diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Settings/RCTSettingsManager.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Settings/RCTSettingsManager.mm
index e9ed3f6f3d45..af0bd521f02e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Settings/RCTSettingsManager.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Settings/RCTSettingsManager.mm
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ - (void)userDefaultsDidChange:(NSNotification *)note
  * Set one or more values in the settings.
  * TODO: would it be useful to have a callback for when this has completed?
  */
-RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(setValues : (NSDictionary *)values)
+- (void)setValues:(NSDictionary *)values
 {
   _ignoringUpdates = YES;
   [values enumerateKeysAndObjectsUsingBlock:^(NSString *key, id json, BOOL *stop) {
@@ -98,8 +98,9 @@ - (void)userDefaultsDidChange:(NSNotification *)note
 /**
  * Remove some values from the settings.
  */
-RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(deleteValues : (NSArray<NSString *> *)keys)
+- (void)deleteValues:(NSArray *)keysRaw
 {
+  NSArray<NSString *> *keys = [RCTConvert NSStringArray:keysRaw];
   _ignoringUpdates = YES;
   for (NSString *key in keys) {
     [_defaults removeObjectForKey:key];