diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
index 78afefa2f4ef7e..757676051a9f5d 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 					text={ { text: html, eventCount: this.lastEventCount, selection } }
 					placeholder={ this.props.placeholder }
 					placeholderTextColor={ this.props.placeholderTextColor || styles[ 'block-editor-rich-text' ].textDecorationColor }
+					deleteEnter={ this.props.deleteEnter }
 					onChange={ this.onChange }
 					onFocus={ this.onFocus }
 					onBlur={ this.onBlur }
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/paragraph/edit.native.js b/packages/block-library/src/paragraph/edit.native.js
index 12abc71c8d22bd..e7eafbac1797c6 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/paragraph/edit.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/paragraph/edit.native.js
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ class ParagraphEdit extends Component {
 					isSelected={ this.props.isSelected }
 					onFocus={ this.props.onFocus } // always assign onFocus as a props
 					onBlur={ this.props.onBlur } // always assign onBlur as a props
+					deleteEnter={ true }
 					style={ style }
 					onChange={ ( nextContent ) => {
 						setAttributes( {