diff --git a/src/component/utils/__tests__/getContentEditableContainer-test.js b/src/component/utils/__tests__/getContentEditableContainer-test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c673027cb8..0000000000
--- a/src/component/utils/__tests__/getContentEditableContainer-test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- *
- * @emails oncall+draft_js
- * @flow
- * @format
- */
-
-'use strict';
-
-jest.mock('ReactDOM');
-
-const getContentEditableContainer = require('getContentEditableContainer');
-
-test('fails if no Node is found for the editorContainer', () => {
-  /* $FlowFixMe(>=0.99.0 site=www) This comment suppresses an error found when
-   * Flow v0.99 was deployed. To see the error delete this comment and run
-   * Flow. */
-  require('ReactDOM').findDOMNode.mockImplementation(() => null);
-  // $FlowExpectedError
-  expect(() => getContentEditableContainer({})).toThrow('Missing editorNode');
-});
-
-test('fails if the firstChild of editorConainer is not an HTMLElement', () => {
-  const editor = {editorContainer: {}};
-  const editableContainer = document.createTextNode('text');
-  const editorContainerNode = {firstChild: editableContainer};
-  /* $FlowFixMe(>=0.99.0 site=www) This comment suppresses an error found when
-   * Flow v0.99 was deployed. To see the error delete this comment and run
-   * Flow. */
-  require('ReactDOM').findDOMNode.mockImplementation(() => editorContainerNode);
-  // $FlowExpectedError
-  expect(() => getContentEditableContainer(editor)).toThrow(
-    'editorNode.firstChild is not an HTMLElement',
-  );
-});
-
-test(`returns the firstChild of editor.editorContainer's DOM node`, () => {
-  const editor = {editorContainer: {}};
-  const editableContainer = document.createElement('div');
-  const editorContainerNode = {firstChild: editableContainer};
-  /* $FlowFixMe(>=0.99.0 site=www) This comment suppresses an error found when
-   * Flow v0.99 was deployed. To see the error delete this comment and run
-   * Flow. */
-  require('ReactDOM').findDOMNode.mockImplementation(() => editorContainerNode);
-
-  // $FlowExpectedError
-  expect(getContentEditableContainer(editor)).toBe(editableContainer);
-  expect(require('ReactDOM').findDOMNode).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-    editor.editorContainer,
-  );
-});
diff --git a/src/component/utils/getContentEditableContainer.js b/src/component/utils/getContentEditableContainer.js
index 887f1485a1..0adc4ef2eb 100644
--- a/src/component/utils/getContentEditableContainer.js
+++ b/src/component/utils/getContentEditableContainer.js
@@ -13,13 +13,11 @@
 
 import type DraftEditor from 'DraftEditor.react';
 
-const ReactDOM = require('ReactDOM');
-
 const invariant = require('invariant');
 const isHTMLElement = require('isHTMLElement');
 
 function getContentEditableContainer(editor: DraftEditor): HTMLElement {
-  const editorNode = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(editor.editorContainer);
+  const editorNode = editor.editorContainer;
   invariant(editorNode, 'Missing editorNode');
   invariant(
     isHTMLElement(editorNode.firstChild),