diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm
index eeb4a8022f0cd0..12f5947329379b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #import <React/RCTComponentViewProtocol.h>
 #import <React/RCTCxxBridgeDelegate.h>
 #import <React/RCTFabricSurface.h>
-#import <React/RCTFabricSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h>
 #import <React/RCTLegacyViewManagerInteropComponentView.h>
 #import <React/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h>
 #import <React/RCTSurfacePresenter.h>
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppSetupUtils.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppSetupUtils.mm
index f5c510794200a7..5b90e3618bd5f0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppSetupUtils.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppSetupUtils.mm
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 #import <React/RCTNetworking.h>
 
 // Fabric
-#import <React/RCTFabricSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h>
+#import <React/RCTFabricSurface.h>
+#import <React/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h>
 #import <react/renderer/runtimescheduler/RuntimeScheduler.h>
 #import <react/renderer/runtimescheduler/RuntimeSchedulerBinding.h>
 #endif
@@ -68,9 +69,10 @@ void RCTAppSetupPrepareApp(UIApplication *application, BOOL turboModuleEnabled)
 {
 #if RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
   if (fabricEnabled) {
-    return [[RCTFabricSurfaceHostingProxyRootView alloc] initWithBridge:bridge
-                                                             moduleName:moduleName
-                                                      initialProperties:initialProperties];
+    id<RCTSurfaceProtocol> surface = [[RCTFabricSurface alloc] initWithBridge:bridge
+                                                                   moduleName:moduleName
+                                                            initialProperties:initialProperties];
+    return [[RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView alloc] initWithSurface:surface];
   }
 #endif
   return [[RCTRootView alloc] initWithBridge:bridge moduleName:moduleName initialProperties:initialProperties];
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h b/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h
index bb5a574e2ee1f5..f36af0ee7b3350 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
                 sizeMeasureMode:(RCTSurfaceSizeMeasureMode)sizeMeasureMode
                  moduleRegistry:(RCTModuleRegistry *)moduleRegistry;
 
+- (instancetype)initWithSurface:(id<RCTSurfaceProtocol>)surface;
+
 - (void)cancelTouches;
 
 @end
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm
index 91ead4e7492774..a7c67cffcc68c5 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm
@@ -104,6 +104,15 @@ - (instancetype)initWithSurface:(id<RCTSurfaceProtocol>)surface
   return self;
 }
 
+- (instancetype)initWithSurface:(id<RCTSurfaceProtocol>)surface
+{
+  if (self = [super initWithSurface:surface
+                    sizeMeasureMode:RCTSurfaceSizeMeasureModeWidthExact | RCTSurfaceSizeMeasureModeHeightExact]) {
+    [surface start];
+  }
+  return self;
+}
+
 - (BOOL)hasBridge
 {
   return _bridge != nil;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h
deleted file mode 100644
index c50144a8ee4f56..00000000000000
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-#import <React/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h>
-
-/**
- * Fabric-compatible RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView implementation.
- */
-@interface RCTFabricSurfaceHostingProxyRootView : RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView
-
-@end
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c399d8a33fcf9..00000000000000
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-#import "RCTFabricSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h"
-
-#import "RCTFabricSurface.h"
-
-@implementation RCTFabricSurfaceHostingProxyRootView
-
-+ (id<RCTSurfaceProtocol>)createSurfaceWithBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
-                                       moduleName:(NSString *)moduleName
-                                initialProperties:(NSDictionary *)initialProperties
-{
-  return [[RCTFabricSurface alloc] initWithBridge:bridge moduleName:moduleName initialProperties:initialProperties];
-}
-
-@end