diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 16d48d2353..5118f76921 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ android {
             externalNativeBuild {
                 cmake {
                     cppFlags "-O2", "-frtti", "-fexceptions", "-Wall", "-Werror", "-std=c++20", "-DANDROID"
-                    arguments "-DAPP_BUILD_DIR=${appProject.buildDir}",
-                        "-DREACT_NATIVE_DIR=${REACT_NATIVE_DIR}",
+                    arguments "-DREACT_NATIVE_DIR=${REACT_NATIVE_DIR}",
                         "-DREACT_NATIVE_MINOR_VERSION=${REACT_NATIVE_MINOR_VERSION}",
                         "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared"
                     abiFilters (*reactNativeArchitectures())