diff --git a/packages/react-native-codegen/.babelrc b/packages/react-native-codegen/.babelrc
index 7cf01b22df25..92e8086a151f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-codegen/.babelrc
+++ b/packages/react-native-codegen/.babelrc
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 {
   "plugins": [
-    "@babel/plugin-transform-object-rest-spread",
-    "@babel/plugin-transform-async-to-generator",
-    "@babel/plugin-transform-destructuring",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types",
     "@babel/plugin-syntax-dynamic-import",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-class-properties",
diff --git a/packages/react-native-codegen/package.json b/packages/react-native-codegen/package.json
index 2ee9c0f315fb..f64c4ce33d6e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-codegen/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-codegen/package.json
@@ -38,12 +38,9 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.25.2",
     "@babel/plugin-syntax-dynamic-import": "^7.8.3",
-    "@babel/plugin-transform-async-to-generator": "^7.24.7",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-class-properties": "^7.25.4",
-    "@babel/plugin-transform-destructuring": "^7.24.8",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types": "^7.25.2",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-nullish-coalescing-operator": "^7.24.7",
-    "@babel/plugin-transform-object-rest-spread": "^7.24.7",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-optional-chaining": "^7.24.8",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.25.3",
     "chalk": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/react-native-codegen/scripts/build.js b/packages/react-native-codegen/scripts/build.js
index 249b2b9401d2..8277a90987ea 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-codegen/scripts/build.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-codegen/scripts/build.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const prettierConfig = JSON.parse(
 const SRC_DIR = 'src';
 const BUILD_DIR = 'lib';
 const JS_FILES_PATTERN = '**/*.js';
-const IGNORE_PATTERN = '**/__tests__/**';
+const IGNORE_PATTERN = '**/(__tests__|__test_fixtures__)/**';
 const PACKAGE_DIR = path.resolve(__dirname, '../');
 
 const fixedWidth = str => {