diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/TaskConfiguration.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/TaskConfiguration.kt
index aca77c8facd..60e7e60b0a6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/TaskConfiguration.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/TaskConfiguration.kt
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import com.facebook.react.tasks.BundleJsAndAssetsTask
 import com.facebook.react.tasks.HermesBinaryTask
 import com.facebook.react.utils.detectedCliPath
 import com.facebook.react.utils.detectedEntryFile
-import com.facebook.react.utils.detectedHermesCommand
 import java.io.File
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.Task
@@ -95,8 +94,8 @@ internal fun Project.configureReactTasks(variant: BaseVariant, config: ReactExte
         it.group = REACT_GROUP
         it.description = "bundle hermes resources for $targetName"
 
-        it.reactRoot = config.root.get().asFile
-        it.hermesCommand = detectedHermesCommand(config)
+        it.root = config.root.get().asFile
+        it.hermesCommand = config.hermesCommand.get()
         it.hermesFlags = config.hermesFlagsForVariant(variant)
         it.jsBundleFile = jsBundleFile
         it.composeSourceMapsCommand = nodeExecutableAndArgs + config.composeSourceMapsPath.get()
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/tasks/HermesBinaryTask.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/tasks/HermesBinaryTask.kt
index ab056981bb2..3f9e6359738 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/tasks/HermesBinaryTask.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/tasks/HermesBinaryTask.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.tasks
 
+import com.facebook.react.utils.detectOSAwareHermesCommand
 import com.facebook.react.utils.moveTo
 import com.facebook.react.utils.windowsAwareCommandLine
 import java.io.File
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
 
 open class HermesBinaryTask : DefaultTask() {
 
-  @get:Internal internal lateinit var reactRoot: File
+  @get:Internal internal lateinit var root: File
 
   @get:Input internal lateinit var hermesCommand: String
   @get:Input internal var hermesFlags: List<String> = emptyList()
@@ -33,8 +34,9 @@ open class HermesBinaryTask : DefaultTask() {
 
   @TaskAction
   fun run() {
+    val detectedHermesCommand = detectOSAwareHermesCommand(root, hermesCommand)
     val bytecodeTempFile = File("$jsBundleFile.hbc")
-    emitHermesBinary(outputFile = bytecodeTempFile)
+    emitHermesBinary(hermesCommand = detectedHermesCommand, outputFile = bytecodeTempFile)
     bytecodeTempFile.moveTo(jsBundleFile)
 
     if (hermesFlags.contains("-output-source-map")) {
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ open class HermesBinaryTask : DefaultTask() {
     }
   }
 
-  private fun emitHermesBinary(outputFile: File) {
+  private fun emitHermesBinary(hermesCommand: String, outputFile: File) {
     project.exec {
       @Suppress("SpreadOperator")
       it.commandLine(
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ open class HermesBinaryTask : DefaultTask() {
 
   private fun composeSourceMaps() {
     project.exec {
-      it.workingDir(reactRoot)
+      it.workingDir(root)
 
       @Suppress("SpreadOperator")
       it.commandLine(
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/PathUtils.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/PathUtils.kt
index 6915cc679c1..27f115db9bd 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/PathUtils.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/PathUtils.kt
@@ -112,8 +112,16 @@ private fun detectCliPath(
           "This file typically resides in `node_modules/react-native/cli.js`")
 }
 
-// Make sure not to inspect the Hermes config unless we need it,
-// to avoid breaking any JSC-only setups.
+/**
+ * Computes the `hermesc` command location. The Algo follows this order:
+ * 1. The path provided by the `hermesCommand` config in the `react` Gradle extension
+ * 2. The file located in `node_modules/react-native/sdks/hermes/build/bin/hermesc`. This will be
+ * used if the user is building Hermes from source.
+ * 3. The file located in `node_modules/react-native/sdks/hermesc/%OS-BIN%/hermesc` where `%OS-BIN%`
+ * is substituted with the correct OS arch. This will be used if the user is using a precompiled
+ * hermes-engine package.
+ * 4. Fails otherwise
+ */
 internal fun detectOSAwareHermesCommand(projectRoot: File, hermesCommand: String): String {
   // 1. If the project specifies a Hermes command, don't second guess it.
   if (hermesCommand.isNotBlank()) {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/PathUtilsTest.kt b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/PathUtilsTest.kt
index 34e10cb4cb9..a98c63c6888 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/PathUtilsTest.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/PathUtilsTest.kt
@@ -142,24 +142,6 @@ class PathUtilsTest {
     detectedCliPath(project.projectDir, extension)
   }
 
-  @Test
-  fun detectedHermesCommand_withPathFromExtension() {
-    val extension = TestReactExtension(ProjectBuilder.builder().build())
-    val expected = tempFolder.newFile("hermesc")
-    extension.hermesCommand.set(expected.toString())
-
-    val actual = detectedHermesCommand(extension)
-
-    assertEquals(expected.toString(), actual)
-  }
-
-  @Test(expected = IllegalStateException::class)
-  fun detectedHermesCommand_failsIfNotFound() {
-    val extension = TestReactExtension(ProjectBuilder.builder().build())
-
-    val actual = detectedHermesCommand(extension)
-  }
-
   @Test
   fun projectPathToLibraryName_withSimplePath() {
     assertEquals("SampleSpec", projectPathToLibraryName(":sample"))