diff --git a/ios/RNDateTimePickerManager.m b/ios/RNDateTimePickerManager.m
index 645028a4..f26f2094 100644
--- a/ios/RNDateTimePickerManager.m
+++ b/ios/RNDateTimePickerManager.m
@@ -100,33 +100,10 @@ + (NSString*) datepickerStyleToString: (UIDatePickerStyle) style  API_AVAILABLE(
     }
 }
 
-RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(getDefaultDisplayValue:(NSDictionary *)options resolver:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve rejecter:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject)
-{
-    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
-      if (@available(iOS 13.4, *)) {
-        UIDatePicker* view = [RNDateTimePicker new];
-        
-        view.preferredDatePickerStyle = UIDatePickerStyleAutomatic;
-        UIDatePickerMode renderedMode = [RCTConvert UIDatePickerMode:options[@"mode"]];
-        view.datePickerMode = renderedMode;
-        // NOTE afaict we do not need to measure the actual dimensions here, but if we do, just look at the original PR
-        
-        UIDatePickerStyle determinedDisplayValue = view.datePickerStyle;
-
-        resolve(@{
-                 @"determinedDisplayValue": [RNDateTimePickerManager datepickerStyleToString:determinedDisplayValue],
-                });
-      } else {
-        // never happens; the condition is just to avoid compiler warnings
-        reject(@"UNEXPECTED_CALL", @"unexpected getDefaultDisplayValue() call", nil);
-      }
-    });
-}
-
 RCT_EXPORT_SHADOW_PROPERTY(date, NSDate)
 RCT_EXPORT_SHADOW_PROPERTY(mode, UIDatePickerMode)
 RCT_EXPORT_SHADOW_PROPERTY(locale, NSLocale)
-RCT_EXPORT_SHADOW_PROPERTY(datePickerStyle, UIDatePickerStyle)
+RCT_EXPORT_SHADOW_PROPERTY(displayIOS, RNCUIDatePickerStyle)
 
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(date, NSDate)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(locale, NSLocale)
diff --git a/ios/RNDateTimePickerShadowView.h b/ios/RNDateTimePickerShadowView.h
index f8dd5ba0..04578ee8 100644
--- a/ios/RNDateTimePickerShadowView.h
+++ b/ios/RNDateTimePickerShadowView.h
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 @property (nonatomic) UIDatePickerMode mode;
 @property (nullable, nonatomic, strong) NSDate *date;
 @property (nullable, nonatomic, strong) NSLocale *locale;
-@property (nonatomic, readonly, assign) UIDatePickerStyle datePickerStyle API_AVAILABLE(ios(13.4));
+@property (nonatomic, assign) UIDatePickerStyle displayIOS API_AVAILABLE(ios(13.4));
 
 @end
diff --git a/ios/RNDateTimePickerShadowView.m b/ios/RNDateTimePickerShadowView.m
index f38fa042..ac75a769 100644
--- a/ios/RNDateTimePickerShadowView.m
+++ b/ios/RNDateTimePickerShadowView.m
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ - (void)setMode:(UIDatePickerMode)mode {
   YGNodeMarkDirty(self.yogaNode);
 }
 
+
+- (void)setDisplayIOS:(UIDatePickerStyle)displayIOS {
+  _displayIOS = displayIOS;
+  YGNodeMarkDirty(self.yogaNode);
+}
+
 static YGSize RNDateTimePickerShadowViewMeasure(YGNodeRef node, float width, YGMeasureMode widthMode, float height, YGMeasureMode heightMode)
 {
   RNDateTimePickerShadowView *shadowPickerView = (__bridge RNDateTimePickerShadowView *)YGNodeGetContext(node);
@@ -35,7 +41,7 @@ static YGSize RNDateTimePickerShadowViewMeasure(YGNodeRef node, float width, YGM
     [shadowPickerView.picker setDatePickerMode:shadowPickerView.mode];
     [shadowPickerView.picker setLocale:shadowPickerView.locale];
     if (@available(iOS 14.0, *)) {
-      [shadowPickerView.picker setPreferredDatePickerStyle:shadowPickerView.datePickerStyle];
+      [shadowPickerView.picker setPreferredDatePickerStyle:shadowPickerView.displayIOS];
     }
     size = [shadowPickerView.picker sizeThatFits:UILayoutFittingCompressedSize];
   });
diff --git a/src/datetimepicker.ios.js b/src/datetimepicker.ios.js
index fed4dfee..5eaa7683 100644
--- a/src/datetimepicker.ios.js
+++ b/src/datetimepicker.ios.js
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ import {sharedPropsValidation, toMilliseconds} from './utils';
 import {IOS_DISPLAY, ANDROID_MODE, EVENT_TYPE_SET} from './constants';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
-import {getPickerHeightStyle} from './layoutUtilsIOS';
-import {Platform, StyleSheet} from 'react-native';
+import {Platform} from 'react-native';
 
 import type {
   NativeEventIOS,
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ export default function Picker({
 }: IOSNativeProps): React.Node {
   sharedPropsValidation({value});
 
