 @@ public class com/facebook/react/defaults/DefaultReactActivityDelegate : com/face
 public final class com/facebook/react/defaults/DefaultReactHost {
 	public static final field INSTANCE Lcom/facebook/react/defaults/DefaultReactHost;
 	public static final fun getDefaultReactHost (Landroid/content/Context;Lcom/facebook/react/ReactNativeHost;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
-	public static final fun getDefaultReactHost (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZZLjava/util/List;Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/JSBundleLoader;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
-	public static final fun getDefaultReactHost (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZZLjava/util/List;Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/JSBundleLoader;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
-	public static synthetic fun getDefaultReactHost$default (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZZLjava/util/List;Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/JSBundleLoader;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
-	public static synthetic fun getDefaultReactHost$default (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZZLjava/util/List;Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/JSBundleLoader;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
+	public static final fun getDefaultReactHost (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZZLjava/util/List;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
+	public static final fun getDefaultReactHost (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZZLjava/util/List;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
+	public static synthetic fun getDefaultReactHost$default (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZZLjava/util/List;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
+	public static synthetic fun getDefaultReactHost$default (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZZLjava/util/List;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
 }
 
 public abstract class com/facebook/react/defaults/DefaultReactNativeHost : com/facebook/react/ReactNativeHost {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/defaults/DefaultReactHost.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/defaults/DefaultReactHost.kt
index 1c17bc6e79c6ee..f0d0cdcaccb0d2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/defaults/DefaultReactHost.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/defaults/DefaultReactHost.kt
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ public object DefaultReactHost {
       isHermesEnabled: Boolean = true,
       useDevSupport: Boolean = ReactBuildConfig.DEBUG,
       cxxReactPackageProviders: List<(ReactContext) -> CxxReactPackage> = emptyList(),
-      jsBundleLoader: JSBundleLoader? = null,
   ): ReactHost =
       getDefaultReactHost(
           context,
@@ -71,8 +70,7 @@ public object DefaultReactHost {
           jsBundleFilePath,
           isHermesEnabled,
           useDevSupport,
-          cxxReactPackageProviders,
-          jsBundleLoader) {
+          cxxReactPackageProviders) {
             throw it
           }
 
@@ -107,22 +105,20 @@ public object DefaultReactHost {
       isHermesEnabled: Boolean = true,
       useDevSupport: Boolean = ReactBuildConfig.DEBUG,
       cxxReactPackageProviders: List<(ReactContext) -> CxxReactPackage> = emptyList(),
-      jsBundleLoader: JSBundleLoader? = null,
       exceptionHandler: (Exception) -> Unit = { throw it },
   ): ReactHost {
     if (reactHost == null) {
 
       val bundleLoader =
-          jsBundleLoader
-              ?: if (jsBundleFilePath != null) {
-                if (jsBundleFilePath.startsWith("assets://")) {
-                  JSBundleLoader.createAssetLoader(context, jsBundleFilePath, true)
-                } else {
-                  JSBundleLoader.createFileLoader(jsBundleFilePath)
-                }
-              } else {
-                JSBundleLoader.createAssetLoader(context, "assets://$jsBundleAssetPath", true)
-              }
+          if (jsBundleFilePath != null) {
+            if (jsBundleFilePath.startsWith("assets://")) {
+              JSBundleLoader.createAssetLoader(context, jsBundleFilePath, true)
+            } else {
+              JSBundleLoader.createFileLoader(jsBundleFilePath)
+            }
+          } else {
+            JSBundleLoader.createAssetLoader(context, "assets://$jsBundleAssetPath", true)
+          }
       val jsRuntimeFactory = if (isHermesEnabled) HermesInstance() else JSCInstance()
       val defaultTmmDelegateBuilder = DefaultTurboModuleManagerDelegate.Builder()
       cxxReactPackageProviders.forEach { defaultTmmDelegateBuilder.addCxxReactPackage(it) }