diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/attributedstring/TextAttributes.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/attributedstring/TextAttributes.cpp
index c30817a8ea8ad6..82052a7d7bec7c 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/attributedstring/TextAttributes.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/attributedstring/TextAttributes.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ void TextAttributes::apply(TextAttributes textAttributes) {
   layoutDirection = textAttributes.layoutDirection.hasValue()
       ? textAttributes.layoutDirection
       : layoutDirection;
-  accessibilityRole = textAttributes.accessibilityRole.hasValue()
+  accessibilityRole = !textAttributes.accessibilityRole.empty()
       ? textAttributes.accessibilityRole
       : accessibilityRole;
 }
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/attributedstring/TextAttributes.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/attributedstring/TextAttributes.h
index 2589d89dfd9131..75937237492614 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/attributedstring/TextAttributes.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/attributedstring/TextAttributes.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class TextAttributes : public DebugStringConvertible {
   // Currently, it is intentionally *not* being set as part of BaseTextProps
   // construction.
   folly::Optional<LayoutDirection> layoutDirection{};
-  folly::Optional<AccessibilityRole> accessibilityRole{};
+  std::string accessibilityRole{""};
 
 #pragma mark - Operations
 
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/attributedstring/conversions.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/attributedstring/conversions.h
index 75a99e653f6935..3046e8f79830d3 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/attributedstring/conversions.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/attributedstring/conversions.h
@@ -412,34 +412,6 @@ inline std::string toString(
   }
 }
 
-inline std::string toString(const AccessibilityRole &accessibilityRole) {
-  switch (accessibilityRole) {
-    case AccessibilityRole::Link:
-      return "link";
-    case AccessibilityRole::Button:
-      return "button";
-    case AccessibilityRole::Image:
-      return "image";
-  }
-}
-
-inline void fromRawValue(const RawValue &value, AccessibilityRole &result) {
-  auto string = (std::string)value;
-  if (string == "link") {
-    result = AccessibilityRole::Link;
-    return;
-  }
-  if (string == "button") {
-    result = AccessibilityRole::Button;
-    return;
-  }
-  if (string == "image") {
-    result = AccessibilityRole::Image;
-    return;
-  }
-  abort();
-}
-
 inline ParagraphAttributes convertRawProp(
     RawProps const &rawProps,
     ParagraphAttributes const &sourceParagraphAttributes,
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/attributedstring/primitives.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/attributedstring/primitives.h
index 0bcab853bdb283..c44538c546a550 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/attributedstring/primitives.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/attributedstring/primitives.h
@@ -87,12 +87,6 @@ enum class TextDecorationLinePattern {
   DashDotDot,
 };
 
-enum class AccessibilityRole {
-  Link,
-  Button,
-  Image,
-};
-
 } // namespace react
 } // namespace facebook
 
@@ -166,12 +160,4 @@ struct hash<facebook::react::TextBreakStrategy> {
     return hash<int>()(static_cast<int>(v));
   }
 };
-
-template <>
-struct hash<facebook::react::AccessibilityRole> {
-  size_t operator()(const facebook::react::AccessibilityRole &v) const {
-    return hash<int>()(static_cast<int>(v));
-  }
-};
-
 } // namespace std
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm b/ReactCommon/fabric/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
index a03f928f2c6c0d..df67fc85fedfb8 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
@@ -212,19 +212,9 @@ inline static CGFloat RCTEffectiveFontSizeMultiplierFromTextAttributes(const Tex
     attributes[RCTAttributedStringIsHighlightedAttributeName] = @YES;
   }
 
-  if (textAttributes.accessibilityRole.hasValue()) {
-    auto accessibilityRole = textAttributes.accessibilityRole.value();
-    switch (accessibilityRole) {
-      case AccessibilityRole::Link:
-        attributes[RCTTextAttributesAccessibilityRoleAttributeName] = @("link");
-        break;
-      case AccessibilityRole::Button:
-        attributes[RCTTextAttributesAccessibilityRoleAttributeName] = @("button");
-        break;
-      case AccessibilityRole::Image:
-        attributes[RCTTextAttributesAccessibilityRoleAttributeName] = @("image");
-        break;
-    };
+  if (!textAttributes.accessibilityRole.empty()) {
+    attributes[RCTTextAttributesAccessibilityRoleAttributeName] =
+        [NSString stringWithCString:textAttributes.accessibilityRole.c_str() encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
   }
 
   return [attributes copy];