diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMModernPluginEventSystem.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMModernPluginEventSystem.js
index f1d95fe5a292..4e8486950904 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMModernPluginEventSystem.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMModernPluginEventSystem.js
@@ -43,12 +43,10 @@ import {
 
 import getEventTarget from './getEventTarget';
 import {
-  TOP_FOCUS,
   TOP_LOAD,
   TOP_ABORT,
   TOP_CANCEL,
   TOP_INVALID,
-  TOP_BLUR,
   TOP_SCROLL,
   TOP_CLOSE,
   TOP_RESET,
@@ -179,8 +177,6 @@ function extractEvents(
 }
 
 export const capturePhaseEvents: Set<DOMTopLevelEventType> = new Set([
-  TOP_FOCUS,
-  TOP_BLUR,
   TOP_SCROLL,
   TOP_LOAD,
   TOP_ABORT,
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/DOMModernPluginEventSystem-test.internal.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/DOMModernPluginEventSystem-test.internal.js
index b5fc1a60e3be..a3b8eb9eb2fc 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/DOMModernPluginEventSystem-test.internal.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/DOMModernPluginEventSystem-test.internal.js
@@ -854,9 +854,9 @@ describe('DOMModernPluginEventSystem', () => {
           divElement.focus();
           expect(onFocus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
           expect(onFocusCapture).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
-          expect(log[2]).toEqual(['capture', divElement]);
-          expect(log[3]).toEqual(['bubble', divElement]);
-          expect(log[4]).toEqual(['capture', buttonElement]);
+          expect(log[2]).toEqual(['capture', buttonElement]);
+          expect(log[3]).toEqual(['capture', divElement]);
+          expect(log[4]).toEqual(['bubble', divElement]);
           expect(log[5]).toEqual(['bubble', buttonElement]);
         });