diff --git a/template/_babelrc b/template/_babelrc
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index d4b74b5be7b43d..00000000000000
--- a/template/_babelrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "presets": ["module:metro-react-native-babel-preset"]
-}
diff --git a/template/babel.config.js b/template/babel.config.js
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/babel.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module.exports = {
+  presets: ['module:metro-react-native-babel-preset'],
+};