diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 752d8e4bdf6..14f3fc8fd0b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@
     "scripts/react_native_pods_utils/script_phases.sh",
     "scripts/react_native_pods.rb",
     "scripts/react-native-xcode.sh",
-    "scripts/hermes/hermes-utils.js",
-    "scripts/hermes/prepare-hermes-for-build.js",
     "sdks/hermes-engine",
     "sdks/hermesc",
     "template.config.js",
@@ -124,7 +122,6 @@
     "react-shallow-renderer": "16.14.1",
     "regenerator-runtime": "^0.13.2",
     "scheduler": "^0.21.0",
-    "shelljs": "^0.8.5",
     "stacktrace-parser": "^0.1.3",
     "use-sync-external-store": "^1.0.0",
     "whatwg-fetch": "^3.0.0",