diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/js/FlatListExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/js/FlatListExample.js
index 90263d70aaed44..9eae853bf923f5 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/js/FlatListExample.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/js/FlatListExample.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 const React = require('react');
 const ReactNative = require('react-native');
 const {
-  Animated,
   FlatList,
   StyleSheet,
   View,
@@ -48,8 +47,6 @@ const {
   renderSmallSwitchOption,
 } = require('./ListExampleShared');
 
-const AnimatedFlatList = Animated.createAnimatedComponent(FlatList);
-
 const VIEWABILITY_CONFIG = {
   minimumViewTime: 3000,
   viewAreaCoveragePercentThreshold: 100,
@@ -69,29 +66,15 @@ class FlatListExample extends React.PureComponent {
     logViewable: false,
     virtualized: true,
   };
-
   _onChangeFilterText = (filterText) => {
     this.setState({filterText});
   };
-
   _onChangeScrollToIndex = (text) => {
-    this._listRef.getNode().scrollToIndex({viewPosition: 0.5, index: Number(text)});
+    this._listRef.scrollToIndex({viewPosition: 0.5, index: Number(text)});
   };
-
-  _scrollPos = new Animated.Value(0);
-  _scrollSinkX = Animated.event(
-    [{nativeEvent: { contentOffset: { x: this._scrollPos } }}],
-    {useNativeDriver: true},
-  );
-  _scrollSinkY = Animated.event(
-    [{nativeEvent: { contentOffset: { y: this._scrollPos } }}],
-    {useNativeDriver: true},
-  );
-
   componentDidUpdate() {
-    this._listRef.getNode().recordInteraction(); // e.g. flipping logViewable switch
+    this._listRef.recordInteraction(); // e.g. flipping logViewable switch
   }
-
   render() {
     const filterRegex = new RegExp(String(this.state.filterText), 'i');
     const filter = (item) => (
@@ -112,6 +95,7 @@ class FlatListExample extends React.PureComponent {
             <PlainInput
               onChangeText={this._onChangeScrollToIndex}
               placeholder="scrollToIndex..."
+              style={styles.searchTextInput}
             />
           </View>
           <View style={styles.options}>
@@ -120,19 +104,10 @@ class FlatListExample extends React.PureComponent {
             {renderSmallSwitchOption(this, 'fixedHeight')}
             {renderSmallSwitchOption(this, 'logViewable')}
             {renderSmallSwitchOption(this, 'debug')}
-            <Animated.View style={[styles.spindicator, {
-              transform: [
-                {rotate: this._scrollPos.interpolate({
-                  inputRange: [0, 5000],
-                  outputRange: ['0deg', '360deg'],
-                  extrapolate: 'extend',
-                })}
-              ]
-            }]} />
           </View>
         </View>
         <SeparatorComponent />
-        <AnimatedFlatList
+        <FlatList
           HeaderComponent={HeaderComponent}
           FooterComponent={FooterComponent}
           SeparatorComponent={SeparatorComponent}
@@ -150,7 +125,6 @@ class FlatListExample extends React.PureComponent {
           legacyImplementation={false}
           numColumns={1}
           onRefresh={this._onRefresh}
-          onScroll={this.state.horizontal ? this._scrollSinkX : this._scrollSinkY}
           onViewableItemsChanged={this._onViewableItemsChanged}
           ref={this._captureRef}
           refreshing={false}
@@ -206,7 +180,7 @@ class FlatListExample extends React.PureComponent {
     }
   };
   _pressItem = (key: number) => {
-    this._listRef.getNode().recordInteraction();
+    this._listRef.recordInteraction();
     pressItem(this, key);
   };
   _listRef: FlatList<*>;
@@ -222,12 +196,6 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   searchRow: {
     paddingHorizontal: 10,
   },
-  spindicator: {
-    marginLeft: 'auto',
-    width: 2,
-    height: 16,
-    backgroundColor: 'darkgray',
-  },
 });
 
 module.exports = FlatListExample;
diff --git a/Libraries/CustomComponents/Lists/FlatList.js b/Libraries/CustomComponents/Lists/FlatList.js
index 951f8f78278a09..2c45a86f8d7c23 100644
--- a/Libraries/CustomComponents/Lists/FlatList.js
+++ b/Libraries/CustomComponents/Lists/FlatList.js
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 
 const MetroListView = require('MetroListView'); // Used as a fallback legacy option
 const React = require('React');
-const ReactNative = require('ReactNative');
 const View = require('View');
 const VirtualizedList = require('VirtualizedList');
 
@@ -236,14 +235,6 @@ class FlatList<ItemT> extends React.PureComponent<DefaultProps, Props<ItemT>, vo
     this._listRef.recordInteraction();
   }
 
-  getScrollableNode() {
-    if (this._listRef && this._listRef.getScrollableNode) {
-      return this._listRef.getScrollableNode();
-    } else {
-      return ReactNative.findNodeHandle(this._listRef);
-    }
-  }
-
   componentWillMount() {
     this._checkProps(this.props);
   }
diff --git a/Libraries/CustomComponents/Lists/VirtualizedList.js b/Libraries/CustomComponents/Lists/VirtualizedList.js
index 206a1f2d8cd3f3..db74450553e336 100644
--- a/Libraries/CustomComponents/Lists/VirtualizedList.js
+++ b/Libraries/CustomComponents/Lists/VirtualizedList.js
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 
 const Batchinator = require('Batchinator');
 const React = require('React');
-const ReactNative = require('ReactNative');
 const RefreshControl = require('RefreshControl');
 const ScrollView = require('ScrollView');
 const View = require('View');
@@ -238,14 +237,6 @@ class VirtualizedList extends React.PureComponent<OptionalProps, Props, State> {
     this._updateViewableItems(this.props.data);
   }
 
-  getScrollableNode() {
-    if (this._scrollRef && this._scrollRef.getScrollableNode) {
-      return this._scrollRef.getScrollableNode();
-    } else {
-      return ReactNative.findNodeHandle(this._scrollRef);
-    }
-  }
-
   static defaultProps = {
     disableVirtualization: false,
     getItem: (data: any, index: number) => data[index],
@@ -302,8 +293,7 @@ class VirtualizedList extends React.PureComponent<OptionalProps, Props, State> {
     super(props);
     invariant(
       !props.onScroll || !props.onScroll.__isNative,
-      'Components based on VirtualizedList must be wrapped with Animated.createAnimatedComponent ' +
-      'to support native onScroll events with useNativeDriver',
+      'VirtualizedList does not support AnimatedEvent with onScroll and useNativeDriver',
     );
     this._updateCellsToRenderBatcher = new Batchinator(
       this._updateCellsToRender,