diff --git a/packages/metro/src/babel-bridge.js b/packages/metro/src/babel-bridge.js
index f4c4d361..1b5dae10 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/babel-bridge.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/babel-bridge.js
@@ -14,38 +14,9 @@
 // This is a temporary migration bridge to switch between babel 6 and 7
 
 const makeHMRConfig7 = makeMakeHMRConfig7();
-function resolvePlugins7(plugins: Array<any>) {
-  /**
-   * from: babel-preset-react-native/lib/resolvePlugins
-   * "Ported" to Babel 7
-   *
-   * Manually resolve all default Babel plugins.
-   * `babel.transform` will attempt to resolve all base plugins relative to
-   * the file it's compiling. This makes sure that we're using the plugins
-   * installed in the react-native package.
-   */
-  type ModuleES6 = {__esModule?: boolean, default?: {}};
-  /* $FlowFixMe(>=0.70.0 site=react_native_fb) This comment suppresses an
-   * error found when Flow v0.70 was deployed. To see the error delete this
-   * comment and run Flow. */
-  return plugins.map(plugin => {
-    // Normalise plugin to an array.
-    plugin = Array.isArray(plugin) ? plugin : [plugin];
-    // Only resolve the plugin if it's a string reference.
-    if (typeof plugin[0] === 'string') {
-      // $FlowFixMe TODO t26372934 plugin require
-      const required: ModuleES6 | {} = require('@babel/plugin-' + plugin[0]);
-      // es6 import default?
-      // $FlowFixMe should properly type this plugin structure
-      plugin[0] = required.__esModule ? required.default : required;
-    }
-    return plugin;
-  });
-}
 
 module.exports = {
   makeHMRConfig: makeHMRConfig7,
-  resolvePlugins: resolvePlugins7,
   getPreset,
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/transformer.js b/packages/metro/src/transformer.js
index 1475ef2b..910f1a99 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/transformer.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/transformer.js
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ const path = require('path');
 
 const {getPreset} = require('./babel-bridge');
 const {makeHMRConfig} = require('./babel-bridge');
-const {resolvePlugins} = require('./babel-bridge');
 const {transformSync} = require('@babel/core');
 
 import type {Transformer, TransformOptions} from './JSTransformer/worker';
 import type {Plugins as BabelPlugins} from 'babel-core';
 
+type ModuleES6 = {__esModule?: boolean, default?: {}};
+
 const cacheKeyParts = [
   fs.readFileSync(__filename),
   require('babel-plugin-external-helpers/package.json').version,
@@ -65,7 +66,24 @@ const getBabelRC = (function() {
 
       // Require the babel-preset's listed in the default babel config
       babelRC.presets = babelRC.presets.map(getPreset);
-      babelRC.plugins = resolvePlugins(babelRC.plugins);
+      babelRC.plugins = babelRC.plugins.map(plugin => {
+        // Manually resolve all default Babel plugins.
+        // `babel.transform` will attempt to resolve all base plugins relative to
+        // the file it's compiling. This makes sure that we're using the plugins
+        // installed in the react-native package.
+
+        // Normalise plugin to an array.
+        plugin = Array.isArray(plugin) ? plugin : [plugin];
+        // Only resolve the plugin if it's a string reference.
+        if (typeof plugin[0] === 'string') {
+          // $FlowFixMe TODO t26372934 plugin require
+          const required: ModuleES6 | {} = require('@babel/plugin-' +
+            plugin[0]);
+          // es6 import default?
+          // $FlowFixMe should properly type this plugin structure
+          plugin[0] = required.__esModule ? required.default : required;
+        }
+      });
     } else {
       // if we find a .babelrc file we tell babel to use it
       babelRC.extends = projectBabelRCPath;