Forwarding ref to WebView

autoHeightWebView/index.js

 'use strict';
 
-import React, { useState, useEffect, useRef, useImperativeHandle, forwardRef } from 'react';
+import React, { useState, useEffect, forwardRef } from 'react';
 
 import { StyleSheet, Platform, ViewPropTypes } from 'react-native';
 
   forwardRef((props, ref) => {
     const { style, onMessage, onSizeUpdated, scrollEnabledWithZoomedin, scrollEnabled } = props;
 
-    let webView = useRef();
-    useImperativeHandle(ref, () => ({
-      stopLoading: () => webView.current.stopLoading(),
-      goForward: () => webView.current.goForward(),
-      goBack: () => webView.current.goBack(),
-      reload: () => webView.current.reload(),
-      injectJavaScript: script => webView.current.injectJavaScript(script)
-    }));
-
     const [size, setSize] = useState({
       height: style && style.height ? style.height : 0,
       width: getWidth(style)
     return (
       <WebView
         {...props}
-        ref={webView}
+        ref={ref}
         onMessage={handleMessage}
         style={[
           styles.webView,