diff --git a/docs/commands.md b/docs/commands.md
index f1a7a3246..dfdcd835f 100644
--- a/docs/commands.md
+++ b/docs/commands.md
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ React Native CLI comes with following commands:
 - [`init`](#init)
 - [`info`](#info)
 - [`install`](#install)
-- [`library`](#library)
 - [`link`](#link)
 - [`log-android`](#log-android)
 - [`log-ios`](#log-ios)
@@ -188,20 +187,6 @@ react-native install <packageName>
 
 Installs single package from npm and then links native dependencies. If `install` detects `yarn.lock` in your project, it will use Yarn as package manager. Otherwise `npm` will be used.
 
-### `library`
-
-Usage:
-
-```sh
-react-native library <options>
-```
-
-Generates a native library bridge.
-
-#### `--name <string>`
-
-Name of the library to generate.
-
 ### `link`
 
 > Will be replaced by [autolinking](./autolinking.md) soon.
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/index.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/index.js
index c76f1f2c9..6c56740c4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/index.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import {type CommandT} from 'types';
 
 import server from './server/server';
-import library from './library/library';
 import bundle from './bundle/bundle';
 import ramBundle from './bundle/ramBundle';
 import link from './link/link';
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ import init from './init';
 
 export default ([
   server,
-  library,
   bundle,
   ramBundle,
   link,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/library/library.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/library/library.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0aa1b9fab..000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/library/library.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- *
- * @format
- */
-
-import fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
-import copyAndReplace from '../../tools/copyAndReplace';
-import isValidPackageName from '../../tools/isValidPackageName';
-import walk from '../../tools/walk';
-import {logger} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
-
-/**
- * Creates a new native library with the given name
- */
-async function library(argv, ctx, args) {
-  if (!isValidPackageName(args.name)) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `${args.name} is not a valid name for a project. Please use a valid ` +
-        'identifier name (alphanumeric).',
-    );
-  }
-
-  const libraries = path.resolve(ctx.root, 'Libraries');
-  const libraryDest = path.resolve(libraries, args.name);
-  const source = path.resolve(
-    'node_modules',
-    'react-native',
-    'Libraries',
-    'Sample',
-  );
-
-  if (!fs.existsSync(libraries)) {
-    fs.mkdirSync(libraries);
-  }
-
-  if (fs.existsSync(libraryDest)) {
-    throw new Error(`Library already exists in ${libraryDest}`);
-  }
-
-  walk(source).forEach(f => {
-    if (
-      f.indexOf('project.xcworkspace') !== -1 ||
-      f.indexOf('.xcodeproj/xcuserdata') !== -1
-    ) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    const dest = path.relative(
-      source,
-      f.replace(/Sample/g, args.name).replace(/^_/, '.'),
-    );
-    copyAndReplace(path.resolve(source, f), path.resolve(libraryDest, dest), {
-      Sample: args.name,
-    });
-  });
-
-  logger.info(`Created library in ${libraryDest}.
-Now it needs to be linked in Xcode:
-https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/linking-libraries-ios.html#content`);
-}
-
-export default {
-  name: 'new-library',
-  func: library,
-  description: 'generates a native library bridge',
-  options: [
-    {
-      name: '--name <string>',
-      description: 'name of the library to generate',
-      default: null,
-    },
-  ],
-};