diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm
index 152cde6f40a29a..b5e5f3c5c590ab 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm
@@ -33,20 +33,22 @@
 // ParagraphTextView is an auxiliary view we set as contentView so the drawing
 // can happen on top of the layers manipulated by RCTViewComponentView (the parent view)
 @interface RCTParagraphTextView : RCTUIView // [macOS]
+#else // [macOS
+// On macOS, we also defer drawing to an NSTextView,
+// in order to get more native behaviors like text selection.
+@interface RCTParagraphTextView : NSTextView // [macOS]
+#endif // macOS]
 
 @property (nonatomic) ParagraphShadowNode::ConcreteState::Shared state;
 @property (nonatomic) ParagraphAttributes paragraphAttributes;
 @property (nonatomic) LayoutMetrics layoutMetrics;
 
+#if TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
+/// UIKit compatibility shim that simply calls `[self setNeedsDisplay:YES]`
+- (void)setNeedsDisplay;
+#endif
+
 @end
-#else // [macOS
-#if TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS
-// On macOS, we defer drawing to an NSTextView rather than a plan NSView, in order
-// to get more native behaviors like text selection. We make sure this NSTextView 
-// does not take focus.
-@interface RCTParagraphComponentUnfocusableTextView : NSTextView
-@end
-#endif // macOS]
 
 #if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
 @interface RCTParagraphComponentView () <UIEditMenuInteractionDelegate>
@@ -62,10 +64,8 @@ @implementation RCTParagraphComponentView {
   RCTParagraphComponentAccessibilityProvider *_accessibilityProvider;
 #if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
   UILongPressGestureRecognizer *_longPressGestureRecognizer;
-  RCTParagraphTextView *_textView;
-#else // [macOS
-  RCTParagraphComponentUnfocusableTextView *_textView;
 #endif // macOS]
+  RCTParagraphTextView *_textView;
 }
 
 - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
     self.opaque = NO;
     _textView = [RCTParagraphTextView new];
     _textView.backgroundColor = RCTUIColor.clearColor; // [macOS]
-    self.contentView = _textView;
 #else // [macOS
     // Make the RCTParagraphComponentView accessible and available in the a11y hierarchy.
     self.accessibilityElement = YES;
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
     // Fix blurry text on non-retina displays.
     self.canDrawSubviewsIntoLayer = YES;
     // The NSTextView is responsible for drawing text and managing selection.
-    _textView = [[RCTParagraphComponentUnfocusableTextView alloc] initWithFrame:self.bounds];
+    _textView = [[RCTParagraphTextView alloc] initWithFrame:self.bounds];
     // The RCTParagraphComponentUnfocusableTextView is only used for rendering and should not appear in the a11y hierarchy.
     _textView.accessibilityElement = NO;
     _textView.usesFontPanel = NO;
@@ -98,6 +97,7 @@ - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
     self.contentView = _textView;
     self.layerContentsRedrawPolicy = NSViewLayerContentsRedrawDuringViewResize;
 #endif // macOS]
+    self.contentView = _textView;
   }
 
   return self;
@@ -164,12 +164,9 @@ - (void)updateProps:(const Props::Shared &)props oldProps:(const Props::Shared &
 - (void)updateState:(const State::Shared &)state oldState:(const State::Shared &)oldState
 {
   _state = std::static_pointer_cast<const ParagraphShadowNode::ConcreteState>(state);
-#if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
   _textView.state = _state;
   [_textView setNeedsDisplay];
   [self setNeedsLayout];
-  [self _updateTextView];
-#endif // macOS]
 }
 
