diff --git a/ios/Sources/AutoLayoutView.swift b/ios/Sources/AutoLayoutView.swift
index 8fb9da6c8..dccf86fa9 100644
--- a/ios/Sources/AutoLayoutView.swift
+++ b/ios/Sources/AutoLayoutView.swift
@@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ import UIKit
     private var lastMaxBound: CGFloat = 0
     /// Tracks where first pixel is drawn in the visible window
     private var lastMinBound: CGFloat = 0
-    
-    private var viewsToLayout: [UIView] {
-        #if RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-        return superview?.subviews ?? []
-        #else
-        return subviews
-        #endif
-    }
 
     override public func layoutSubviews() {
         fixLayout()
@@ -101,21 +93,15 @@ import UIKit
     /// Performance: Sort is needed. Given relatively low number of views in RecyclerListView render tree this should be a non issue.
     private func fixLayout() {
         guard
-            viewsToLayout.count > 1,
+            subviews.count > 1,
             // Fixing layout during animation can interfere with it.
             layer.animationKeys()?.isEmpty ?? true,
             !disableAutoLayout
         else { return }
-        let cellContainers = viewsToLayout
+        let cellContainers = subviews
             .compactMap { subview -> CellContainerComponentView? in
                 if let cellContainer = subview as? CellContainerComponentView {
                     return cellContainer
-                } else if subview is AutoLayoutView {
-                    // On the new architecture, AutoLayoutView is wrapped with the ComponentView and all children will
-                    // also be mounted under ComponentView. viewsToLayout property takes it under consideration,
-                    // returning children of AutoLayoutViewComponentView when on Fabric. Because of that AutoLayoutView
-                    // will be on the list and we want to ignore it.
-                    return nil
                 } else {
                     assertionFailure("CellRendererComponent outer view should always be CellContainer. Learn more here: https://shopify.github.io/flash-list/docs/usage#cellrenderercomponent.")
                     return nil
@@ -285,10 +271,10 @@ import UIKit
     }
 
     private func footerDiff() -> CGFloat {
-        if viewsToLayout.count == 0 {
+        if subviews.count == 0 {
             lastMaxBoundOverall = 0
-        } else if viewsToLayout.count == 1 {
-            let firstChild = viewsToLayout[0]
+        } else if subviews.count == 1 {
+            let firstChild = subviews[0]
             lastMaxBoundOverall = horizontal ? firstChild.frame.maxX : firstChild.frame.maxY
         }
         let autoLayoutEnd = horizontal ? frame.width : frame.height
diff --git a/ios/Sources/AutoLayoutViewComponentView.mm b/ios/Sources/AutoLayoutViewComponentView.mm
index 3780fe5be..9a1e2789c 100644
--- a/ios/Sources/AutoLayoutViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/ios/Sources/AutoLayoutViewComponentView.mm
@@ -32,13 +32,8 @@ - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
     static const auto defaultProps = std::make_shared<const AutoLayoutViewProps>();
     _props = defaultProps;
     _autoLayoutView = [[AutoLayoutView alloc] initWithFrame:self.bounds];
-      
-    // Due to using ComponentView as wrapper, AutoLayoutView's children get moved to the ComponentView and
-    // AutoLayoutView is positioned above them consuming all events. Turning off userInteraction prevents that.
-    _autoLayoutView.userInteractionEnabled = false;
-
     self.contentView = _autoLayoutView;
-      
+
     __weak AutoLayoutViewComponentView* weakSelf = self;
     _autoLayoutView.onBlankAreaEventHandler = ^(CGFloat start, CGFloat end) {
       AutoLayoutViewComponentView *strongSelf = weakSelf;
@@ -55,6 +50,16 @@ - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
   return self;
 }
 
+- (void)mountChildComponentView:(UIView<RCTComponentViewProtocol> *)childComponentView index:(NSInteger)index
+{
+  [_autoLayoutView mountChildComponentView:childComponentView index:index];
+}
+
+- (void)unmountChildComponentView:(UIView<RCTComponentViewProtocol> *)childComponentView index:(NSInteger)index
+{
+  [_autoLayoutView unmountChildComponentView:childComponentView index:index];
+}
+
 #pragma mark - RCTComponentViewProtocol
 
 + (ComponentDescriptorProvider)componentDescriptorProvider