diff --git a/jest/preprocessor.js b/jest/preprocessor.js
index 8657cee6d25..e21829e9a2b 100644
--- a/jest/preprocessor.js
+++ b/jest/preprocessor.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ module.exports = {
       options: {
         ast: true, // needed for open source (?) https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/f8d6b97140cffe8d18b2558f94570c8d1b410d5c#r28647044
         dev: true,
-        disableBabelRuntime: true,
+        enableBabelRuntime: false,
         experimentalImportSupport: false,
         hot: false,
         inlineRequires: true,