diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/BUCK b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/BUCK
index 6b2ab0bed76..e578bc87e9e 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/BUCK
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/BUCK
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ rn_java_library(
     source = "8",
     target = "8",
     deps = [
-        react_native_dep("libraries/fbcore/src/main/java/com/facebook/common/logging:logging"),
-        react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/common:common"),
         react_native_dep("third-party/java/infer-annotations:infer-annotations"),
         react_native_dep("third-party/java/javapoet:javapoet"),
         react_native_dep("third-party/java/jsr-305:jsr-305"),
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/ReactModuleSpecProcessor.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/ReactModuleSpecProcessor.java
index 9ea0b1d7fe9..03966127496 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/ReactModuleSpecProcessor.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/ReactModuleSpecProcessor.java
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ package com.facebook.react.module.processing;
 import static javax.lang.model.element.Modifier.PUBLIC;
 import static javax.tools.Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR;
 
-import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.SuppressFieldNotInitialized;
-import com.facebook.react.common.ReactConstants;
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule;
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModuleList;
 import com.facebook.react.module.model.ReactModuleInfo;
@@ -94,9 +92,10 @@ public class ReactModuleSpecProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
       try {
         reactModuleList = typeElement.getAnnotation(ReactModuleList.class);
       } catch (Exception ex) {
-        FLog.i(
-            ReactConstants.TAG, "Could not reactModuleList from typeElement.getAnnotation()", ex);
-        throw ex;
+        throw new RuntimeException(
+            "Could not load classes set in @ReactModuleList.nativeModules. Check that they exist and are imported correctly on class: "
+                + typeElement.getQualifiedName(),
+            ex);
       }
 
       if (reactModuleList == null) {