diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 9f6c5bf6c1c1df..f0a3fdf5d79fed 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-org.gradle.configureondemand=true
+# This is causing issue with dependencies task: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/9645#issuecomment-530746758
+# org.gradle.configureondemand=true
 org.gradle.daemon=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g -XX:MaxPermSize=2048m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 org.gradle.parallel=true
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/gradle.properties b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/gradle.properties
index 4ff9751aab7d8b..bba40bc51018e2 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/gradle.properties
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 org.gradle.parallel=true
-org.gradle.configureondemand=true
+# This is causing issue with dependencies task: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/9645#issuecomment-530746758
+# org.gradle.configureondemand=true
 MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE=my-release-key.keystore
 MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS=androiddebugkey
 MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD=android