diff --git a/ios/native/REAInitializer.h b/ios/native/REAInitializer.h
index 66898e8f4ef..c6fc3264d74 100644
--- a/ios/native/REAInitializer.h
+++ b/ios/native/REAInitializer.h
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
 namespace reanimated {
 
+[[deprecated(
+    "REAInitializer method is no longer required, you can just remove invocation.")]] void
+REAInitializer(RCTBridge *bridge);
+
 #if REACT_NATIVE_MINOR_VERSION <= 71
 [[deprecated(
     "REAJSIExecutorRuntimeInstaller method is no longer required, you can just remove invocation.")]] JSIExecutor::
diff --git a/ios/native/REAInitializer.mm b/ios/native/REAInitializer.mm
index b2ad7d2b7ad..fa786df7611 100644
--- a/ios/native/REAInitializer.mm
+++ b/ios/native/REAInitializer.mm
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 namespace reanimated {
 
+void REAInitializer(RCTBridge *bridge)
+{
+  // do nothing, just for backward compatibility
+}
+
 #if REACT_NATIVE_MINOR_VERSION <= 71
 
 JSIExecutor::RuntimeInstaller REAJSIExecutorRuntimeInstaller(