diff --git a/re-natal.coffee b/re-natal.coffee
index 24f762a..b9d90bc 100644
--- a/re-natal.coffee
+++ b/re-natal.coffee
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ interfaceConf   =
       android: ["core.cljs"]
       common:  ["state.cljs"]
       other:   [["support.cljs","re_natal/support.cljs"]]
-    deps:      ['[org.omcljs/om "1.0.0-alpha28" :exclusions [cljsjs/react cljsjs/react-dom]]'
-                '[natal-shell "0.1.6"]']
+    deps:      ['[org.omcljs/om "1.0.0-alpha28" :exclusions [cljsjs/react cljsjs/react-dom]]']
     shims:     ["cljsjs.react", "cljsjs.react.dom"]
     sampleCommandNs: '(in-ns \'$PROJECT_NAME_HYPHENATED$.state)'
     sampleCommand: '(swap! app-state assoc :app/msg "Hello Native World!")'
@@ -78,8 +77,7 @@ interfaceConf   =
       android: ["core.cljs"]
       common:  []
       other:   [["sablono_compiler.clj","sablono/compiler.clj"],["support.cljs","re_natal/support.cljs"]]
-    deps:      ['[rum "0.8.3" :exclusions [cljsjs/react cljsjs/react-dom sablono]]'
-      '[natal-shell "0.1.6"]']
+    deps:      ['[rum "0.8.3" :exclusions [cljsjs/react cljsjs/react-dom sablono]]']
     shims:     ["cljsjs.react", "cljsjs.react.dom", "sablono.core"]
     sampleCommandNs: '(in-ns \'$PROJECT_NAME_HYPHENATED$.ios.core)'
     sampleCommand: '(swap! app-state assoc :greeting "Hello Clojure in iOS and Android with Rum!")'
diff --git a/resources/cljs-om-next/core.cljs b/resources/cljs-om-next/core.cljs
index 247b559..14ba3f1 100644
--- a/resources/cljs-om-next/core.cljs
+++ b/resources/cljs-om-next/core.cljs
@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
 (ns $PROJECT_NAME_HYPHENATED$.$PLATFORM$.core
-  (:require-macros [natal-shell.components :refer [view text image touchable-highlight]]
-                   [natal-shell.alert :refer [alert]])
   (:require [om.next :as om :refer-macros [defui]]
             [re-natal.support :as sup]
             [$PROJECT_NAME_HYPHENATED$.state :as state]))
 
-(set! js/window.React (js/require "react-native"))
+(set! js/window.React (js/require "react"))
+(def ReactNative (js/require "react-native"))
+
+(defn create-element [rn-comp opts & children]
+      (apply js/React.createElement rn-comp (clj->js opts) children))
+
+(def app-registry (.-AppRegistry ReactNative))
+(def view (partial create-element (.-View ReactNative)))
+(def text (partial create-element (.-Text ReactNative)))
+(def image (partial create-element (.-Image ReactNative)))
+(def touchable-highlight (partial create-element (.-TouchableHighlight ReactNative)))
 
-(def app-registry (.-AppRegistry js/React))
 (def logo-img (js/require "./images/cljs.png"))
 
+(defn alert [title]
+      (.alert (.-Alert ReactNative) title))
+
 (defui AppRoot
        static om/IQuery
        (query [this]
diff --git a/resources/cljs-rum/core.cljs b/resources/cljs-rum/core.cljs
index 153e8bc..2f53351 100644
--- a/resources/cljs-rum/core.cljs
+++ b/resources/cljs-rum/core.cljs
@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
 (ns $PROJECT_NAME_HYPHENATED$.$PLATFORM$.core
-  (:require-macros [natal-shell.components :refer [view text image touchable-highlight]]
-                   [natal-shell.alert :refer [alert]]
-                   [rum.core :refer [defc]])
+  (:require-macros [rum.core :refer [defc]])
   (:require [re-natal.support :as support]
             [rum.core :as rum]))
 
-(set! js/window.React (js/require "react-native"))
+(set! js/window.React (js/require "react"))
+(def ReactNative (js/require "react-native"))
+
+(defn create-element [rn-comp opts & children]
+      (apply js/React.createElement rn-comp (clj->js opts) children))
+
+(def app-registry (.-AppRegistry ReactNative))
+(def view (partial create-element (.-View ReactNative)))
+(def text (partial create-element (.-Text ReactNative)))
+(def image (partial create-element (.-Image ReactNative)))
+(def touchable-highlight (partial create-element (.-TouchableHighlight ReactNative)))
 
-(def app-registry (.-AppRegistry js/React))
 (def logo-img (js/require "./images/cljs.png"))
 
+(defn alert [title]
+      (.alert (.-Alert ReactNative) title))
+
 (defonce app-state (atom {:greeting "Hello Clojure in iOS and Android!"}))
 
 (defc AppRoot < rum/cursored-watch [state]
diff --git a/resources/cljs-rum/support.cljs b/resources/cljs-rum/support.cljs
index d98bd31..acc9196 100644
--- a/resources/cljs-rum/support.cljs
+++ b/resources/cljs-rum/support.cljs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (ns re-natal.support
   "Helpers and adapters to be able to mount/remount Rum components in a React Native application.")
 
-(def React (js/require "react-native"))
+(def React (js/require "react"))
 (def create-class (.-createClass React))
 (def create-factory (.-createFactory React))