diff --git a/lib/ios/RNNComponentViewController.m b/lib/ios/RNNComponentViewController.m
index 28ac2f8d18d..17169897299 100644
--- a/lib/ios/RNNComponentViewController.m
+++ b/lib/ios/RNNComponentViewController.m
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@ - (void)searchBarCancelButtonClicked:(UISearchBar *)searchBar {
 	[self.eventEmitter sendOnSearchBarCancelPressed:self.layoutInfo.componentId];
 }
 
-- (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden {
-	return [_presenter isStatusBarVisibility:self.navigationController resolvedOptions:self.resolveOptions];
-}
-
 - (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle {
 	return [_presenter getStatusBarStyle:[self resolveOptions]];
 }
diff --git a/lib/ios/UIViewController+LayoutProtocol.m b/lib/ios/UIViewController+LayoutProtocol.m
index db21c800ca6..91e7caa32e2 100644
--- a/lib/ios/UIViewController+LayoutProtocol.m
+++ b/lib/ios/UIViewController+LayoutProtocol.m
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ - (UIInterfaceOrientationMask)supportedInterfaceOrientations {
 	return interfaceOrientationMask;
 }
 
+- (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden {
+    return [self.presenter isStatusBarVisibility:self.navigationController resolvedOptions:self.resolveOptions];
+}
+
 - (UINavigationController *)stack {
     if ([self isKindOfClass:UINavigationController.class]) {
         return (UINavigationController *)self;