diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js
index d5e45257fc270e..f195b66f8210f3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js
@@ -173,12 +173,7 @@ describe('findCodegenEnabledLibraries', () => {
       },
     }));
 
-    const libraries = findCodegenEnabledLibraries(
-      `${projectDir}/app`,
-      baseCodegenConfigFileDir,
-      `package.json`,
-      'codegenConfig',
-    );
+    const libraries = findCodegenEnabledLibraries(`${projectDir}/app`);
 
     expect(libraries).toEqual([
       {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js
index a4c07c487200f9..d72d427c89b66a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js
@@ -151,32 +151,32 @@ function handleReactNativeCoreLibraries() {
   );
 }
 
-function handleThirdPartyLibraries(baseCodegenConfigFileDir, dependencies) {
+function handleThirdPartyLibraries(pkgJson) {
+  const dependencies = {...pkgJson.dependencies, ...pkgJson.devDependencies};
   // Determine which of these are codegen-enabled libraries
-  const configDir =
-    baseCodegenConfigFileDir ||
-    path.join(REACT_NATIVE_PACKAGE_ROOT_FOLDER, '..');
   console.log(
-    `\n\n[Codegen] >>>>> Searching for codegen-enabled libraries in ${configDir}`,
+    '\n\n[Codegen] >>>>> Searching for codegen-enabled libraries in the project dependencies.',
   );
-
   // Handle third-party libraries
   return Object.keys(dependencies).flatMap(dependency => {
     if (dependency === REACT_NATIVE) {
       // react-native should already be added.
       return [];
     }
-    let configFile;
     try {
-      configFile = readPkgJsonInDirectory(codegenConfigFileDir);
-    } catch {
+      const configFilePath = require.resolve(
+        path.join(dependency, 'package.json'),
+      );
+      const configFile = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(configFilePath));
+      const codegenConfigFileDir = path.dirname(configFilePath);
+      return extractLibrariesFromJSON(
+        configFile,
+        dependency,
+        codegenConfigFileDir,
+      );
+    } catch (e) {
       return [];
     }
-    return extractLibrariesFromJSON(
-      configFile,
-      dependency,
-      codegenConfigFileDir,
-    );
   });
 }
 
@@ -338,12 +338,11 @@ function createComponentProvider(schemas) {
   console.log(`Generated provider in: ${outputDir}`);
 }
 
-function findCodegenEnabledLibraries(appRootDir, baseCodegenConfigFileDir) {
+function findCodegenEnabledLibraries(appRootDir) {
   const pkgJson = readPkgJsonInDirectory(appRootDir);
-  const dependencies = {...pkgJson.dependencies, ...pkgJson.devDependencies};
   return [
     ...handleReactNativeCoreLibraries(),
-    ...handleThirdPartyLibraries(baseCodegenConfigFileDir, dependencies),
+    ...handleThirdPartyLibraries(pkgJson),
     ...handleLibrariesFromReactNativeConfig(appRootDir),
     ...handleInAppLibraries(pkgJson, appRootDir),
   ];
@@ -393,12 +392,11 @@ function cleanupEmptyFilesAndFolders(filepath) {
  *
  * @parameter appRootDir: the directory with the app source code, where the package.json lives.
  * @parameter outputPath: the base output path for the CodeGen.
- * @parameter baseCodegenConfigFileDir: the directory of the codeGenConfigFile.
  * @throws If it can't find a config file for react-native.
  * @throws If it can't find a CodeGen configuration in the file.
  * @throws If it can't find a cli for the CodeGen.
  */
-function execute(appRootDir, outputPath, baseCodegenConfigFileDir) {
+function execute(appRootDir, outputPath) {
   if (!isAppRootValid(appRootDir)) {
     return;
   }
@@ -406,10 +404,7 @@ function execute(appRootDir, outputPath, baseCodegenConfigFileDir) {
   buildCodegenIfNeeded();
 
   try {
-    const libraries = findCodegenEnabledLibraries(
-      appRootDir,
-      baseCodegenConfigFileDir,
-    );
+    const libraries = findCodegenEnabledLibraries(appRootDir);
 
     if (libraries.length === 0) {
       console.log('[Codegen] No codegen-enabled libraries found.');
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/generate-codegen-artifacts.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/generate-codegen-artifacts.js
index bcbc8aaf039f28..186c1f39c32dbc 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/generate-codegen-artifacts.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/generate-codegen-artifacts.js
@@ -21,13 +21,7 @@ const argv = yargs
     alias: 'outputPath',
     description: 'Path where generated artifacts will be output to',
   })
-  .option('c', {
-    alias: 'configFileDir',
-    default: '',
-    description:
-      'Path where codegen config files are located (e.g. node_modules dir).',
-  })
   .usage('Usage: $0 -p [path to app]')
   .demandOption(['p']).argv;
 
