diff --git a/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/NdkConfiguratorUtils.kt b/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/NdkConfiguratorUtils.kt
index 5e8303e465b..50e0ce0d547 100644
--- a/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/NdkConfiguratorUtils.kt
+++ b/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/NdkConfiguratorUtils.kt
@@ -125,21 +125,25 @@ internal object NdkConfiguratorUtils {
   ): Pair<List<String>, List<String>> {
     val excludes = mutableListOf<String>()
     val includes = mutableListOf<String>()
-    if (hermesEnabled) {
-      excludes.add("**/libjsc.so")
-      excludes.add("**/libjsctooling.so")
-      includes.add("**/libhermes.so")
-      includes.add("**/libhermestooling.so")
-    } else if (useThirdPartyJSC) {
-      excludes.add("**/libhermes.so")
-      excludes.add("**/libhermestooling.so")
-      excludes.add("**/libjsctooling.so")
-      includes.add("**/libjsc.so")
-    } else {
-      excludes.add("**/libhermes.so")
-      excludes.add("**/libhermestooling.so")
-      includes.add("**/libjsc.so")
-      includes.add("**/libjsctooling.so")
+    when {
+      hermesEnabled -> {
+        excludes.add("**/libjsc.so")
+        excludes.add("**/libjsctooling.so")
+        includes.add("**/libhermes.so")
+        includes.add("**/libhermestooling.so")
+      }
+      useThirdPartyJSC -> {
+        excludes.add("**/libhermes.so")
+        excludes.add("**/libhermestooling.so")
+        excludes.add("**/libjsctooling.so")
+        includes.add("**/libjsc.so")
+      }
+      else -> {
+        excludes.add("**/libhermes.so")
+        excludes.add("**/libhermestooling.so")
+        includes.add("**/libjsc.so")
+        includes.add("**/libjsctooling.so")
+      }
     }
     return excludes to includes
   }