diff --git a/src/native-stack/views/FontProcessor.expo.tsx b/src/native-stack/views/FontProcessor.expo.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c64e2339..000000000
--- a/src/native-stack/views/FontProcessor.expo.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-// @ts-ignore this file extension is parsed only in managed workflow, so `expo-font` should be always available there
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-unresolved
-import { processFontFamily } from 'expo-font';
-
-export function processFonts(
-  fontFamilies: (string | undefined)[]
-): (string | undefined)[] {
-  return fontFamilies.map((fontFamily) => processFontFamily(fontFamily));
-}
diff --git a/src/native-stack/views/FontProcessor.tsx b/src/native-stack/views/FontProcessor.tsx
index 59d2dc355..00e221514 100644
--- a/src/native-stack/views/FontProcessor.tsx
+++ b/src/native-stack/views/FontProcessor.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-// do nothing outside of expo
+// @ts-ignore: No declaration available
+import ReactNativeStyleAttributes from 'react-native/Libraries/Components/View/ReactNativeStyleAttributes';
+
 export function processFonts(
   fontFamilies: (string | undefined)[]
 ): (string | undefined)[] {
+  // @ts-ignore: React Native types are incorrect here and don't consider fontFamily a style value
+  const fontFamilyProcessor = ReactNativeStyleAttributes.fontFamily?.process;
+  if (typeof fontFamilyProcessor === 'function') {
+    return fontFamilies.map(fontFamilyProcessor);
+  }
   return fontFamilies;
 }