-executor.execute(argv.path, argv.outputPath, argv.configFileDir);
+executor.execute(argv.path, argv.outputPath);
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods_utils/__tests__/script_phases.snap.rb b/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods_utils/__tests__/script_phases.snap.rb
index ff4604b259bef4..bc216b1315d90a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods_utils/__tests__/script_phases.snap.rb
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods_utils/__tests__/script_phases.snap.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ def snap_get_script_phases_with_codegen_discovery_with_config_file_dir()
 
     export RCT_SCRIPT_RN_DIR=$RCT_SCRIPT_POD_INSTALLATION_ROOT/../..
     export RCT_SCRIPT_APP_PATH=$RCT_SCRIPT_POD_INSTALLATION_ROOT/
-    export RCT_SCRIPT_CONFIG_FILE_DIR=$RCT_SCRIPT_POD_INSTALLATION_ROOT/node_modules
     export RCT_SCRIPT_OUTPUT_DIR=$RCT_SCRIPT_POD_INSTALLATION_ROOT
     export RCT_SCRIPT_TYPE=withCodegenDiscovery
 
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ def snap_get_script_phases_with_codegen_discovery_without_config_file_dir()
 
     export RCT_SCRIPT_RN_DIR=$RCT_SCRIPT_POD_INSTALLATION_ROOT/../..
     export RCT_SCRIPT_APP_PATH=$RCT_SCRIPT_POD_INSTALLATION_ROOT/
-    export RCT_SCRIPT_CONFIG_FILE_DIR=
     export RCT_SCRIPT_OUTPUT_DIR=$RCT_SCRIPT_POD_INSTALLATION_ROOT
     export RCT_SCRIPT_TYPE=withCodegenDiscovery
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods_utils/script_phases.rb b/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods_utils/script_phases.rb
index 78a381c403a31b..f5dd2ed708312f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods_utils/script_phases.rb
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods_utils/script_phases.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ def get_script_phases_with_codegen_discovery(options)
     export_vars = {
         'RCT_SCRIPT_RN_DIR' => "$RCT_SCRIPT_POD_INSTALLATION_ROOT/#{options[:react_native_path]}",
         'RCT_SCRIPT_APP_PATH' => "$RCT_SCRIPT_POD_INSTALLATION_ROOT/#{options[:relative_app_root]}",
-        'RCT_SCRIPT_CONFIG_FILE_DIR' => "#{options[:relative_config_file_dir] != '' ? "$RCT_SCRIPT_POD_INSTALLATION_ROOT/#{options[:relative_config_file_dir]}" : ''}",
         'RCT_SCRIPT_OUTPUT_DIR' => "$RCT_SCRIPT_POD_INSTALLATION_ROOT",
         'RCT_SCRIPT_TYPE' => "withCodegenDiscovery",
     }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods_utils/script_phases.sh b/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods_utils/script_phases.sh
index aff355264ff7bc..847702fdb0dabd 100755
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods_utils/script_phases.sh
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods_utils/script_phases.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ generateCodegenArtifactsFromSchema () {
 generateArtifacts () {
     describe "Generating codegen artifacts"
     pushd "$RCT_SCRIPT_RN_DIR" >/dev/null || exit 1
-        "$NODE_BINARY" "scripts/generate-codegen-artifacts.js" --path "$RCT_SCRIPT_APP_PATH" --outputPath "$TEMP_OUTPUT_DIR" --configFileDir "$RCT_SCRIPT_CONFIG_FILE_DIR"
+        "$NODE_BINARY" "scripts/generate-codegen-artifacts.js" --path "$RCT_SCRIPT_APP_PATH" --outputPath "$TEMP_OUTPUT_DIR"
     popd >/dev/null || exit 1
 }