diff --git a/packages/create-react-native-library/src/exampleApp/generateExampleApp.ts b/packages/create-react-native-library/src/exampleApp/generateExampleApp.ts
index e998f2dfc..457897fbb 100644
--- a/packages/create-react-native-library/src/exampleApp/generateExampleApp.ts
+++ b/packages/create-react-native-library/src/exampleApp/generateExampleApp.ts
@@ -290,7 +290,9 @@ export default async function generateExampleApp({
           'newArchEnabled=false',
           'newArchEnabled=true'
         );
-      } else {
+      } else if (
+        !gradleProperties.split('\n').includes('newArchEnabled=true')
+      ) {
         gradleProperties += '\nnewArchEnabled=true';
       }
     }