 - (void)updateLayoutMetrics:(const LayoutMetrics &)layoutMetrics
@@ -178,53 +175,10 @@ - (void)updateLayoutMetrics:(const LayoutMetrics &)layoutMetrics
   // Using stored `_layoutMetrics` as `oldLayoutMetrics` here to avoid
   // re-applying individual sub-values which weren't changed.
   [super updateLayoutMetrics:layoutMetrics oldLayoutMetrics:_layoutMetrics];
-#if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
   _textView.layoutMetrics = _layoutMetrics;
   [_textView setNeedsDisplay];
   [self setNeedsLayout];
-#else // [macOS
-  [self _updateTextView];
-#endif // macOS]
-}
-
-#if TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS
-- (void)_updateTextView
-{
-  if (!_state) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  auto textLayoutManager = _state->getData().paragraphLayoutManager.getTextLayoutManager();
-
-  if (!textLayoutManager) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  RCTTextLayoutManager *nativeTextLayoutManager =
-      (RCTTextLayoutManager *)unwrapManagedObject(textLayoutManager->getNativeTextLayoutManager());
-
-  CGRect frame = RCTCGRectFromRect(_layoutMetrics.getContentFrame());
-
-  NSTextStorage *textStorage = [nativeTextLayoutManager getTextStorageForAttributedString:_state->getData().attributedString paragraphAttributes:_paragraphAttributes frame:frame];
-
-  NSLayoutManager *layoutManager = textStorage.layoutManagers.firstObject;
-  NSTextContainer *textContainer = layoutManager.textContainers.firstObject;
-
-  [_textView replaceTextContainer:textContainer];
-
-  NSArray<NSLayoutManager *> *managers = [[textStorage layoutManagers] copy];
-  for (NSLayoutManager *manager in managers) {
-    [textStorage removeLayoutManager:manager];
-  }
-
-  _textView.minSize = frame.size;
-  _textView.maxSize = frame.size;
-  _textView.frame = frame;
-  _textView.textStorage.attributedString = textStorage;
-
-  [self setNeedsDisplay];
 }
-#endif // macOS]
 
 - (void)prepareForRecycle
 {
@@ -427,11 +381,13 @@ - (void)copy:(id)sender
   return RCTParagraphComponentView.class;
 }
 
-#if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
 @implementation RCTParagraphTextView {
+#if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
   CAShapeLayer *_highlightLayer;
+#endif // macOS]
 }
 
+
 - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
 {
   if (!_state) {
@@ -449,6 +405,7 @@ - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
 
   CGRect frame = RCTCGRectFromRect(_layoutMetrics.getContentFrame());
 
+#if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
   [nativeTextLayoutManager drawAttributedString:_state->getData().attributedString
                             paragraphAttributes:_paragraphAttributes
                                           frame:frame
@@ -466,12 +423,33 @@ - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
                                   self->_highlightLayer = nil;
                                 }
                               }];
+#else // [macOS
+  NSTextStorage *textStorage = [nativeTextLayoutManager getTextStorageForAttributedString:_state->getData().attributedString paragraphAttributes:_paragraphAttributes size:frame.size];
+
+  NSLayoutManager *layoutManager = textStorage.layoutManagers.firstObject;
+  NSTextContainer *textContainer = layoutManager.textContainers.firstObject;
+
+  [self replaceTextContainer:textContainer];
+
+  NSArray<NSLayoutManager *> *managers = [[textStorage layoutManagers] copy];
+  for (NSLayoutManager *manager in managers) {
+    [textStorage removeLayoutManager:manager];
+  }
+
+  self.minSize = frame.size;
+  self.maxSize = frame.size;
+  self.frame = frame;
+  [[self textStorage] setAttributedString:textStorage];
+
+  [super drawRect:rect];
+#endif
 }
 
-@end
-#else // [macOS
 #if TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS
-@implementation RCTParagraphComponentUnfocusableTextView
+- (void)setNeedsDisplay
+{
+  [self setNeedsDisplay:YES];
+}
 
 - (BOOL)canBecomeKeyView
 {
@@ -487,6 +465,6 @@ - (BOOL)resignFirstResponder
 
   return [super resignFirstResponder];
 }
+#endif // macOS]
 
 @end
-#endif // macOS]