-  const [heightStyle, setHeightStyle] = React.useState(undefined);
   const _picker: NativeRef = React.useRef(null);
   const display = getDisplaySafe(providedDisplay);
 
@@ -80,18 +78,6 @@ export default function Picker({
     [onChange, value],
   );
 
-  React.useEffect(
-    function ensureCorrectHeight() {
-      const height = getPickerHeightStyle(display, mode);
-      if (height instanceof Promise) {
-        height.then(setHeightStyle);
-      } else {
-        setHeightStyle(height);
-      }
-    },
-    [display, mode],
-  );
-
   const _onChange = (event: NativeEventIOS) => {
     const timestamp = event.nativeEvent.timestamp;
     // $FlowFixMe Cannot assign object literal to `unifiedEvent` because number [1] is incompatible with undefined [2] in property `nativeEvent.timestamp`.
@@ -104,11 +90,6 @@ export default function Picker({
 
   invariant(value, 'A date or time should be specified as `value`.');
 
-  if (!heightStyle) {
-    // wait for height to be available in state
-    return null;
-  }
-
   const dates: DatePickerOptions = {value, maximumDate, minimumDate};
   toMilliseconds(dates, 'value', 'minimumDate', 'maximumDate');
 
@@ -117,7 +98,7 @@ export default function Picker({
     <RNDateTimePicker
       testID={testID}
       ref={_picker}
-      style={StyleSheet.compose(heightStyle, style)}
+      style={style}
       date={dates.value}
       locale={locale !== null && locale !== '' ? locale : undefined}
       maximumDate={dates.maximumDate}
diff --git a/src/layoutUtilsIOS.js b/src/layoutUtilsIOS.js
deleted file mode 100644
index efaac882..00000000
--- a/src/layoutUtilsIOS.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @format
- * @flow strict-local
- */
-
-import {NativeModules, StyleSheet} from 'react-native';
-import {IOS_DISPLAY, IOS_MODE} from './constants';
-import type {IOSDisplay, IOSMode} from './types';
-
-const inlineHeightForDatePicker = 318.5;
-const inlineHeightForTimePicker = 49.5;
-const compactHeight = 34.5;
-
-// NOTE these styles are only supported from ios 14
-// the numbers may not be 100% accurate but were measured by calling `layoutIfNeeded`
-// while the proper mode and preferredDatePickerStyle were set in the native module
-const styles = StyleSheet.create({
-  [`${IOS_DISPLAY.inline}_${IOS_MODE.date}`]: {
-    height: inlineHeightForDatePicker + inlineHeightForTimePicker,
-  },
-  [`${IOS_DISPLAY.inline}_${IOS_MODE.time}`]: {
-    height: inlineHeightForTimePicker,
-  },
-  [`${IOS_DISPLAY.inline}_${IOS_MODE.datetime}`]: {
-    height: inlineHeightForDatePicker + inlineHeightForTimePicker * 2,
-  },
-  compact: {
-    height: compactHeight,
-  },
-  default: {
-    // this is for spinner style (UIDatePickerStyleWheels) or countdown mode
-    height: 216,
-  },
-});
-
-function getHeightStyleFromKnownValues(display, mode) {
-  if (display === IOS_DISPLAY.compact) {
-    return styles.compact;
-  }
-  const key = `${display}_${mode}`;
-  const maybeKnownStyle = styles[key];
-  return maybeKnownStyle || styles.default;
-}
-
-export function getPickerHeightStyle(
-  display: IOSDisplay,
-  mode: IOSMode,
-): {|height: number|} | Promise<{|height: number|}> {
-  if (display === IOS_DISPLAY.default && mode !== IOS_MODE.countdown) {
-    // when display is UIDatePickerStyleAutomatic, ios will "Automatically pick the best style available for the current platform & mode."
-    // because we don't know what that is going to be, we need to ask native for it
-    // TODO vonovak this value could be cached
-    return NativeModules.RNDateTimePickerManager.getDefaultDisplayValue({
-      mode,
-    })
-      .then(({determinedDisplayValue}) => {
-        return getHeightStyleFromKnownValues(determinedDisplayValue, mode);
-      })
-      .catch((e) => {
-        // if we can't get the height style from the known values, we'll just use the default
-        const nativeModuleNotPresentError = new Error(
-          'RNDateTimePickerManager native module is not present. ' +
-            'If you are getting this error in tests, make sure to follow the testing guide. Otherwise, make sure the native module correctly linked. ' +
-            'Nested Error is: ' +
-            e.message,
-        );
-        throw nativeModuleNotPresentError;
-      });
-  }
-  return getHeightStyleFromKnownValues(display, mode);
-}