diff --git a/template/android/app/build.gradle b/template/android/app/build.gradle
index a123b6cfb..ab0cdc7c5 100644
--- a/template/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/template/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -112,8 +112,22 @@ android {
             include "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "arm64-v8a"
         }
     }
+    signingConfigs {
+        debug {
+            storeFile file('debug.keystore')
+            storePassword 'android'
+            keyAlias 'androiddebugkey'
+            keyPassword 'android'
+        }
+    }
     buildTypes {
+        debug {
+            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
+        }
         release {
+            // Caution! In production, you need to generate your own keystore file.
+            // see https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/signed-apk-android.
+            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
             minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
         }
diff --git a/template/android/app/debug.keystore b/template/android/app/debug.keystore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..364e105ed
Binary files /dev/null and b/template/android/app/debug.keystore differ
diff --git a/template/android/keystores/_BUCK b/template/android/keystores/_BUCK
deleted file mode 100644
index 88e4c31b2..000000000
--- a/template/android/keystores/_BUCK
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-keystore(
-    name = "debug",
-    properties = "debug.keystore.properties",
-    store = "debug.keystore",
-    visibility = [
-        "PUBLIC",
-    ],
-)
diff --git a/template/android/keystores/debug.keystore.properties b/template/android/keystores/debug.keystore.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 121bfb49f..000000000
--- a/template/android/keystores/debug.keystore.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-key.store=debug.keystore
-key.alias=androiddebugkey
-key.store.password=android
-key.alias.password=android