diff --git a/integration-tests/environments/react-native/package.json b/integration-tests/environments/react-native/package.json
index 39248c17800..9d57f217a74 100644
--- a/integration-tests/environments/react-native/package.json
+++ b/integration-tests/environments/react-native/package.json
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
     "test:android": {
       "command": "npm run common",
       "dependencies": [
-        "../../../packages/realm:build:android",
         "../../../packages/realm:bundle",
         "../../../packages/mocha-reporter:bundle",
         "../../../packages/realm-network-transport:bundle"
diff --git a/packages/realm/react-native/android/build.gradle b/packages/realm/react-native/android/build.gradle
index 1cf1291f0b1..7e83d048184 100644
--- a/packages/realm/react-native/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/realm/react-native/android/build.gradle
@@ -29,12 +29,26 @@ android {
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion rootProject.hasProperty('minSdkVersion') ? rootProject.minSdkVersion : 16
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.hasProperty('targetSdkVersion') ? rootProject.targetSdkVersion : 28
+        externalNativeBuild {
+            cmake {
+                arguments '-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared'
+                targets 'realm-js-android'
+                cppFlags ''
+                abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "x86_64", "arm64-v8a"
+            }
+        }
     }
     buildTypes {
         debug {
             jniDebuggable true
         }
     }
+    externalNativeBuild {
+        cmake {
+            path file('../../bindgen/CMakeLists.txt')
+            version '3.22.1'
+        }
+    }
 
     // Do not strip debug symbols from debug builds of Realm
     buildTypes {