diff --git a/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactFabricHostConfig.js b/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactFabricHostConfig.js
index 8ca9401597ddb..c71a9050211cf 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactFabricHostConfig.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactFabricHostConfig.js
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import type {
 import {mountSafeCallback_NOT_REALLY_SAFE} from './NativeMethodsMixinUtils';
 import {create, diff} from './ReactNativeAttributePayload';
 
-import invariant from 'shared/invariant';
-
 import {dispatchEvent} from './ReactFabricEventEmitter';
 
 import {
@@ -264,10 +262,11 @@ export function createTextInstance(
   hostContext: HostContext,
   internalInstanceHandle: Object,
 ): TextInstance {
-  invariant(
-    hostContext.isInAParentText,
-    'Text strings must be rendered within a <Text> component.',
-  );
+  if (__DEV__) {
+    if (!hostContext.isInAParentText) {
+      console.error('Text strings must be rendered within a <Text> component.');
+    }
+  }
 
   const tag = nextReactTag;
   nextReactTag += 2;
diff --git a/packages/react-native-renderer/src/__tests__/ReactFabric-test.internal.js b/packages/react-native-renderer/src/__tests__/ReactFabric-test.internal.js
index c7e4e3dee1b51..9f2851382af43 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-renderer/src/__tests__/ReactFabric-test.internal.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-renderer/src/__tests__/ReactFabric-test.internal.js
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ describe('ReactFabric', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('should throw for text not inside of a <Text> ancestor', () => {
+  it('should console error for text not inside of a <Text> ancestor', () => {
     const ScrollView = createReactNativeComponentClass('RCTScrollView', () => ({
       validAttributes: {},
       uiViewClassName: 'RCTScrollView',
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ describe('ReactFabric', () => {
       act(() => {
         ReactFabric.render(<View>this should warn</View>, 11);
       });
-    }).toThrow('Text strings must be rendered within a <Text> component.');
+    }).toErrorDev(['Text strings must be rendered within a <Text> component.']);
 
     expect(() => {
       act(() => {
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ describe('ReactFabric', () => {
           11,
         );
       });
-    }).toThrow('Text strings must be rendered within a <Text> component.');
+    }).toErrorDev(['Text strings must be rendered within a <Text> component.']);
   });
 
   it('should not throw for text inside of an indirect <Text> ancestor', () => {