diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.h b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.h
index ca029d2f4ba4db..cf6cd3a63382aa 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.h
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@
  * By default, it assigns the rootView to the view property of the rootViewController
  * If you are not using a simple UIViewController, then there could be other methods to use to setup the rootView.
  * For example: UISplitViewController requires `setViewController(_:for:)`
- *
- * @return: void
  */
 - (void)setRootView:(UIView *)rootView toRootViewController:(UIViewController *)rootViewController;
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm
index 7f8163ed2f8c61..0cc46548fc2576 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm
@@ -49,6 +49,19 @@ @interface RCTAppDelegate () <
 
 #endif
 
+static NSDictionary *updateInitialProps(NSDictionary *initialProps, BOOL isFabricEnabled)
+{
+#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
+  NSMutableDictionary *mutableProps = [initialProps mutableCopy] ?: [NSMutableDictionary new];
+  // Hardcoding the Concurrent Root as it it not recommended to
+  // have the concurrentRoot turned off when Fabric is enabled.
+  mutableProps[kRNConcurrentRoot] = @(isFabricEnabled);
+  return mutableProps;
+#else
+  return initialProps;
+#endif
+}
+
 @interface RCTAppDelegate () <RCTCxxBridgeDelegate> {
   std::shared_ptr<facebook::react::RuntimeScheduler> _runtimeScheduler;
 }
@@ -76,10 +89,13 @@ - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(
 {
   BOOL enableTM = NO;
   BOOL enableBridgeless = NO;
+  BOOL fabricEnabled = NO;
 #if RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
   enableTM = self.turboModuleEnabled;
   enableBridgeless = self.bridgelessEnabled;
+  fabricEnabled = [self fabricEnabled];
 #endif
+  NSDictionary *initProps = updateInitialProps([self prepareInitialProps], fabricEnabled);
 
   RCTAppSetupPrepareApp(application, enableTM);
 
@@ -88,7 +104,7 @@ - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(
   if (enableBridgeless) {
 #if RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
     // Enable native view config interop only if both bridgeless mode and Fabric is enabled.
-    RCTSetUseNativeViewConfigsInBridgelessMode([self fabricEnabled]);
+    RCTSetUseNativeViewConfigsInBridgelessMode(fabricEnabled);
 
     // Enable TurboModule interop by default in Bridgeless mode
     RCTEnableTurboModuleInterop(YES);
@@ -97,8 +113,7 @@ - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(
     [self createReactHost];
     [self unstable_registerLegacyComponents];
     [RCTComponentViewFactory currentComponentViewFactory].thirdPartyFabricComponentsProvider = self;
-    RCTFabricSurface *surface = [_reactHost createSurfaceWithModuleName:self.moduleName
-                                                      initialProperties:launchOptions];
+    RCTFabricSurface *surface = [_reactHost createSurfaceWithModuleName:self.moduleName initialProperties:initProps];
 
     RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView *surfaceHostingProxyRootView = [[RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView alloc]
         initWithSurface:surface
@@ -118,7 +133,7 @@ - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(
     [self unstable_registerLegacyComponents];
     [RCTComponentViewFactory currentComponentViewFactory].thirdPartyFabricComponentsProvider = self;
 #endif
-    NSDictionary *initProps = [self prepareInitialProps];
+
     rootView = [self createRootViewWithBridge:self.bridge moduleName:self.moduleName initProps:initProps];
   }
   self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];
@@ -140,15 +155,7 @@ - (NSURL *)sourceURLForBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
 
 - (NSDictionary *)prepareInitialProps
 {
-  NSMutableDictionary *initProps = self.initialProps ? [self.initialProps mutableCopy] : [NSMutableDictionary new];
-
-#ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-  // Hardcoding the Concurrent Root as it it not recommended to
-  // have the concurrentRoot turned off when Fabric is enabled.
-  initProps[kRNConcurrentRoot] = @([self fabricEnabled]);
-#endif
-
-  return initProps;
+  return self.initialProps;
 }
 
 - (RCTBridge *)createBridgeWithDelegate:(id<RCTBridgeDelegate>)delegate launchOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions