diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/BUCK b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/BUCK
index 9c8e1968d..5fe35af3d 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/BUCK
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/BUCK
@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
 include_defs("//ReactAndroid/DEFS")
 
-# We package the JS files from the bundler and local directory into what we
-# pretend is an ordinary JAR file. By putting them under the assets/ directory
-# within the zip file and relying on Buck to merge its contents into the APK,
-# our JS bundles arrive in a place accessible by the AssetManager at runtime.
-
-python_binary(
-    name = "package_js",
-    main = "package_js.py",
-    visibility = [
-        "PUBLIC",
-    ],
-)
-
 android_library(
     name = "bridge",
     srcs = glob(["**/*.java"]),
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/package_js.py b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/package_js.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d874f5aa2..000000000
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/package_js.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-import os
-import sys
-import zipfile
-
-srcs = sys.argv[1:]
-
-with zipfile.ZipFile(sys.stdout, 'w') as jar:
-    for src in srcs:
-        archive_name = os.path.join('assets/', os.path.basename(src))
-        jar.write(src, archive_name, zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)