diff --git a/ui/list-view/list-view.android.ts b/ui/list-view/list-view.android.ts
index ab817c6d3..b8d37f9a5 100644
--- a/ui/list-view/list-view.android.ts
+++ b/ui/list-view/list-view.android.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ export class ListView extends common.ListView {
     private _android: android.widget.ListView;
     public _realizedItems = {};
     private _androidViewId: number;
-    public _attachStateChangeListener: android.view.View.OnAttachStateChangeListener;
 
     public _createUI() {
         this._android = new android.widget.ListView(this._context);
@@ -89,28 +88,6 @@ export class ListView extends common.ListView {
                 }
             }
         }));
-
-        this._attachStateChangeListener = new android.view.View.OnAttachStateChangeListener({
-            get owner() {
-                return that.get();
-            },
-
-            onViewAttachedToWindow: function (view: android.view.View) {
-                //
-            },
-            onViewDetachedFromWindow: function (androidView: android.view.View) {
-                var owner = that.get();
-                if (!owner) {
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                var view: viewModule.View = this.owner._realizedItems[androidView.hashCode()];
-                if (!view) {
-                    return;
-                }
-                view.onUnloaded();
-            }
-        });
     }
 
     get android(): android.widget.ListView {
@@ -234,10 +211,6 @@ class ListViewAdapter extends android.widget.BaseAdapter {
                 }
             }
 
-            if (!this._listView._realizedItems[convertView.hashCode()]) {
-                convertView.addOnAttachStateChangeListener(this._listView._attachStateChangeListener);
-            }
-
             this._listView._realizedItems[convertView.hashCode()] = args.view;
             // cache the realized index (used to raise the ItemLoading event upon scroll stop)
             args.view[REALIZED_INDEX] = index;
diff --git a/ui/list-view/list-view.ios.ts b/ui/list-view/list-view.ios.ts
index 71a778e3f..ef253a8bf 100644
--- a/ui/list-view/list-view.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/list-view/list-view.ios.ts
@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@ class ListViewCell extends UITableViewCell {
     static new(): ListViewCell {
         return <ListViewCell>super.new();
     }
-
-    public removeFromSuperview(): void {
-        super.removeFromSuperview();
-        var view: view.View = (<any>this).view;
-        if (view) {
-            view.onUnloaded();
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 function notifyForItemAtIndex(listView: definition.ListView, cell: any, eventName: string, indexPath: NSIndexPath) {