diff --git a/RNTester/android/app/build.gradle b/RNTester/android/app/build.gradle
index f1d9c0b09b3..fbc75553a06 100644
--- a/RNTester/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/RNTester/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
-
-apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
-
-import com.android.build.OutputFile
+plugins {
+    id("com.android.application")
+}
 
 /**
  * The react.gradle file registers a task for each build variant (e.g. bundleDebugJsAndAssets
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/build.gradle b/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
index 74b1d50c998..ceb471bc6fc 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
+++ b/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 plugins {
     id("com.android.library")
     id("maven")
-    id("de.undercouch.download")
+    id("de.undercouch.download") version "3.4.3"
 }
 
 import de.undercouch.gradle.tasks.download.Download
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle.kts
similarity index 70%
rename from build.gradle
rename to build.gradle.kts
index 85dec6e6852..f2ff0a46a45 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ buildscript {
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.0")
-        classpath("de.undercouch:gradle-download-task:3.4.3")
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -20,17 +19,11 @@ buildscript {
 
 allprojects {
     repositories {
-        mavenLocal()
         maven {
-            url("$rootDir/node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
+            url = uri("$rootDir/node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
         }
-
+        mavenLocal()
         google()
         jcenter()
-
-        def androidSdk = System.getenv("ANDROID_SDK")
-        maven {
-            url("$androidSdk/extras/m2repository/")
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle.kts
similarity index 75%
rename from settings.gradle
rename to settings.gradle.kts
index 6b0d36b3f15..0daab695b88 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@
 // This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
 // LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
-include(":ReactAndroid")
-include(":RNTester:android:app")
+include(
+    ":ReactAndroid",
+    ":RNTester:android:app"
+)