diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 48ed3ad775..4a3833e6be 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath('com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.2.1')
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:${safeExtGet('kotlinVersion', rnsDefaultKotlinVersion)}"
-        classpath "com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle:6.25.0"
+        if (project == rootProject) {
+            classpath('com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.2.1')
+            classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:${safeExtGet('kotlinVersion', rnsDefaultKotlinVersion)}"
+            classpath "com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle:6.25.0"
+        }
     }
 }