diff --git a/apple/Handlers/RNNativeViewHandler.mm b/apple/Handlers/RNNativeViewHandler.mm
index 667d600640..a3171cb9f0 100644
--- a/apple/Handlers/RNNativeViewHandler.mm
+++ b/apple/Handlers/RNNativeViewHandler.mm
@@ -15,11 +15,7 @@
 #import <React/RCTConvert.h>
 #import <React/UIView+React.h>
 
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 #import <React/RCTScrollViewComponentView.h>
-#else
-#import <React/RCTScrollView.h>
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 
 #pragma mark RNDummyGestureRecognizer
 
diff --git a/apple/RNGestureHandler.mm b/apple/RNGestureHandler.mm
index 43d11b4bd1..127d1b77f0 100644
--- a/apple/RNGestureHandler.mm
+++ b/apple/RNGestureHandler.mm
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@
 
 #import <React/UIView+React.h>
 
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 #import <React/RCTScrollViewComponentView.h>
-#else
-#import <React/RCTScrollView.h>
-#endif
 
 @interface UIGestureRecognizer (GestureHandler)
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) RNGestureHandler *gestureHandler;
@@ -539,20 +535,10 @@ - (BOOL)isUIScrollViewPanGestureRecognizer:(NSGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecogni
 
 - (RNGHUIScrollView *)retrieveScrollView:(RNGHUIView *)view
 {
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
   if ([view isKindOfClass:[RCTScrollViewComponentView class]]) {
     RNGHUIScrollView *scrollView = ((RCTScrollViewComponentView *)view).scrollView;
     return scrollView;
   }
-#else
-  if ([view isKindOfClass:[RCTScrollView class]]) {
-    // This part of the code is coupled with RN implementation of ScrollView native wrapper and
-    // we expect for RCTScrollView component to contain a subclass of UIScrollview as the only
-    // subview
-    RNGHUIScrollView *scrollView = [view.subviews objectAtIndex:0];
-    return scrollView;
-  }
-#endif
 
   return nil;
 }
diff --git a/apple/RNGestureHandlerButton.h b/apple/RNGestureHandlerButton.h
index be5199a23b..5d497c7a03 100644
--- a/apple/RNGestureHandlerButton.h
+++ b/apple/RNGestureHandlerButton.h
@@ -10,25 +10,22 @@
 
 #if TARGET_OS_OSX
 
-#if RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-
 #include <react/renderer/core/LayoutMetrics.h>
 
 @protocol RCTComponentViewProtocol;
 
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-
 @interface RNGestureHandlerButton : NSControl
 #else
 @interface RNGestureHandlerButton : UIControl
 #endif // TARGET_OS_OSX
+
 /**
  *  Insets used when hit testing inside this view.
  */
 @property (nonatomic, assign) UIEdgeInsets hitTestEdgeInsets;
 @property (nonatomic) BOOL userEnabled;
 
-#if TARGET_OS_OSX && RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
+#if TARGET_OS_OSX
 - (void)mountChildComponentView:(RNGHUIView<RCTComponentViewProtocol> *)childComponentView index:(NSInteger)index;
 - (void)unmountChildComponentView:(RNGHUIView<RCTComponentViewProtocol> *)childComponentView index:(NSInteger)index;
 - (void)updateLayoutMetrics:(const facebook::react::LayoutMetrics &)layoutMetrics
diff --git a/apple/RNGestureHandlerButton.mm b/apple/RNGestureHandlerButton.mm
index 3729eb18ba..7955210a3d 100644
--- a/apple/RNGestureHandlerButton.mm
+++ b/apple/RNGestureHandlerButton.mm
@@ -14,13 +14,9 @@
 #import <React/RCTUIKit.h>
 #endif
 
-#if RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-
 #import <React/RCTConversions.h>
 #import <React/RCTFabricComponentsPlugins.h>
 
