diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutCreateAnimation.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutCreateAnimation.kt
similarity index 58%
rename from packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutCreateAnimation.java
rename to packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutCreateAnimation.kt
index f103cc69ac0..4392b552ea7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutCreateAnimation.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutCreateAnimation.kt
@@ -5,19 +5,13 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-package com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation;
-
-import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Nullsafe;
+package com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation
 
 /**
  * Class responsible for handling layout view creation animation, applied to view whenever a valid
  * config was supplied for the layout animation of CREATE type.
  */
-/* package */ @Nullsafe(Nullsafe.Mode.LOCAL)
-class LayoutCreateAnimation extends BaseLayoutAnimation {
+internal class LayoutCreateAnimation : BaseLayoutAnimation() {
 
-  @Override
-  boolean isReverse() {
-    return false;
-  }
+  override fun isReverse(): Boolean = false
 }