diff --git a/elements/TextPath.js b/elements/TextPath.js
index 7e1bebc1..b94dbb32 100644
--- a/elements/TextPath.js
+++ b/elements/TextPath.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import createReactNativeComponentClass from 'react-native/Libraries/Renderer/shims/createReactNativeComponentClass.js';
+import createReactNativeComponentClass from '../lib/createReactNativeComponentClass';
 import {TextPathAttributes} from '../lib/attributes';
 import extractText from '../lib/extract/extractText';
 import Shape from './Shape';
diff --git a/lib/createReactNativeComponentClass.js b/lib/createReactNativeComponentClass.js
index ed566556..296b3a94 100644
--- a/lib/createReactNativeComponentClass.js
+++ b/lib/createReactNativeComponentClass.js
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ import createReactNativeComponentClass from 'react-native/Libraries/Renderer/shi
 export default (uiViewClassName, getViewConfig) =>
   createReactNativeComponentClass.length >= 2
     ? createReactNativeComponentClass(uiViewClassName, getViewConfig)
-    : createReactNativeComponentClass(getViewConfig)
+    : createReactNativeComponentClass(getViewConfig())