diff --git a/scripts/__tests__/set-rn-version-test.js b/scripts/__tests__/set-rn-version-test.js
index 5c83cb002ee9..d01ee5959059 100644
--- a/scripts/__tests__/set-rn-version-test.js
+++ b/scripts/__tests__/set-rn-version-test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  * @format
  */
 
-const execMock = jest.fn();
 const echoMock = jest.fn();
 const catMock = jest.fn();
 const sedMock = jest.fn();
@@ -16,23 +15,15 @@ const updateTemplatePackageMock = jest.fn();
 
 jest
   .mock('shelljs', () => ({
-    exec: execMock,
     echo: echoMock,
     cat: catMock,
     sed: sedMock,
   }))
   .mock('./../update-template-package', () => updateTemplatePackageMock)
-  .mock('./../scm-utils', () => ({
-    saveFiles: jest.fn(),
-  }))
-  .mock('path', () => ({
-    join: () => '../packages/react-native',
-  }))
   .mock('fs', () => ({
     writeFileSync: writeFileSyncMock,
     mkdtempSync: () => './rn-set-version/',
-  }))
-  .mock('os');
+  }));
 
 const setReactNativeVersion = require('../set-rn-version');
 
@@ -58,7 +49,6 @@ describe('set-rn-version', () => {
       }
     });
 
-    execMock.mockReturnValueOnce({stdout: 'line1\nline2\nline3\n'});
     sedMock.mockReturnValueOnce({code: 0});
 
     const version = '0.81.0-nightly-29282302-abcd1234';
@@ -115,7 +105,6 @@ describe('set-rn-version', () => {
       return 'exports.version = {major: ${major}, minor: ${minor}, patch: ${patch}, prerelease: ${prerelease}}';
     });
 
-    execMock.mockReturnValueOnce({stdout: 'line1\nline2\nline3\n'});
     sedMock.mockReturnValueOnce({code: 0});
 
     const version = '0.81.0';
@@ -144,39 +133,5 @@ describe('set-rn-version', () => {
     expect(updateTemplatePackageMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
       'react-native': version,
     });
-    expect(execMock.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(
-      `diff -r ./rn-set-version/ . | grep '^[>]' | grep -c ${version} `,
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('should fail validation', () => {
-    catMock.mockReturnValue('{}');
-
-    execMock.mockReturnValueOnce({stdout: 'line1\nline2\n'});
-    sedMock.mockReturnValueOnce({code: 0});
-    const filesToValidate = [
-      'packages/react-native/package.json',
-      'packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties',
-      'packages/react-native/template/package.json',
-    ];
-
-    const version = '0.81.0';
-    setReactNativeVersion(version, null, 'release');
-
-    expect(echoMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
-      1,
-      'The tmp versioning folder is ./rn-set-version/',
-    );
-
-    expect(echoMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 'WARNING:');
-
-    expect(echoMock.mock.calls[2][0]).toBe(
-      `Failed to update all the files: [${filesToValidate.join(
-        ', ',
-      )}] must have versions in them`,
-    );
-    expect(echoMock.mock.calls[3][0]).toBe(
-      `These files already had version ${version} set.`,
-    );
   });
 });
diff --git a/scripts/set-rn-version.js b/scripts/set-rn-version.js
index 4081ee42afbb..836fa7d96f31 100755
--- a/scripts/set-rn-version.js
+++ b/scripts/set-rn-version.js
@@ -10,12 +10,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const fs = require('fs');
-const os = require('os');
-const path = require('path');
-const {cat, echo, exec, exit, sed} = require('shelljs');
+const {cat, echo, exit, sed} = require('shelljs');
 const yargs = require('yargs');
 const {parseVersion, validateBuildType} = require('./version-utils');
-const {saveFiles} = require('./scm-utils');
 const updateTemplatePackage = require('./update-template-package');
 const {applyPackageVersions} = require('./npm-utils');
 
@@ -152,18 +149,6 @@ function setReactNativeVersion(argVersion, dependencyVersions, buildType) {
 
   const version = parseVersion(argVersion, buildType);
 
-  // Create tmp folder for copies of files to verify files have changed
-  const filesToValidate = [
-    'packages/react-native/package.json',
-    'packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties',
-    'packages/react-native/template/package.json',
-  ];
-  const tmpVersioningFolder = fs.mkdtempSync(
-    path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'rn-set-version'),
-  );
-  echo(`The tmp versioning folder is ${tmpVersioningFolder}`);
-  saveFiles(tmpVersioningFolder);
-
   setSource(version);
   setPackage(version, dependencyVersions);
 
@@ -174,28 +159,6 @@ function setReactNativeVersion(argVersion, dependencyVersions, buildType) {
   updateTemplatePackage(templateDependencyVersions);
 
   setGradle(version);
-
-  // Validate changes
-  // We just do a git diff and check how many times version is added across files
-  const numberOfChangedLinesWithNewVersion = exec(
-    `diff -r ${tmpVersioningFolder} . | grep '^[>]' | grep -c ${version.version} `,
-    {silent: true},
-  ).stdout.trim();
-
-  if (+numberOfChangedLinesWithNewVersion !== filesToValidate.length) {
-    // TODO: the logic that checks whether all the changes have been applied
-    // is missing several files. For example, it is not checking Ruby version nor that
-    // the Objecive-C files, the codegen and other files are properly updated.
-    // We are going to work on this in another PR.
-    echo('WARNING:');
-    echo(
-      `Failed to update all the files: [${filesToValidate.join(
-        ', ',
-      )}] must have versions in them`,
-    );
-    echo(`These files already had version ${version.version} set.`);
-  }
-
   return;
 }