diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/__tests__/plugin.test.ts b/packages/react-native-reanimated/__tests__/plugin.test.ts
index 1ebb9ca33bda..938c95405597 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/__tests__/plugin.test.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/__tests__/plugin.test.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ function runPlugin(
     filename: MOCK_LOCATION,
     compact: false,
     plugins: [[plugin, pluginOpts]],
+    babelrc: false,
+    configFile: './plugin/plugin-unit-test.babel.config.js',
     ...transformOpts,
   });
   assert(transformed);
@@ -1896,9 +1898,7 @@ describe('babel plugin', () => {
         styleFactory = () => 'AssignmentExpression';
         animatedStyle = useAnimatedStyle(styleFactory);
       </script>`;
-      console.log(input);
       const { code } = runPlugin(input);
-      console.log(code);
 
       expect(code).toHaveWorkletData(1);
       expect(code).toIncludeInWorkletString('FunctionDeclaration');
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/plugin/plugin-unit-test.babel.config.js b/packages/react-native-reanimated/plugin/plugin-unit-test.babel.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..47841ee1984c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/plugin/plugin-unit-test.babel.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// This file is supposed to mimic the babel.config.js that the user would have
+// in their project by creating a new app from template.
+module.exports = {
+  presets: ['module:@react-native/babel-preset'],
+};