diff --git a/apple/Text/RNSVGTSpan.mm b/apple/Text/RNSVGTSpan.mm
index f65d51870..faaedc98e 100644
--- a/apple/Text/RNSVGTSpan.mm
+++ b/apple/Text/RNSVGTSpan.mm
@@ -1065,7 +1065,11 @@ A negative value is an error (see Error processing).
 
         CGContextConcatCTM(context, transform);
         CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0, -fontSize);
+#if TARGET_OS_OSX
         [emojiLabel.layer renderInContext:context];
+#else
+        [emojiLabel drawTextInRect:emojiLabel.bounds];
+#endif // TARGET_OS_OSX
         CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0, fontSize);
         CGContextConcatCTM(context, CGAffineTransformInvert(transform));