diff --git a/template/_flowconfig b/template/_flowconfig
index b82fe7fe9ff..9f69724d1f4 100644
--- a/template/_flowconfig
+++ b/template/_flowconfig
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 ; We fork some components by platform
 .*/*[.]android.js
 
-; Ignore "BUCK" generated dirs
-<PROJECT_ROOT>/\.buckd/
-
 ; Ignore polyfills
 node_modules/react-native/Libraries/polyfills/.*
 
diff --git a/template/_gitignore b/template/_gitignore
index 2423126f729..27becf965d1 100644
--- a/template/_gitignore
+++ b/template/_gitignore
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ local.properties
 *.iml
 *.hprof
 .cxx/
+*.keystore
+!debug.keystore
 
 # node.js
 #
@@ -38,12 +40,6 @@ node_modules/
 npm-debug.log
 yarn-error.log
 
-# BUCK
-buck-out/
-\.buckd/
-*.keystore
-!debug.keystore
-
 # fastlane
 #
 # It is recommended to not store the screenshots in the git repo. Instead, use fastlane to re-generate the
diff --git a/template/android/app/_BUCK b/template/android/app/_BUCK
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e779048347..00000000000
--- a/template/android/app/_BUCK
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# To learn about Buck see [Docs](https://buckbuild.com/).
-# To run your application with Buck:
-# - install Buck
-# - `npm start` - to start the packager
-# - `cd android`
-# - `keytool -genkey -v -keystore keystores/debug.keystore -storepass android -alias androiddebugkey -keypass android -dname "CN=Android Debug,O=Android,C=US"`
-# - `./gradlew :app:copyDownloadableDepsToLibs` - make all Gradle compile dependencies available to Buck
-# - `buck install -r android/app` - compile, install and run application
-#
-
-load(":build_defs.bzl", "create_aar_targets", "create_jar_targets")
-
-lib_deps = []
-
-create_aar_targets(glob(["libs/*.aar"]))
-
-create_jar_targets(glob(["libs/*.jar"]))
-
-android_library(
-    name = "all-libs",
-    exported_deps = lib_deps,
-)
-
-android_library(
-    name = "app-code",
-    srcs = glob([
-        "src/main/java/**/*.java",
-    ]),
-    deps = [
-        ":all-libs",
-        ":build_config",
-        ":res",
-    ],
-)
-
-android_build_config(
-    name = "build_config",
-    package = "com.helloworld",
-)
-
-android_resource(
-    name = "res",
-    package = "com.helloworld",
-    res = "src/main/res",
-)
-
-android_binary(
-    name = "app",
-    keystore = "//android/keystores:debug",
-    manifest = "src/main/AndroidManifest.xml",
-    package_type = "debug",
-    deps = [
-        ":app-code",
-    ],
-)
diff --git a/template/android/app/build.gradle b/template/android/app/build.gradle
index ea7ea35382b..3a23b468c2d 100644
--- a/template/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/template/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -260,13 +260,6 @@ if (isNewArchitectureEnabled()) {
     }
 }
 
-// Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK
-// puts all compile dependencies into folder libs for BUCK to use
-task copyDownloadableDepsToLibs(type: Copy) {
-    from configurations.implementation
-    into 'libs'
-}
-
 apply from: file("../../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesAppBuildGradle(project)
 
 def isNewArchitectureEnabled() {