diff --git a/scripts/react_native_pods.rb b/scripts/react_native_pods.rb
index 3d86c4f3de4e3d..a6e4b7b858196c 100644
--- a/scripts/react_native_pods.rb
+++ b/scripts/react_native_pods.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 require_relative './cocoapods/utils.rb'
 require_relative './cocoapods/new_architecture.rb'
 require_relative './cocoapods/local_podspec_patch.rb'
+require_relative '../../@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules'
 
 $CODEGEN_OUTPUT_DIR = 'build/generated/ios'
 $CODEGEN_COMPONENT_DIR = 'react/renderer/components'
diff --git a/template/ios/Podfile b/template/ios/Podfile
index 92e7ee1919e671..73e080f96ccabc 100644
--- a/template/ios/Podfile
+++ b/template/ios/Podfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require_relative '../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods'
-require_relative '../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules'
 
 platform :ios, '12.4'
 install! 'cocoapods', :deterministic_uuids => false