diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 0ee8d79e6..96bd58126 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ android {
         resValue "string", "app_name", project.ext.react.appName
 
         def cppStd = reactNativeVersion >= v(0, 74, 0) ? "-std=c++20" : "-std=c++17"
-        if (enableNewArchitecture) {
+        if (reactNativeVersion >= v(0, 76, 0) || enableNewArchitecture) {
             externalNativeBuild {
                 cmake {
                     arguments "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared",
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/jni/AutolinkingCompat.h b/android/app/src/main/jni/AutolinkingCompat.h
index 6095fb30d..14cf36ba3 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/jni/AutolinkingCompat.h
+++ b/android/app/src/main/jni/AutolinkingCompat.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #define autolinking_cxxModuleProvider facebook::react::autolinking_cxxModuleProvider
 #define autolinking_registerProviders facebook::react::autolinking_registerProviders
 
-#else  // < 0.75
+#elif __has_include(<rncli.h>)  // < 0.75
 
 #include <rncli.h>
 
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 #define autolinking_cxxModuleProvider facebook::react::rncli_cxxModuleProvider
 #define autolinking_registerProviders facebook::react::rncli_registerProviders
 
+#else  // Autolinking is handled elsewhere in the old architecture (paper)
+
+#define REACTAPP_LEGACY_AUTOLINKING 1
+
 #endif  // __has_include(<autolinking.h>)
 
 #endif  // REACTAPP_JNI_AUTOLINKINGCOMPAT_H_
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/jni/ComponentsRegistry.cpp b/android/app/src/main/jni/ComponentsRegistry.cpp
index 83fa11687..7c02b37d5 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/jni/ComponentsRegistry.cpp
+++ b/android/app/src/main/jni/ComponentsRegistry.cpp
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ void ComponentsRegistry::registerNatives()
 
     facebook::react::DefaultComponentsRegistry::registerComponentDescriptorsFromEntryPoint =
         [](std::shared_ptr<ComponentDescriptorProviderRegistry const> registry) {
+#ifndef REACTAPP_LEGACY_AUTOLINKING
             // Register providers generated by `@react-native-community/cli`
             autolinking_registerProviders(registry);
+#endif  // !REACTAPP_LEGACY_AUTOLINKING
         };
 }
 
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/jni/OnLoad.cpp b/android/app/src/main/jni/OnLoad.cpp
index 526f82eb6..2e1ffb883 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/jni/OnLoad.cpp
+++ b/android/app/src/main/jni/OnLoad.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ using facebook::react::TurboModule;
 
 namespace
 {
+#ifndef REACTAPP_LEGACY_AUTOLINKING
     std::shared_ptr<TurboModule> cxxModuleProvider(const std::string &name,
                                                    const std::shared_ptr<CallInvoker> &jsInvoker)
     {
@@ -42,15 +43,18 @@ namespace
         // And we fallback to the module providers autolinked by RN CLI
         return autolinking_ModuleProvider(name, params);
     }
+#endif  // !REACTAPP_LEGACY_AUTOLINKING
 }  // namespace
 
 JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM *vm, void *)
 {
     return facebook::jni::initialize(vm, [] {
+#ifndef REACTAPP_LEGACY_AUTOLINKING
         DefaultTurboModuleManagerDelegate::cxxModuleProvider = &cxxModuleProvider;
         DefaultTurboModuleManagerDelegate::javaModuleProvider = &javaModuleProvider;
         DefaultComponentsRegistry::registerComponentDescriptorsFromEntryPoint =
             &autolinking_registerProviders;
+#endif  // !REACTAPP_LEGACY_AUTOLINKING
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/jni/TurboModuleManagerDelegate.cpp b/android/app/src/main/jni/TurboModuleManagerDelegate.cpp
index 0ce690ef5..8983cfd72 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/jni/TurboModuleManagerDelegate.cpp
+++ b/android/app/src/main/jni/TurboModuleManagerDelegate.cpp
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ std::shared_ptr<TurboModule> TurboModuleManagerDelegate::getTurboModule(StringRe
 std::shared_ptr<TurboModule> TurboModuleManagerDelegate::getTurboModule(
     StringRef name, const JavaTurboModule::InitParams &params)
 {
+#ifndef REACTAPP_LEGACY_AUTOLINKING
     // Try autolinked module providers first
     auto module = autolinking_ModuleProvider(name, params);
     if (module != nullptr) {
         return module;
     }
+#endif  // !REACTAPP_LEGACY_AUTOLINKING
 
     return rncore_ModuleProvider(name, params);
 }