-#endif
-
 /**
  * Gesture Handler Button components overrides standard mechanism used by RN
  * to determine touch target, which normally would reurn the UIView that is placed
@@ -89,9 +85,7 @@ - (RNGHUIView *)hitTest:(CGPoint)point withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
   }
   return inner;
 }
-#endif
-
-#if TARGET_OS_OSX && RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
+#else
 - (void)mountChildComponentView:(RNGHUIView *)childComponentView index:(NSInteger)index
 {
   if (childComponentView.superview != nil) {
diff --git a/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.h b/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.h
index 642f3d9f1a..444236a7c6 100644
--- a/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.h
+++ b/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.h
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-
 #if !TARGET_OS_OSX
 #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
 #else
@@ -17,5 +15,3 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 @end
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
-
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
diff --git a/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.mm b/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.mm
index 32a8641ac5..9dbea8ae26 100644
--- a/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.mm
+++ b/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.mm
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-
 #import "RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.h"
 
 #import <React/RCTConversions.h>
@@ -119,6 +117,4 @@ - (void)updateProps:(const Props::Shared &)props oldProps:(const Props::Shared &
 Class<RCTComponentViewProtocol> RNGestureHandlerButtonCls(void)
 {
   return RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.class;
-}
-
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apple/RNGestureHandlerManager.h b/apple/RNGestureHandlerManager.h
index a191817419..b8b441a4ec 100644
--- a/apple/RNGestureHandlerManager.h
+++ b/apple/RNGestureHandlerManager.h
@@ -9,13 +9,8 @@
 
 @interface RNGestureHandlerManager : NSObject
 
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 - (nonnull instancetype)initWithModuleRegistry:(nonnull RCTModuleRegistry *)moduleRegistry
                                   viewRegistry:(nonnull RCTViewRegistry *)viewRegistry;
-#else
-- (nonnull instancetype)initWithUIManager:(nonnull RCTUIManager *)uiManager
-                          eventDispatcher:(nonnull id<RCTEventDispatcherProtocol>)eventDispatcher;
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 
 - (void)createGestureHandler:(nonnull NSString *)handlerName
                          tag:(nonnull NSNumber *)handlerTag
diff --git a/apple/RNGestureHandlerManager.mm b/apple/RNGestureHandlerManager.mm
index 7983c49477..2a609440d2 100644
--- a/apple/RNGestureHandlerManager.mm
+++ b/apple/RNGestureHandlerManager.mm
@@ -15,14 +15,10 @@
 #import "RNGestureHandlerState.h"
 #import "RNRootViewGestureRecognizer.h"
 
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 #import <React/RCTFabricModalHostViewController.h>
 #import <React/RCTSurfaceTouchHandler.h>
 #import <React/RCTSurfaceView.h>
 #import <React/RCTViewComponentView.h>
-#else
-#import <React/RCTTouchHandler.h>
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 
 #import "Handlers/RNFlingHandler.h"
 #import "Handlers/RNForceTouchHandler.h"
@@ -51,17 +47,12 @@ @implementation RNGestureHandlerManager {
   RNGestureHandlerRegistry *_registry;
   NSHashTable<RNRootViewGestureRecognizer *> *_rootViewGestureRecognizers;
   NSMutableDictionary<NSNumber *, NSNumber *> *_attachRetryCounter;
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
   RCTModuleRegistry *_moduleRegistry;
   RCTViewRegistry *_viewRegistry;
-#else
-  RCTUIManager *_uiManager;
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
   id<RCTEventDispatcherProtocol> _eventDispatcher;
   id _reanimatedModule;
 }
 
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 - (instancetype)initWithModuleRegistry:(RCTModuleRegistry *)moduleRegistry viewRegistry:(RCTViewRegistry *)viewRegistry
 {
   if ((self = [super init])) {
@@ -72,18 +63,6 @@ - (instancetype)initWithModuleRegistry:(RCTModuleRegistry *)moduleRegistry viewR
   }
   return self;
 }
-#else
-- (instancetype)initWithUIManager:(RCTUIManager *)uiManager
-                  eventDispatcher:(id<RCTEventDispatcherProtocol>)eventDispatcher
-{
-  if ((self = [super init])) {
-    _uiManager = uiManager;
-    _eventDispatcher = eventDispatcher;
-    [self initCommonProps];
-  }
-  return self;
-}
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 
 - (void)initCommonProps
 {
@@ -137,13 +116,8 @@ - (void)attachGestureHandler:(nonnull NSNumber *)handlerTag
                toViewWithTag:(nonnull NSNumber *)viewTag
               withActionType:(RNGestureHandlerActionType)actionType
 {
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
   RNGHUIView *view = [_viewRegistry viewForReactTag:viewTag];
-#else
-  RNGHUIView *view = [_uiManager viewForReactTag:viewTag];
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
   if (view == nil || view.superview == nil) {
     // There are a few reasons we could end up here:
     // - the native view corresponding to the viewtag hasn't yet been created
@@ -188,7 +162,6 @@ - (void)attachGestureHandler:(nonnull NSNumber *)handlerTag
 
