diff --git a/react.gradle b/react.gradle
index ec92361c841..6acd02dd391 100644
--- a/react.gradle
+++ b/react.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def reactRoot = file(config.root ?: "../../")
 def inputExcludes = config.inputExcludes ?: ["android/**", "ios/**"]
 def bundleConfig = config.bundleConfig ? "${reactRoot}/${config.bundleConfig}" : null ;
 def enableVmCleanup = config.enableVmCleanup == null ? true : config.enableVmCleanup
-def hermesCommand = config.hermesCommand ?: "../../node_modules/react-native/node_modules/hermesvm/%OS-BIN%/hermes"
+def hermesCommand = config.hermesCommand ?: "../../node_modules/hermesvm/%OS-BIN%/hermes"
 
 def reactNativeDevServerPort() {
     def value = project.getProperties().get("reactNativeDevServerPort")