diff --git a/RNTester/js/TextInputExample.android.js b/RNTester/js/TextInputExample.android.js
index d682f20440ccf8..04d438684711da 100644
--- a/RNTester/js/TextInputExample.android.js
+++ b/RNTester/js/TextInputExample.android.js
@@ -320,10 +320,14 @@ class AutogrowingTextInputExample extends React.Component<{}> {
       width: 100,
       multiline: true,
       text: '',
+      contentSize: {
+        width: 0,
+        height: 0,
+      },
     };
   }
 
-  componentDidReceiveProps(props) {
+  componentWillReceiveProps(props) {
     this.setState({
       multiline: props.multiline,
     });
@@ -351,10 +355,12 @@ class AutogrowingTextInputExample extends React.Component<{}> {
           multiline={this.state.multiline}
           style={[style, {width: this.state.width + '%'}]}
           onChangeText={(value) => this.setState({text: value})}
+          onContentSizeChange={(event) => this.setState({contentSize: event.nativeEvent.contentSize})}
           {...props}
         />
         <Text>Plain text value representation:</Text>
         <Text>{this.state.text}</Text>
+        <Text>Content Size: {JSON.stringify(this.state.contentSize)}</Text>
       </View>
     );
   }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
index 7b06e8897d17ec..49dad09bff2b95 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
@@ -117,16 +117,7 @@ public ReactEditText(Context context) {
   // TODO: t6408636 verify if we should schedule a layout after a View does a requestLayout()
   @Override
   public boolean isLayoutRequested() {
-    // If we are watching and updating container height based on content size
-    // then we don't want to scroll right away. This isn't perfect -- you might
-    // want to limit the height the text input can grow to. Possible solution
-    // is to add another prop that determines whether we should scroll to end
-    // of text.
-    if (mContentSizeWatcher != null) {
-      return isMultiline();
-    } else {
-      return false;
-    }
+    return false;
   }
 
   @Override