diff --git a/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/config/ComponentsConfiguration.kt b/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/config/ComponentsConfiguration.kt
index 11ef591c430..89612e94937 100644
--- a/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/config/ComponentsConfiguration.kt
+++ b/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/config/ComponentsConfiguration.kt
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ internal constructor(
     val shouldAddHostViewForRootComponent: Boolean = false,
     @JvmField
     val useIncrementalMountGapWorker: Boolean = IncrementalMountExtensionConfigs.useGapWorker,
-    @JvmField val nestedPreallocationEnabled: Boolean = false,
     val useNonRebindingEventHandlers: Boolean = false,
     internal val shouldDisableBgFgOutputs: Boolean = false,
     /**
@@ -228,7 +227,6 @@ internal constructor(
   class Builder internal constructor(private var baseConfig: ComponentsConfiguration) {
 
     private var shouldAddHostViewForRootComponent = baseConfig.shouldAddHostViewForRootComponent
-    private var nestedPreallocationEnabled = baseConfig.nestedPreallocationEnabled
     private var specsApiStateUpdateDuplicateDetectionEnabled =
         baseConfig.specsApiStateUpdateDuplicateDetectionEnabled
     private var shouldCacheLayouts = baseConfig.shouldCacheLayouts
@@ -244,8 +242,6 @@ internal constructor(
       shouldAddHostViewForRootComponent = enabled
     }
 
-    fun nestedPreallocationEnabled(enabled: Boolean) = also { nestedPreallocationEnabled = enabled }
-
     fun shouldCacheLayouts(enabled: Boolean) = also { shouldCacheLayouts = enabled }
 
     fun specsApiStateUpdateDetectionEnabled(enabled: Boolean) = also {
@@ -282,7 +278,6 @@ internal constructor(
       return baseConfig.copy(
           specsApiStateUpdateDuplicateDetectionEnabled =
               specsApiStateUpdateDuplicateDetectionEnabled,
-          nestedPreallocationEnabled = nestedPreallocationEnabled,
           shouldCacheLayouts = shouldCacheLayouts,
           shouldAddHostViewForRootComponent = shouldAddHostViewForRootComponent,
           isReconciliationEnabled = isReconciliationEnabled,
diff --git a/litho-it/src/test/java/com/facebook/litho/NestedPreallocationTest.kt b/litho-it/src/test/java/com/facebook/litho/NestedPreallocationTest.kt
index 7e4627cf303..5bff59c4dab 100644
--- a/litho-it/src/test/java/com/facebook/litho/NestedPreallocationTest.kt
+++ b/litho-it/src/test/java/com/facebook/litho/NestedPreallocationTest.kt
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ class NestedPreallocationTest {
         ComponentTree.create(context, EmptyComponent())
             .componentsConfiguration(
                 ComponentsConfiguration.defaultInstance.copy(
-                    nestedPreallocationEnabled = true,
                     mountContentPreallocationEnabled = preallocationEnabled))
             .build()
 
diff --git a/litho-widget/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/widget/RecyclerBinder.java b/litho-widget/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/widget/RecyclerBinder.java
index 04641b53216..0ea0d7b334d 100644
--- a/litho-widget/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/widget/RecyclerBinder.java
+++ b/litho-widget/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/widget/RecyclerBinder.java
@@ -751,18 +751,12 @@ private RecyclerBinder(Builder builder) {
     tempConfiguration =
         ComponentsConfiguration.create(tempConfiguration)
             /*
-            Incremental mount will not work if this ComponentTree is nested in  a parent with it turned off,
+            Incremental mount will not work if this ComponentTree is nested in a parent with it turned off,
             so always disable it in that case
              */
             .incrementalMountEnabled(
                 ComponentContext.isIncrementalMountEnabled(mComponentContext)
                     && tempConfiguration.incrementalMountEnabled)
-            /*
-             If nested preallocation is disabled, we forcefully disable mount content preallocation.
-            */
-            .mountContentPreallocationEnabled(
-                tempConfiguration.nestedPreallocationEnabled
-                    && tempConfiguration.mountContentPreallocationEnabled)
             .build();
 
     mComponentsConfiguration = tempConfiguration;