   view.reactTag = viewTag; // necessary for RNReanimated eventHash (e.g. "42onGestureHandlerEvent"), also will be
                            // returned as event.target
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 
   [_registry attachHandlerWithTag:handlerTag toView:view withActionType:actionType];
 
@@ -235,7 +208,6 @@ - (id)handlerWithTag:(NSNumber *)handlerTag
 
 - (void)registerViewWithGestureRecognizerAttachedIfNeeded:(RNGHUIView *)childView
 {
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
   RNGHUIView *touchHandlerView = childView;
 
 #if !TARGET_OS_OSX
@@ -252,31 +224,6 @@ - (void)registerViewWithGestureRecognizerAttachedIfNeeded:(RNGHUIView *)childVie
   }
 #endif // !TARGET_OS_OSX
 
-#else
-  RNGHUIView *touchHandlerView = nil;
-
-#if !TARGET_OS_OSX
-  if ([[childView reactViewController] isKindOfClass:[RCTModalHostViewController class]]) {
-    touchHandlerView = [childView reactViewController].view.subviews[0];
-  } else {
-    UIView *parent = childView;
-    while (parent != nil && ![parent respondsToSelector:@selector(touchHandler)]) {
-      parent = parent.superview;
-    }
-
-    touchHandlerView = [[parent performSelector:@selector(touchHandler)] view];
-  }
-#else
-  NSView *parent = childView;
-  while (parent != nil && ![parent respondsToSelector:@selector(touchHandler)]) {
-    parent = parent.superview;
-  }
-
-  touchHandlerView = [[parent performSelector:@selector(touchHandler)] view];
-#endif // !TARGET_OS_OSX
-
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-
   if (touchHandlerView == nil) {
     return;
   }
@@ -327,11 +274,7 @@ - (void)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
 
   // this way we can extract the touch handler on both architectures relatively easily
   for (UIGestureRecognizer *recognizer in [viewWithTouchHandler gestureRecognizers]) {
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
     if ([recognizer isKindOfClass:[RCTSurfaceTouchHandler class]]) {
-#else
-    if ([recognizer isKindOfClass:[RCTTouchHandler class]]) {
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
       touchHandler = recognizer;
       break;
     }
@@ -373,18 +316,13 @@ - (void)sendEvent:(RNGestureHandlerStateChange *)event withActionType:(RNGesture
 - (void)sendEventForReanimated:(RNGestureHandlerStateChange *)event
 {
   // Delivers the event to Reanimated.
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
+
   // Send event directly to Reanimated
   if (_reanimatedModule == nil) {
     _reanimatedModule = [_moduleRegistry moduleForName:"ReanimatedModule"];
   }
 
   [_reanimatedModule eventDispatcherWillDispatchEvent:event];
-#else
-  // In the old architecture, Reanimated overwrites RCTEventDispatcher
-  // with REAEventDispatcher and intercepts all direct events.
-  [self sendEventForDirectEvent:event];
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 }
 
 - (void)sendEventForNativeAnimatedEvent:(RNGestureHandlerStateChange *)event
@@ -399,11 +337,7 @@ - (void)sendEventForNativeAnimatedEvent:(RNGestureHandlerStateChange *)event
 - (void)sendEventForJSFunctionOldAPI:(RNGestureHandlerStateChange *)event
 {
   // Delivers the event to JS (old RNGH API).
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
   [self sendEventForDeviceEvent:event];
-#else
-  [self sendEventForDirectEvent:event];
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 }
 
