diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 43958383..c3022e28 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -498,26 +498,6 @@ class YourComponent extends Component {
 
 If set to `true`, will allow dragging on non left-button clicks.
 
-#### `nodeRef?: React.Ref<typeof React.Component>`
-
-please see, https://github.com/STRML/react-draggable
-```
-If running in React Strict mode, ReactDOM.findDOMNode() is deprecated.
-Unfortunately, in order for <Draggable> to work properly, we need raw access
-to the underlying DOM node. If you want to avoid the warning, pass a `nodeRef`
-as in this example:
-
-function MyComponent() {
-   const nodeRef = React.useRef(null);
-   return (
-     <Rnd nodeRef={nodeRef}>
-       <div ref={nodeRef}>Example Target</div>
-     </Rnd>
-   );
-}
-
-```
-
 ## Test
 
 ``` sh
diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index 9f16aea3..52f4661f 100755
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ export class Rnd extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
         cancel={cancel}
         scale={scale}
         allowAnyClick={allowAnyClick}
-        nodeRef={nodeRef}
+        nodeRef={{ current: this.getSelfElement() }}
       >
         <Resizable
           {...resizableProps}