diff --git a/packages/community-cli-plugin/package.json b/packages/community-cli-plugin/package.json
index 966a8e8385d..e78407a4513 100644
--- a/packages/community-cli-plugin/package.json
+++ b/packages/community-cli-plugin/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
     }
   },
   "files": [
-    "dist"
+    "dist",
+    "react-native.config.js"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "prepack": "node ../../scripts/build/prepack.js"
diff --git a/packages/community-cli-plugin/react-native.config.js b/packages/community-cli-plugin/react-native.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d3241d4b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/community-cli-plugin/react-native.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ * @noflow
+ */
+
+const {
+  bundleCommand,
+  startCommand,
+} = require('@react-native/community-cli-plugin');
+
+module.exports = {
+  commands: [bundleCommand, startCommand],
+};
diff --git a/packages/react-native/react-native.config.js b/packages/react-native/react-native.config.js
index 71329023116..ec16dec0dab 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/react-native.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/react-native.config.js
@@ -70,13 +70,6 @@ try {
 
 const commands /*: Array<Command> */ = [];
 
-const {
-  bundleCommand,
-  startCommand,
-} = require('@react-native/community-cli-plugin');
-
-commands.push(bundleCommand, startCommand);
-
 const codegenCommand /*: Command */ = {
   name: 'codegen',
   options: [