diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTBridge.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTBridge.mm
index bf5612aecf4..661f8f0fa64 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTBridge.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTBridge.mm
@@ -35,15 +35,11 @@
 static dispatch_queue_t RCTModuleClassesSyncQueue;
 NSArray<Class> *RCTGetModuleClasses(void)
 {
-#ifndef RCT_REMOVE_LEGACY_ARCH
   __block NSArray<Class> *result;
   dispatch_sync(RCTModuleClassesSyncQueue, ^{
     result = [RCTModuleClasses copy];
   });
   return result;
-#else
-  return @[];
-#endif
 }
 
 NSSet<NSString *> *getCoreModuleClasses(void);