diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/BrowserEventConstants.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/BrowserEventConstants.js
index 276df6ee76f22..8e69b149f64d7 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/BrowserEventConstants.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/events/BrowserEventConstants.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import getVendorPrefixedEventName from './getVendorPrefixedEventName';
+import isEventSupported from './isEventSupported';
 
 /**
  * Types of raw signals from the browser caught at the top level.
@@ -85,7 +86,9 @@ var topLevelTypes = {
     getVendorPrefixedEventName('transitionend') || 'transitionend',
   topVolumeChange: 'volumechange',
   topWaiting: 'waiting',
-  topWheel: 'wheel',
+  topWheel: 
+    isEventSupported('wheel') ? 'wheel' : 
+    isEventSupported('mousewheel') ? 'mousewhee' : 'DOMMouseScroll'
 };
 
 export type TopLevelTypes = $Enum<typeof topLevelTypes>;
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/ReactBrowserEventEmitter.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/ReactBrowserEventEmitter.js
index f9a5ee52f41ff..2b7e9a5509152 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/ReactBrowserEventEmitter.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/events/ReactBrowserEventEmitter.js
@@ -123,17 +123,7 @@ export function listenTo(registrationName, contentDocumentHandle) {
   for (var i = 0; i < dependencies.length; i++) {
     var dependency = dependencies[i];
     if (!(isListening.hasOwnProperty(dependency) && isListening[dependency])) {
-      if (dependency === 'topWheel') {
-        if (isEventSupported('wheel')) {
-          trapBubbledEvent('topWheel', 'wheel', mountAt);
-        } else if (isEventSupported('mousewheel')) {
-          trapBubbledEvent('topWheel', 'mousewheel', mountAt);
-        } else {
-          // Firefox needs to capture a different mouse scroll event.
-          // @see http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/events/tests/scroll.html
-          trapBubbledEvent('topWheel', 'DOMMouseScroll', mountAt);
-        }
-      } else if (dependency === 'topScroll') {
+      if (dependency === 'topScroll') {
         trapCapturedEvent('topScroll', 'scroll', mountAt);
       } else if (dependency === 'topFocus' || dependency === 'topBlur') {
         trapCapturedEvent('topFocus', 'focus', mountAt);