diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/LinkingIOS/RCTLinkingManager.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/LinkingIOS/RCTLinkingManager.mm
index f25ad54a5f4a..76d6f526d9fa 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/LinkingIOS/RCTLinkingManager.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/LinkingIOS/RCTLinkingManager.mm
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #import <React/RCTLinkingManager.h>
 
 #import <FBReactNativeSpec/FBReactNativeSpec.h>
-#import <React/RCTBridge.h>
 #import <React/RCTConvert.h>
 #import <React/RCTLog.h>
 #import <React/RCTUtils.h>
@@ -36,6 +35,8 @@ @implementation RCTLinkingManager
 
 RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
 
+@synthesize launchOptions = _launchOptions;
+
 + (void)postNotificationWithURL:(NSURL *)URL
 {
   NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *payload = @{@"url" : URL.absoluteString};
@@ -207,11 +208,10 @@ - (void)canOpenURL:(NSString *)urlString
 - (void)getInitialURL:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve reject:(__unused RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject
 {
   NSURL *initialURL = nil;
-  if (self.bridge.launchOptions[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsURLKey] != nullptr) {
-    initialURL = self.bridge.launchOptions[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsURLKey];
+  if (self.launchOptions[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsURLKey] != nullptr) {
+    initialURL = self.launchOptions[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsURLKey];
   } else {
-    NSDictionary *userActivityDictionary =
-        self.bridge.launchOptions[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsUserActivityDictionaryKey];
+    NSDictionary *userActivityDictionary = self.launchOptions[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsUserActivityDictionaryKey];
     if ([userActivityDictionary[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsUserActivityTypeKey] isEqual:NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb]) {
       initialURL = ((NSUserActivity *)userActivityDictionary[@"UIApplicationLaunchOptionsUserActivityKey"]).webpageURL;
     }