diff --git a/src/components/RadioButton/RadioButtonItem.tsx b/src/components/RadioButton/RadioButtonItem.tsx
index a68be63e18..7355489d3d 100644
--- a/src/components/RadioButton/RadioButtonItem.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RadioButton/RadioButtonItem.tsx
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ const RadioButtonItem = ({
   let radioButton: any;
 
   if (mode === 'android') {
-    radioButton = <RadioButtonAndroid {...radioButtonProps} />;
+    // aria-hidden ensures that Talkback does not read out the interior radio button as a separate element
+    radioButton = <RadioButtonAndroid {...radioButtonProps} aria-hidden />;
   } else if (mode === 'ios') {
     radioButton = <RadioButtonIOS {...radioButtonProps} />;
   } else {
diff --git a/src/components/__tests__/RadioButton/__snapshots__/RadioButtonItem.test.tsx.snap b/src/components/__tests__/RadioButton/__snapshots__/RadioButtonItem.test.tsx.snap
index dfbe5fa131..1e8e3aa749 100644
--- a/src/components/__tests__/RadioButton/__snapshots__/RadioButtonItem.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/components/__tests__/RadioButton/__snapshots__/RadioButtonItem.test.tsx.snap
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ exports[`can render the Android radio button on different platforms 1`] = `
         }
       }
       accessible={true}
+      aria-hidden={true}
       collapsable={false}
       focusable={true}
       onBlur={[Function]}