diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-android/src/config/__fixtures__/files/package.json b/packages/cli-platform-android/src/config/__fixtures__/files/package.json
index 4c8ead1a9..99f9328aa 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-android/src/config/__fixtures__/files/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-android/src/config/__fixtures__/files/package.json
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@
     "url": "git://github.com/oblador/react-native-vector-icons.git"
   },
   "license": "MIT",
-  "peerDependencies": {
-    "react-native": ">=0.4.0 || 0.5.0-rc1 || 0.6.0-rc || 0.7.0-rc || 0.7.0-rc.2 || 0.8.0-rc || 0.8.0-rc.2 || 0.9.0-rc || 0.10.0-rc || 0.11.0-rc || 0.12.0-rc || 0.13.0-rc || 0.14.0-rc || 0.15.0-rc || 0.16.0-rc"
-  },
   "dependencies": {
     "yargs": "^3.30.0",
     "rnpm-plugin-test": "*"
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 7914e3249..7b7ee9a52 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@
     "prompts": "^2.4.0",
     "semver": "^6.3.0"
   },
-  "peerDependencies": {
-    "react-native": "*"
-  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "@types/graceful-fs": "^4.1.3",