diff --git a/React/CxxBridge/RCTCxxBridge.mm b/React/CxxBridge/RCTCxxBridge.mm
index d8938d7033a24e..a9bea58741a7a0 100644
--- a/React/CxxBridge/RCTCxxBridge.mm
+++ b/React/CxxBridge/RCTCxxBridge.mm
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ - (void)start
   if (!self.executorClass) {
     if ([self.delegate conformsToProtocol:@protocol(RCTCxxBridgeDelegate)]) {
       id<RCTCxxBridgeDelegate> cxxDelegate = (id<RCTCxxBridgeDelegate>)self.delegate;
-      executorFactory = [cxxDelegate jsExecutorFactoryForBridge:self];
+      executorFactory = std::make_shared<JSCExecutorFactory>(*reinterpret_cast<JSCExecutorFactory *>([cxxDelegate jsExecutorFactoryForBridge:self]));
     }
     if (!executorFactory) {
       executorFactory = std::make_shared<JSCExecutorFactory>(nullptr);
diff --git a/React/CxxBridge/RCTCxxBridgeDelegate.h b/React/CxxBridge/RCTCxxBridgeDelegate.h
index c574eee4fe5cdf..8e19f3f4208302 100644
--- a/React/CxxBridge/RCTCxxBridgeDelegate.h
+++ b/React/CxxBridge/RCTCxxBridgeDelegate.h
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ class JSExecutorFactory;
  * If not implemented, or returns an empty pointer, JSIExecutorFactory
  * will be used with a JSCRuntime.
  */
-- (std::unique_ptr<facebook::react::JSExecutorFactory>)jsExecutorFactoryForBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge;
+- (void *)jsExecutorFactoryForBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge;
 
 @end