diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/CMakeLists.txt
index d4731e6c9e5b..3f87cab8570b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE REANIMATED_ANDROID_CPP_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
 
 find_package(fbjni REQUIRED CONFIG)
 find_package(ReactAndroid REQUIRED CONFIG)
+find_package(react-native-worklets REQUIRED CONFIG)
 
 add_library(reanimated SHARED ${REANIMATED_COMMON_CPP_SOURCES}
                               ${REANIMATED_ANDROID_CPP_SOURCES})
@@ -69,8 +70,7 @@ target_include_directories(
           "${REACT_NATIVE_DIR}/ReactCommon/runtimeexecutor"
           "${REACT_NATIVE_DIR}/ReactCommon/jsiexecutor"
           "${REACT_NATIVE_DIR}/ReactCommon/react/renderer/graphics/platform/cxx"
-          "${REACT_NATIVE_WORKLETS_DIR}/Common/cpp"
-          "${REACT_NATIVE_WORKLETS_DIR}/android/src/main/cpp")
+)
 
 set_target_properties(reanimated PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
 
@@ -80,15 +80,6 @@ else()
   set(BUILD_TYPE "release")
 endif()
 
-add_library(worklets SHARED IMPORTED)
-
-set_target_properties(
-  worklets
-  PROPERTIES
-    IMPORTED_LOCATION
-    "${REACT_NATIVE_WORKLETS_DIR}/android/build/intermediates/cmake/${BUILD_TYPE}/obj/${ANDROID_ABI}/libworklets.so"
-)
-
 set_target_properties(reanimated PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
 # remove dead code sections
 set_target_properties(reanimated PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--gc-sections")
@@ -108,4 +99,4 @@ target_link_libraries(
   ReactAndroid::jsi
   fbjni::fbjni
   android
-  worklets)
+  react-native-worklets::worklets)
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/build.gradle b/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/build.gradle
index 86bace765ea9..c62f275012b1 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/android/build.gradle
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ android {
                         "-DREACT_NATIVE_MINOR_VERSION=${REACT_NATIVE_MINOR_VERSION}",
                         "-DANDROID_TOOLCHAIN=clang",
                         "-DREACT_NATIVE_DIR=${toPlatformFileString(reactNativeRootDir.path)}",
-                        "-DREACT_NATIVE_WORKLETS_DIR=${toPlatformFileString(reactNativeWorkletsRootDir.path)}",
                         "-DIS_REANIMATED_EXAMPLE_APP=${IS_REANIMATED_EXAMPLE_APP}",
                         "-DREANIMATED_PROFILING=${REANIMATED_PROFILING}",
                         "-DREANIMATED_VERSION=${REANIMATED_VERSION}",