diff --git a/tester/harmony/react_native_openharmony/src/main/cpp/RNOHCorePackage/ComponentInstances/TextInputComponentInstance.cpp b/tester/harmony/react_native_openharmony/src/main/cpp/RNOHCorePackage/ComponentInstances/TextInputComponentInstance.cpp
index cb723bf148428e21cd9775ce42960d15a74eb19f..829af1280ac18b9232f743879da063388a187230 100644
--- a/tester/harmony/react_native_openharmony/src/main/cpp/RNOHCorePackage/ComponentInstances/TextInputComponentInstance.cpp
+++ b/tester/harmony/react_native_openharmony/src/main/cpp/RNOHCorePackage/ComponentInstances/TextInputComponentInstance.cpp
@@ -463,18 +463,6 @@ void TextInputComponentInstance::setTextContentAndSelection(std::string const &c
     m_textAreaNode.setTextSelection(selectionStart, selectionEnd);
 }
 
-void TextInputComponentInstance::setTextContent(std::string const& content) {
-  // NOTE: if selection isn't set explicitly by JS side, we want it to stay
-  // roughly in the same place, rather than have it move to the end of the
-  // input (which is the ArkUI default behaviour)
-  //auto selectionFromEnd = m_content.size() - m_selectionLocation;
-
-  int32_t selectionFromEnd = getTextSize(m_content) - m_selectionLocation;
-  int32_t selectionStart = getTextSize(content) - selectionFromEnd;
-  int32_t selectionEnd = selectionStart + m_selectionLength;
-  setTextContentAndSelection(content, selectionStart, selectionEnd);
-}
-
 void TextInputComponentInstance::onCommandReceived(
     std::string const& commandName,
     folly::dynamic const& args) {
@@ -497,7 +485,9 @@ void TextInputComponentInstance::onCommandReceived(
     m_selectionStart = args[2].asInt();
     m_selectionEnd = args[3].asInt();
     if (m_selectionStart < 0) {
-      setTextContent(textContent);
+      m_content = textContent;
+      int32_t selectionPosition = getTextSize(textContent);
+      setTextContentAndSelection(textContent, selectionPosition, selectionPosition);
     } else {
       setTextContentAndSelection(textContent, m_selectionStart, m_selectionEnd);
     }
@@ -512,7 +502,9 @@ void TextInputComponentInstance::onStateChanged(
   }
 
   auto content = getTextContentFromState(state);
-  setTextContent(content);
+  int32_t selectionStart = getTextSize(content) - getTextSize(m_content) + m_selectionLocation;
+  int32_t selectionEnd = selectionStart + m_selectionLength;
+  setTextContentAndSelection(content, selectionStart, selectionEnd);
 }
 
 ArkUINode& TextInputComponentInstance::getLocalRootArkUINode() {
diff --git a/tester/harmony/react_native_openharmony/src/main/cpp/RNOHCorePackage/ComponentInstances/TextInputComponentInstance.h b/tester/harmony/react_native_openharmony/src/main/cpp/RNOHCorePackage/ComponentInstances/TextInputComponentInstance.h
index 368ae775e45ec9598579086ae76fbfca1d6f1374..ddda4c0412383b4de1fdbc2cab1ec38038bd1a54 100644
--- a/tester/harmony/react_native_openharmony/src/main/cpp/RNOHCorePackage/ComponentInstances/TextInputComponentInstance.h
+++ b/tester/harmony/react_native_openharmony/src/main/cpp/RNOHCorePackage/ComponentInstances/TextInputComponentInstance.h
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ class TextInputComponentInstance
       std::string const& content,
       size_t selectionStart,
       size_t selectionEnd);
-  void setTextContent(std::string const& content);
 
  public:
   TextInputComponentInstance(Context context);