 - (void)sendEventForJSFunctionNewAPI:(RNGestureHandlerStateChange *)event
diff --git a/apple/RNGestureHandlerModule.h b/apple/RNGestureHandlerModule.h
index fc943b78e0..7c04fc9a32 100644
--- a/apple/RNGestureHandlerModule.h
+++ b/apple/RNGestureHandlerModule.h
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 #import <React/RCTEventEmitter.h>
 #import <React/RCTUIManager.h>
 
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 #import <React/RCTEventDispatcherProtocol.h>
 #import <React/RCTInitializing.h>
 #import <rngesturehandler_codegen/rngesturehandler_codegen.h>
-#else
-#import <React/RCTBridgeModule.h>
-#endif
 
-@interface RNGestureHandlerModule : RCTEventEmitter
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-                                    <NativeRNGestureHandlerModuleSpec, RCTJSDispatcherModule, RCTInitializing>
-#else
-                                    <RCTBridgeModule>
-#endif
+@interface RNGestureHandlerModule : RCTEventEmitter <NativeRNGestureHandlerModuleSpec, RCTJSDispatcherModule, RCTInitializing>
 
 @end
diff --git a/apple/RNGestureHandlerModule.mm b/apple/RNGestureHandlerModule.mm
index 4a0ce6939a..5dd6392bdf 100644
--- a/apple/RNGestureHandlerModule.mm
+++ b/apple/RNGestureHandlerModule.mm
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #import <React/RCTUIManagerUtils.h>
 #import <React/RCTViewManager.h>
 
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 #import <React/RCTBridge+Private.h>
 #import <React/RCTBridge.h>
 #import <React/RCTUtils.h>
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@
 #import <ReactCommon/RCTTurboModule.h>
 
 #import <react/renderer/uimanager/primitives.h>
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 
 #import "RNGestureHandler.h"
 #import "RNGestureHandlerDirection.h"
@@ -27,20 +25,12 @@
 
 #import <React/RCTJSThread.h>
 
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 using namespace facebook;
 using namespace react;
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 @interface RNGestureHandlerModule () <RNGestureHandlerStateManager, RCTTurboModule>
 
 @end
-#else
-@interface RNGestureHandlerModule () <RCTUIManagerObserver, RNGestureHandlerStateManager>
-
-@end
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 
 typedef void (^GestureHandlerOperation)(RNGestureHandlerManager *manager);
 
@@ -51,10 +41,8 @@ @implementation RNGestureHandlerModule {
   NSMutableArray<GestureHandlerOperation> *_operations;
 }
 
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 @synthesize viewRegistry_DEPRECATED = _viewRegistry_DEPRECATED;
 @synthesize dispatchToJSThread = _dispatchToJSThread;
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 
 RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
 
@@ -71,10 +59,6 @@ - (void)invalidate
   });
 
   _manager = nil;
-
-#ifndef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-  [self.bridge.uiManager.observerCoordinator removeObserver:self];
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 }
 
 - (dispatch_queue_t)methodQueue
@@ -88,7 +72,6 @@ - (dispatch_queue_t)methodQueue
   return RCTGetUIManagerQueue();
 }
 
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 void decorateRuntime(jsi::Runtime &runtime)
 {
   auto isFormsStackingContext = jsi::Function::createFromHostFunction(
@@ -105,29 +88,14 @@ void decorateRuntime(jsi::Runtime &runtime)
       });
   runtime.global().setProperty(runtime, "isFormsStackingContext", std::move(isFormsStackingContext));
 }
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 - (void)initialize
 {
   _manager = [[RNGestureHandlerManager alloc] initWithModuleRegistry:self.moduleRegistry
                                                         viewRegistry:_viewRegistry_DEPRECATED];
   _operations = [NSMutableArray new];
 }
-#else
-- (void)setBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
-{
-  [super setBridge:bridge];
 
