diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
index 95ff5a0d180e..b988908b6fd6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
@@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ void RCTApplyBaselineOffset(NSMutableAttributedString *attributedText)
     const AttributedString::Fragment &fragment,
     UIImage *placeholderImage)
 {
+  NSString *string;
+  NSMutableDictionary<NSAttributedStringKey, id> *attributes;
+
   if (fragment.isAttachment()) {
     auto layoutMetrics = fragment.parentShadowView.layoutMetrics;
     CGRect bounds = {
@@ -415,41 +418,28 @@ void RCTApplyBaselineOffset(NSMutableAttributedString *attributedText)
     attachment.image = placeholderImage;
     attachment.bounds = bounds;
 
-    return [[NSMutableAttributedString attributedStringWithAttachment:attachment] mutableCopy];
+    string = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%C", (unichar)NSAttachmentCharacter];
+    attributes = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObject:attachment forKey:NSAttachmentAttributeName];
   } else {
     NSString *decoded = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:fragment.string.data()
                                                  length:fragment.string.size()
                                                encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-    NSString *string = decoded != nil ? decoded : @"";
+    string = decoded != nil ? decoded : @"";
 
     if (fragment.textAttributes.textTransform.has_value()) {
       auto textTransform = fragment.textAttributes.textTransform.value();
       string = RCTNSStringFromStringApplyingTextTransform(string, textTransform);
     }
 
-    return [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]
-        initWithString:string
-            attributes:RCTNSTextAttributesFromTextAttributes(fragment.textAttributes)];
+    attributes = RCTNSTextAttributesFromTextAttributes(fragment.textAttributes);
   }
-}
-
-static NSMutableAttributedString *RCTNSAttributedStringFragmentWithAttributesFromFragment(
-    const AttributedString::Fragment &fragment,
-    UIImage *placeholderImage)
-{
-  auto nsAttributedStringFragment = RCTNSAttributedStringFragmentFromFragment(fragment, placeholderImage);
 
+  // Set with the initial attributes; adding it afterwards would re-split the runs.
   if (fragment.parentShadowView.componentHandle) {
-    auto eventEmitterWrapper = RCTWrapEventEmitter(fragment.parentShadowView.eventEmitter);
-
-    NSDictionary<NSAttributedStringKey, id> *additionalTextAttributes =
-        @{RCTAttributedStringEventEmitterKey : eventEmitterWrapper};
-
-    [nsAttributedStringFragment addAttributes:additionalTextAttributes
-                                        range:NSMakeRange(0, nsAttributedStringFragment.length)];
+    attributes[RCTAttributedStringEventEmitterKey] = RCTWrapEventEmitter(fragment.parentShadowView.eventEmitter);
   }
 
-  return nsAttributedStringFragment;
+  return [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:string attributes:attributes];
 }
 
 NSAttributedString *RCTNSAttributedStringFromAttributedString(const AttributedString &attributedString)
@@ -464,9 +454,9 @@ void RCTApplyBaselineOffset(NSMutableAttributedString *attributedText)
 
   [nsAttributedString beginEditing];
 
-  for (auto fragment : attributedString.getFragments()) {
+  for (const auto &fragment : attributedString.getFragments()) {
     NSMutableAttributedString *nsAttributedStringFragment =
-        RCTNSAttributedStringFragmentWithAttributesFromFragment(fragment, placeholderImage);
+        RCTNSAttributedStringFragmentFromFragment(fragment, placeholderImage);
 
     [nsAttributedString appendAttributedString:nsAttributedStringFragment];
   }