diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.h b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.h
index 18c318408d8c90..93b1543c7bacc4 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
 
 @class RCTSurfacePresenterBridgeAdapter;
-@class RCTTurboModuleManager;
 
 /**
  * The RCTAppDelegate is an utility class that implements some base configurations for all the React Native apps.
@@ -95,9 +94,6 @@
 - (UIViewController *)createRootViewController;
 
 #if RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
-
-/// The TurboModule manager
-@property (nonatomic, strong) RCTTurboModuleManager *turboModuleManager;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) RCTSurfacePresenterBridgeAdapter *bridgeAdapter;
 
 /// This method controls whether the `turboModules` feature of the New Architecture is turned on or off.
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm
index 4d04efa280eab8..5548c7d0605d09 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm
@@ -130,10 +130,12 @@ - (UIViewController *)createRootViewController
   _runtimeScheduler = std::make_shared<facebook::react::RuntimeScheduler>(RCTRuntimeExecutorFromBridge(bridge));
   std::shared_ptr<facebook::react::CallInvoker> callInvoker =
       std::make_shared<facebook::react::RuntimeSchedulerCallInvoker>(_runtimeScheduler);
-  self.turboModuleManager = [[RCTTurboModuleManager alloc] initWithBridge:bridge delegate:self jsInvoker:callInvoker];
+  RCTTurboModule *turboModuleManager = [[RCTTurboModuleManager alloc] initWithBridge:bridge
+                                                                            delegate:self
+                                                                           jsInvoker:callInvoker];
   _contextContainer->erase("RuntimeScheduler");
   _contextContainer->insert("RuntimeScheduler", _runtimeScheduler);
-  return RCTAppSetupDefaultJsExecutorFactory(bridge, _turboModuleManager, _runtimeScheduler);
+  return RCTAppSetupDefaultJsExecutorFactory(bridge, turboModuleManager, _runtimeScheduler);
 }
 
 #pragma mark - RCTTurboModuleManagerDelegate
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/RNTester/AppDelegate.mm b/packages/rn-tester/RNTester/AppDelegate.mm
index b8bf7a2b54dbdd..b9b7e2aac40459 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/RNTester/AppDelegate.mm
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/RNTester/AppDelegate.mm
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ @interface AppDelegate () <RCTCxxBridgeDelegate, RCTTurboModuleManagerDelegate>
   facebook::react::ContextContainer::Shared _contextContainer;
   std::shared_ptr<facebook::react::RuntimeScheduler> _runtimeScheduler;
 #endif
-
-  RCTTurboModuleManager *_turboModuleManager;
 }
 @end
 
@@ -207,15 +205,18 @@ - (void)loadSourceForBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
   _contextContainer->insert("RuntimeScheduler", _runtimeScheduler);
   callInvoker = std::make_shared<facebook::react::RuntimeSchedulerCallInvoker>(_runtimeScheduler);
 #endif
-  _turboModuleManager = [[RCTTurboModuleManager alloc] initWithBridge:bridge delegate:self jsInvoker:callInvoker];
-  [bridge setRCTTurboModuleRegistry:_turboModuleManager];
+
+  RCTTurboModuleManager *turboModuleManager = [[RCTTurboModuleManager alloc] initWithBridge:bridge
+                                                                                   delegate:self
+                                                                                  jsInvoker:callInvoker];
+  [bridge setRCTTurboModuleRegistry:turboModuleManager];
 
 #if RCT_DEV
   /**
    * Eagerly initialize RCTDevMenu so CMD + d, CMD + i, and CMD + r work.
    * This is a stop gap until we have a system to eagerly init Turbo Modules.
    */
-  [_turboModuleManager moduleForName:"RCTDevMenu"];
+  [turboModuleManager moduleForName:"RCTDevMenu"];
 #endif
 
   __weak __typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
@@ -229,17 +230,17 @@ - (void)loadSourceForBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
         if (!bridge) {
           return;
         }
-        __typeof(self) strongSelf = weakSelf;
+
 #if RN_FABRIC_ENABLED
+        __typeof(self) strongSelf = weakSelf;
         if (strongSelf && strongSelf->_runtimeScheduler) {
           facebook::react::RuntimeSchedulerBinding::createAndInstallIfNeeded(runtime, strongSelf->_runtimeScheduler);
         }
 #endif
-        if (strongSelf) {
-          facebook::react::RuntimeExecutor syncRuntimeExecutor =
-              [&](std::function<void(facebook::jsi::Runtime & runtime_)> &&callback) { callback(runtime); };
-          [strongSelf->_turboModuleManager installJSBindingWithRuntimeExecutor:syncRuntimeExecutor];
-        }
+
+        facebook::react::RuntimeExecutor syncRuntimeExecutor =
+            [&](std::function<void(facebook::jsi::Runtime & runtime_)> &&callback) { callback(runtime); };
+        [turboModuleManager installJSBindingWithRuntimeExecutor:syncRuntimeExecutor];
       }));
 }