diff --git a/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIPhantomRefs.java b/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIPhantomRefs.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a87defd8..00000000
--- a/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIPhantomRefs.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the LICENSE
- * file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-package com.facebook.yoga;
-
-import com.facebook.jni.DestructorThread;
-
-public class YogaNodeJNIPhantomRefs extends YogaNodeJNIBase {
-  public YogaNodeJNIPhantomRefs() {
-    super();
-    registerPhantomRef(this, mNativePointer);
-  }
-
-  public YogaNodeJNIPhantomRefs(YogaConfig config) {
-    super(config);
-    registerPhantomRef(this, mNativePointer);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public YogaNodeJNIPhantomRefs cloneWithoutChildren() {
-    YogaNodeJNIPhantomRefs clone = (YogaNodeJNIPhantomRefs) super.cloneWithoutChildren();
-    registerPhantomRef(clone, clone.mNativePointer);
-    return clone;
-  }
-
-  private static final void registerPhantomRef(YogaNode node, final long nativePointer) {
-    new DestructorThread.Destructor(node) {
-      private long mNativePointer = nativePointer;
-      @Override
-      protected void destruct() {
-        if (mNativePointer != 0) {
-          YogaNative.jni_YGNodeFree(mNativePointer);
-          mNativePointer = 0;
-        }
-      }
-    };
-  }
-}