diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridgeless/BindingsInstaller.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridgeless/BindingsInstaller.java
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index 53d1c59e84d..00000000000
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridgeless/BindingsInstaller.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-package com.facebook.react.bridgeless;
-
-import com.facebook.jni.HybridData;
-import com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip;
-import com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStripAny;
-import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
-
-@DoNotStripAny
-public abstract class BindingsInstaller {
-  static {
-    SoLoader.loadLibrary("rninstance");
-  }
-
-  @DoNotStrip private final HybridData mHybridData;
-
-  protected BindingsInstaller(HybridData hybridData) {
-    mHybridData = hybridData;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridgeless/BindingsInstaller.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridgeless/BindingsInstaller.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8225c484bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridgeless/BindingsInstaller.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.bridgeless
+
+import com.facebook.jni.HybridData
+import com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip
+import com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStripAny
+import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader
+
+@DoNotStripAny
+abstract class BindingsInstaller(@field:DoNotStrip private val mHybridData: HybridData) {
+  companion object {
+    init {
+      SoLoader.loadLibrary("rninstance")
+    }
+  }
+}