diff --git a/packages/react-native/template/android/app/build.gradle b/packages/react-native/template/android/app/build.gradle
index 5b1826b4127e0b..eb8f4efa97a841 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/template/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native/template/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
 apply plugin: "com.android.application"
 apply plugin: "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android"
 apply plugin: "com.facebook.react"
@@ -108,8 +115,6 @@ dependencies {
     // The version of react-native is set by the React Native Gradle Plugin
     implementation("com.facebook.react:react-android")
 
-    implementation("androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0")
-
     debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper:${FLIPPER_VERSION}")
     debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-network-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}") {
         exclude group:'com.squareup.okhttp3', module:'okhttp'
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle
index b597120366fa47..eaf8001051208b 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -173,8 +173,6 @@ dependencies {
     // Consume Hermes as built from source only for the Hermes variant.
     hermesImplementation(project(":packages:react-native:ReactAndroid:hermes-engine"))
 
-    implementation "androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0"
-
     debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper:${FLIPPER_VERSION}")
     debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-network-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}")
     debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-fresco-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}")