diff --git a/src/PagerView.tsx b/src/PagerView.tsx
index 5bb6401c..b037ff57 100644
--- a/src/PagerView.tsx
+++ b/src/PagerView.tsx
@@ -55,14 +55,18 @@ import PagerViewNativeComponent, {
  * ```
  */
 
-export class PagerView extends React.Component<NativeProps> {
+export interface PagerViewProps extends Omit<NativeProps, 'layoutDirection'> {
+  layoutDirection?: NativeProps['layoutDirection'] | 'locale';
+}
+
+export class PagerView extends React.Component<PagerViewProps> {
+
   private isScrolling = false;
   pagerView: React.ElementRef<typeof PagerViewNativeComponent> | null = null;
 
   private get deducedLayoutDirection() {
     if (
       !this.props.layoutDirection ||
-      //@ts-ignore fix it
       this.props.layoutDirection === 'locale'
     ) {
       return I18nManager.isRTL ? 'rtl' : 'ltr';
diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index c31afa19..a2a406dd 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -7,15 +7,14 @@ import type {
   OnPageScrollEventData as PagerViewOnPageScrollEventData,
   OnPageSelectedEventData as PagerViewOnPageSelectedEventData,
   OnPageScrollStateChangedEventData as PageScrollStateChangedNativeEventData,
-  NativeProps,
 } from './PagerViewNativeComponent';
 
 export type {
   PagerViewOnPageScrollEventData,
   PagerViewOnPageSelectedEventData,
   PageScrollStateChangedNativeEventData,
-  NativeProps as PagerViewProps,
 };
+export type { PagerViewProps } from './PagerView';
 
 export type PagerViewOnPageScrollEvent =
   ReactNative.NativeSyntheticEvent<PagerViewOnPageScrollEventData>;