diff --git a/react-native-aztec/android/build.gradle b/react-native-aztec/android/build.gradle
index f1f2eb3766..2aad9ee5cc 100644
--- a/react-native-aztec/android/build.gradle
+++ b/react-native-aztec/android/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ buildscript {
         jSoupVersion = '1.10.3'
         wordpressUtilsVersion = '1.22'
         espressoVersion = '3.0.1'
-
         aztecVersion = 'v1.3.42'
     }
 
@@ -31,10 +30,7 @@ apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
 apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
 apply plugin: 'com.github.dcendents.android-maven'
 
-// import the `readReactNativeVersion()` function
-apply from: 'https://gist.githubusercontent.com/hypest/742448b9588b3a0aa580a5e80ae95bdf/raw/8eb62d40ee7a5104d2fcaeff21ce6f29bd93b054/readReactNativeVersion.gradle'
-
-group='com.github.wordpress-mobile.gutenberg-mobile'
+group = 'com.github.wordpress-mobile.gutenberg-mobile'
 
 // fallback flag value for when lib is compiled individually (e.g. via jitpack)
 project.ext.buildGutenbergFromSource = false
@@ -86,18 +82,18 @@ repositories {
     maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
 
     if (!rootProject.ext.buildGutenbergFromSource) {
-         // if not building from source (where the node_modules dir is used), use a remote RN maven repo
-         def reactNativeRepo = 'https://dl.bintray.com/wordpress-mobile/react-native-mirror/'
-         println "Will use the RN maven repo at ${reactNativeRepo}"
-         maven { url reactNativeRepo }
-     }
+        // if not building from source (where the node_modules dir is used), use a remote RN maven repo
+        def reactNativeRepo = 'https://dl.bintray.com/wordpress-mobile/react-native-mirror/'
+        println "Will use the RN maven repo at ${reactNativeRepo}"
+        maven { url reactNativeRepo }
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    api ("com.github.wordpress-mobile.WordPress-Aztec-Android:aztec:$aztecVersion")
-    api ("com.github.wordpress-mobile.WordPress-Aztec-Android:wordpress-shortcodes:$aztecVersion")
-    api ("com.github.wordpress-mobile.WordPress-Aztec-Android:wordpress-comments:$aztecVersion")
-    api ("com.github.wordpress-mobile.WordPress-Aztec-Android:glide-loader:$aztecVersion")
+    api "com.github.wordpress-mobile.WordPress-Aztec-Android:aztec:$aztecVersion"
+    api "com.github.wordpress-mobile.WordPress-Aztec-Android:wordpress-shortcodes:$aztecVersion"
+    api "com.github.wordpress-mobile.WordPress-Aztec-Android:wordpress-comments:$aztecVersion"
+    api "com.github.wordpress-mobile.WordPress-Aztec-Android:glide-loader:$aztecVersion"
     api "org.wordpress:utils:$wordpressUtilsVersion"
 
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlinVersion"
@@ -110,13 +106,18 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0'
     implementation 'androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.0.0'
 
-    if (rootProject.ext.buildGutenbergFromSource) {
-        implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+" // From node_modules.
-    } else {
+    def reactNativeVersion = reactNativeVersion()
+    logger.quiet("Using react-native version: $reactNativeVersion")
+    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:$reactNativeVersion"
+}
 
-        // FIXME Temporary fix to get Jitpack builds to green while I work on a solution without hardcoded values.
-        //def rnVersion = readReactNativeVersion('../package.json', 'peerDependencies')
-        def rnVersion = '0.61.5'
-        implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:${rnVersion}" // From Maven repo
+// Returns react-native version based on environment
+def reactNativeVersion() {
+    if (rootProject.ext.buildGutenbergFromSource) {
+        return '+'
     }
+
+    def packageFile = new File("$projectDir/../../package.json")
+    def packageContent = new groovy.json.JsonSlurper().parseText(packageFile.text)
+    return packageContent['dependencies']['react-native']
 }