diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/utils.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/utils.js
index 680f8a6d295dc2..d28612f1fdafb0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/utils.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/utils.js
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ function findExternalLibraries(
           pkgJson.dependencies[dependency],
           'package.json',
         );
-      } else {
+      }
+      if (!configFilePath) {
         return [];
       }
     }