diff --git a/ReactAndroid/build.gradle b/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
index a419728d773e9c..124c5af023358c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
+++ b/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
@@ -86,17 +86,6 @@ task prepareFolly(dependsOn: dependenciesPath ? [] : [downloadFolly], type: Copy
     include "folly-${FOLLY_VERSION}/folly/**/*", 'Android.mk'
     eachFile {fname -> fname.path = (fname.path - "folly-${FOLLY_VERSION}/")}
     includeEmptyDirs = false
-
-    // Patch for folly build break on gcc 4.9 and could be removed after build by clang
-    filesMatching('**/container/detail/F14Policy.h') {
-        filter(ReplaceTokens, tokens: [
-            'ObjectHolder(Args&&... args) : value_{std::forward<Args>(args)...} {}': 'ObjectHolder(Args&&... args) : value_({std::forward<Args>(args)...}) {}',
-            'ObjectHolder(Args&&... args) : T{std::forward<Args>(args)...} {}': 'ObjectHolder(Args&&... args) : T({std::forward<Args>(args)...}) {}',
-        ],
-        beginToken: '',
-        endToken: '')
-    }
-
     into "$thirdPartyNdkDir/folly"
 }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/Application.mk b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/Application.mk
index 942a122de79183..a58eeff840e0d5 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/Application.mk
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/Application.mk
@@ -24,11 +24,9 @@ APP_MK_DIR := $(dir $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
 #   etc.) are defined inside build.gradle.
 NDK_MODULE_PATH := $(APP_MK_DIR)$(HOST_DIRSEP)$(THIRD_PARTY_NDK_DIR)$(HOST_DIRSEP)$(REACT_COMMON_DIR)$(HOST_DIRSEP)$(APP_MK_DIR)first-party$(HOST_DIRSEP)$(REACT_SRC_DIR)
 
-APP_STL := gnustl_shared
+APP_STL := c++_shared
 
 # Make sure every shared lib includes a .note.gnu.build-id header
-APP_CFLAGS := -Wall -Werror
+APP_CFLAGS := -Wall -Werror -Wno-unused-lambda-capture
 APP_CPPFLAGS := -std=c++1y
 APP_LDFLAGS := -Wl,--build-id
-
-NDK_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION := 4.9
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/third-party/folly/Android.mk b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/third-party/folly/Android.mk
index 4700879022a26d..96c28ce8906532 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/third-party/folly/Android.mk
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/third-party/folly/Android.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ FOLLY_FLAGS := \
   -DFOLLY_NO_CONFIG=1 \
   -DFOLLY_HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME=1 \
   -DFOLLY_HAVE_MEMRCHR=1 \
+  -DFOLLY_USE_LIBCPP=1 \
 
 # If APP_PLATFORM in Application.mk targets android-23 above, please comment this line.
 # NDK uses GNU style stderror_r() after API 23.