-  _manager = [[RNGestureHandlerManager alloc] initWithUIManager:bridge.uiManager
-                                                eventDispatcher:bridge.eventDispatcher];
-  _operations = [NSMutableArray new];
-
-  [bridge.uiManager.observerCoordinator addObserver:self];
-}
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 RCT_EXPORT_BLOCKING_SYNCHRONOUS_METHOD(install)
 {
   dispatch_block_t block = ^{
@@ -143,7 +111,6 @@ - (void)setBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
 
   return @true;
 }
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 
 RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(createGestureHandler
                   : (nonnull NSString *)handlerName handlerTag
@@ -196,7 +163,6 @@ - (void)setBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
 {
   // On the new arch we rely on `flushOperations` for scheduling the operations on the UI thread.
   // On the old arch we rely on `uiManagerWillPerformMounting`
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
   if (_operations.count == 0) {
     return;
   }
@@ -209,7 +175,6 @@ - (void)setBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
       operation(self->_manager);
     }
   }];
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 }
 
 - (void)setGestureState:(int)state forHandler:(int)handlerTag
@@ -250,34 +215,6 @@ - (void)addOperationBlock:(GestureHandlerOperation)operation
   [_operations addObject:operation];
 }
 
-#ifndef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-
-#pragma mark - RCTUIManagerObserver
-
-- (void)uiManagerWillFlushUIBlocks:(RCTUIManager *)uiManager
-{
-  [self uiManagerWillPerformMounting:uiManager];
-}
-
-- (void)uiManagerWillPerformMounting:(RCTUIManager *)uiManager
-{
-  if (_operations.count == 0) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  NSArray<GestureHandlerOperation> *operations = _operations;
-  _operations = [NSMutableArray new];
-
-  [uiManager
-      addUIBlock:^(__unused RCTUIManager *manager, __unused NSDictionary<NSNumber *, RNGHUIView *> *viewRegistry) {
-        for (GestureHandlerOperation operation in operations) {
-          operation(self->_manager);
-        }
-      }];
-}
-
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-
 #pragma mark Events
 
 - (NSArray<NSString *> *)supportedEvents
@@ -307,12 +244,10 @@ - (NSDictionary *)constantsToExport
   };
 }
 
-#if RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 - (std::shared_ptr<facebook::react::TurboModule>)getTurboModule:
     (const facebook::react::ObjCTurboModule::InitParams &)params
 {
   return std::make_shared<facebook::react::NativeRNGestureHandlerModuleSpecJSI>(params);
 }
-#endif
 
 @end
diff --git a/apple/RNGestureHandlerRootViewComponentView.mm b/apple/RNGestureHandlerRootViewComponentView.mm
index ef102a529f..7823e3643e 100644
--- a/apple/RNGestureHandlerRootViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/apple/RNGestureHandlerRootViewComponentView.mm
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-
 #import <React/RCTFabricComponentsPlugins.h>
 
 Class<RCTComponentViewProtocol> RNGestureHandlerRootViewCls(void)
@@ -17,5 +15,3 @@
   // TODO: remove this file once `excludedPlatforms` option properly disables generating ShadowNode
   return nil;
 }
-
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
diff --git a/apple/RNRootViewGestureRecognizer.m b/apple/RNRootViewGestureRecognizer.m
index a2a2f182cf..474592d146 100644
--- a/apple/RNRootViewGestureRecognizer.m
+++ b/apple/RNRootViewGestureRecognizer.m
@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@
 #import <UIKit/UIGestureRecognizerSubclass.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 #import <React/RCTSurfaceTouchHandler.h>
-#else
-#import <React/RCTTouchHandler.h>
-#endif // RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 
 @implementation RNRootViewGestureRecognizer {
   BOOL _active;
@@ -51,13 +47,7 @@ - (BOOL)shouldBeRequiredToFailByGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)otherGe
 
 - (BOOL)canPreventGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)preventedGestureRecognizer
 {
-  return ![preventedGestureRecognizer isKindOfClass:[
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-        RCTSurfaceTouchHandler
-#else
-        RCTTouchHandler
-#endif
-        class]];
+  return ![preventedGestureRecognizer isKindOfClass:[RCTSurfaceTouchHandler class]];
 }
 
 - (BOOL)canBePreventedByGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)preventingGestureRecognizer