diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/EmptyReactNativeConfig.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/EmptyReactNativeConfig.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 57f2856dc35184..00000000000000
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/EmptyReactNativeConfig.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-package com.facebook.react.fabric;
-
-import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
-import com.facebook.jni.HybridData;
-import com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStripAny;
-
-/**
- * An empty {@link ReactNativeConfig} that is backed by the C++ implementation where the defaults
- * are store.
- */
-@DoNotStripAny
-public class EmptyReactNativeConfig implements ReactNativeConfig {
-
-  @NonNull private final HybridData mHybridData;
-
-  private static native HybridData initHybrid();
-
-  public EmptyReactNativeConfig() {
-    mHybridData = initHybrid();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public native boolean getBool(final String param);
-
-  @Override
-  public native long getInt64(final String param);
-
-  @Override
-  public native String getString(final String param);
-
-  @Override
-  public native double getDouble(final String param);
-}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/EmptyReactNativeConfig.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/EmptyReactNativeConfig.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..71e3930d129341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/EmptyReactNativeConfig.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+package com.facebook.react.fabric
+
+import com.facebook.jni.HybridData
+import com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStripAny
+
+/**
+ * An empty [ReactNativeConfig] that is backed by the C++ implementation where the defaults
+ * are stored.
+ */
+@DoNotStripAny
+class EmptyReactNativeConfig : ReactNativeConfig {
+    private val mHybridData: HybridData = initHybrid()
+
+    private external fun initHybrid(): HybridData
+
+    external override fun getBool(param: String): Boolean
+    external override fun getInt64(param: String): Long
+    external override fun getString(param: String): String
+    external override fun getDouble(param: String): Double
+}