diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/StyleSheet/StyleSheetTypes.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/StyleSheet/StyleSheetTypes.js
index 4faf1dd92e5425..a2d7a3310ef343 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/StyleSheet/StyleSheetTypes.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/StyleSheet/StyleSheetTypes.js
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ export type EdgeInsetsValue = {
   bottom: number,
 };
 
-export type CursorValue = ?('auto' | 'pointer');
-
 export type DimensionValue = number | string | 'auto' | AnimatedNode | null;
 export type AnimatableNumericValue = number | AnimatedNode;
 
+export type CursorValue = 'auto' | 'pointer';
+
 /**
  * React Native's layout system is based on Flexbox and is powered both
  * on iOS and Android by an open source project called `Yoga`:
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
index b85b0fab2e86a8..8dfe30a7a0a9db 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ @implementation RCTViewComponentView {
   BOOL _needsInvalidateLayer;
   BOOL _isJSResponder;
   BOOL _removeClippedSubviews;
-  Cursor _cursor;
   NSMutableArray<UIView *> *_reactSubviews;
   NSSet<NSString *> *_Nullable _propKeysManagedByAnimated_DO_NOT_USE_THIS_IS_BROKEN;
 }
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
     _props = ViewShadowNode::defaultSharedProps();
     _reactSubviews = [NSMutableArray new];
     self.multipleTouchEnabled = YES;
-    _cursor = Cursor::Auto;
   }
   return self;
 }
@@ -261,7 +259,6 @@ - (void)updateProps:(const Props::Shared &)props oldProps:(const Props::Shared &
   
   // `cursor`
   if (oldViewProps.cursor != newViewProps.cursor) {
-    _cursor = newViewProps.cursor;
     needsInvalidateLayer = YES;
   }
 
@@ -603,7 +600,7 @@ - (void)invalidateLayer
   // Stage 1.5. Cursor / Hover Effects
   if (@available(iOS 17.0, *)) {
     UIHoverStyle *hoverStyle = nil;
-    if (_cursor == Cursor::Pointer) {
+    if (_props->cursor == Cursor::Pointer) {
       const RCTCornerInsets cornerInsets =
           RCTGetCornerInsets(RCTCornerRadiiFromBorderRadii(borderMetrics.borderRadii), UIEdgeInsetsZero);
 #if TARGET_OS_IOS