diff --git a/packages/react-native-executorch/common/rnexecutorch/RnExecutorchInstaller.cpp b/packages/react-native-executorch/common/rnexecutorch/RnExecutorchInstaller.cpp
index 95f6e9e55..c25fbd13f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-executorch/common/rnexecutorch/RnExecutorchInstaller.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native-executorch/common/rnexecutorch/RnExecutorchInstaller.cpp
@@ -108,22 +108,6 @@ void RnExecutorchInstaller::injectJSIBindings(
 
   threads::utils::unsafeSetupThreadPool();
   threads::GlobalThreadPool::initialize();
-
-#if defined(__ANDROID__) && defined(__aarch64__)
-  auto num_of_perf_cores =
-      ::executorch::extension::cpuinfo::get_num_performant_cores();
-  log(LOG_LEVEL::Info, "Detected ", num_of_perf_cores, " performant cores");
-  // setting num_of_cores to floor(num_of_perf_cores / 2) + 1) because depending
-  // on cpu arch as when possible we want to leave at least 2 performant cores
-  // for other tasks (setting more actually results in drop of performance). For
-  // older devices (i.e. samsung s22) resolves to 3 cores, and for newer ones
-  // (like OnePlus 12) resolves to 4, which when benchamrked gives highest
-  // throughput.
-  auto num_of_cores = static_cast<uint32_t>(num_of_perf_cores / 2) + 1;
-  ::executorch::extension::threadpool::get_threadpool()
-      ->_unsafe_reset_threadpool(num_of_cores);
-  log(LOG_LEVEL::Info, "Configuring xnnpack for ", num_of_cores, " threads");
-#endif
 }
 
 } // namespace rnexecutorch
diff --git a/packages/react-native-executorch/common/rnexecutorch/threads/GlobalThreadPool.h b/packages/react-native-executorch/common/rnexecutorch/threads/GlobalThreadPool.h
index 8b61080f8..50025eeeb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-executorch/common/rnexecutorch/threads/GlobalThreadPool.h
+++ b/packages/react-native-executorch/common/rnexecutorch/threads/GlobalThreadPool.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <executorch/extension/threadpool/cpuinfo_utils.h>
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
+#include <opencv2/opencv.hpp>
 #include <optional>
 #include <rnexecutorch/Log.h>
 #include <rnexecutorch/threads/HighPerformanceThreadPool.h>
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ class GlobalThreadPool {
           numThreads, "threads");
       instance = std::make_unique<HighPerformanceThreadPool>(numThreads.value(),
                                                              config);
+      // Disable OpenCV's internal threading to prevent it from overriding our
+      // thread pool configuration, which would cause degraded performance
+      cv::setNumThreads(0);
     });
   }