diff --git a/packages/metro-config/package.json b/packages/metro-config/package.json
index 3ca73239c71c..09ae3db364f0 100644
--- a/packages/metro-config/package.json
+++ b/packages/metro-config/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@react-native/js-polyfills": "0.89.0-rc.0",
     "@react-native/metro-babel-transformer": "0.89.0-rc.0",
-    "metro-config": "^0.87.2",
-    "metro-runtime": "^0.87.2"
+    "metro-config": "^0.87.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/metro-config/src/index.flow.js b/packages/metro-config/src/index.flow.js
index 6855a6a35b0b..b17b0e57a82e 100644
--- a/packages/metro-config/src/index.flow.js
+++ b/packages/metro-config/src/index.flow.js
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ export function getDefaultConfig(projectRoot: string): ConfigT {
     transformer: {
       allowOptionalDependencies: true,
       assetRegistryPath: 'react-native/asset-registry',
-      asyncRequireModulePath:
-        require.resolve('metro-runtime/src/modules/asyncRequire'),
+      asyncRequireModulePath: 'metro:runtime/modules/asyncRequire',
       babelTransformerPath:
         require.resolve('@react-native/metro-babel-transformer'),
       getTransformOptions: async () => ({