diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js
index c1fc5aeaf99..440b25c02a7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js
@@ -778,6 +778,11 @@ function findFilesWithExtension(filePath, extension) {
 // Given a filepath, read the file and look for a string that starts with 'Class<RCTComponentViewProtocol> '
 // and ends with 'Cls(void)'. Return the string between the two.
 function findRCTComponentViewProtocolClass(filepath) {
+  // Exclude files provided by react-native
+  if (filepath.includes(`${path.sep}react-native${path.sep}`)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   const fileContent = fs.readFileSync(filepath, 'utf8');
   const regex = /Class<RCTComponentViewProtocol> (.*)Cls\(/;
   const match = fileContent.match(regex);