diff --git a/scripts/generate-specs.sh b/scripts/generate-specs.sh
index cd4ef2902d2bdf..d3b082d0437125 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-specs.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-specs.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ set -e
 THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(readlink "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
 TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/react-native-codegen-XXXXXXXX)
 RN_DIR=$(cd "$THIS_DIR/.." && pwd)
-YARN_BINARY="${YARN_BINARY:-$(command -v yarn)}"
+NODE_BINARY="${NODE_BINARY:-$(command -v node || true)}"
 USE_FABRIC="${USE_FABRIC:-0}"
 
 cleanup () {
@@ -64,21 +64,23 @@ main() {
     echo "Error: Could not determine react-native-codegen location. Try running 'yarn install' or 'npm install' in your project root." 1>&2
     exit 1
   fi
-
+  
   if [ ! -d "$CODEGEN_PATH/lib" ]; then
     describe "Building react-native-codegen package"
-    pushd "$CODEGEN_PATH" >/dev/null || exit
-      "$YARN_BINARY"
-      "$YARN_BINARY" build
-    popd >/dev/null || exit
+    bash "$CODEGEN_PATH/scripts/oss/build.sh"
+  fi
+
+  if [ -z "$NODE_BINARY" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Could not find node. Make sure it is in bash PATH or set the NODE_BINARY environment variable." 1>&2
+    exit 1
   fi
 
   describe "Generating schema from flow types"
-  "$YARN_BINARY" node "$CODEGEN_PATH/lib/cli/combine/combine-js-to-schema-cli.js" "$SCHEMA_FILE" "$SRCS_DIR"
+  "$NODE_BINARY" "$CODEGEN_PATH/lib/cli/combine/combine-js-to-schema-cli.js" "$SCHEMA_FILE" "$SRCS_DIR"
 
   describe "Generating native code from schema (iOS)"
   pushd "$RN_DIR" >/dev/null || exit
-    "$YARN_BINARY" --silent node scripts/generate-specs-cli.js ios "$SCHEMA_FILE" "$TEMP_OUTPUT_DIR" "$CODEGEN_MODULES_LIBRARY_NAME"
+    "$NODE_BINARY" scripts/generate-specs-cli.js ios "$SCHEMA_FILE" "$TEMP_OUTPUT_DIR" "$CODEGEN_MODULES_LIBRARY_NAME"
   popd >/dev/null || exit
 
   mkdir -p "$CODEGEN_COMPONENTS_OUTPUT_DIR" "$CODEGEN_MODULES_OUTPUT_DIR"