diff --git a/packages/react-native-codegen/scripts/oss/build.sh b/packages/react-native-codegen/scripts/oss/build.sh
index fc9895851f44a8..5822ffb7cf3b06 100755
--- a/packages/react-native-codegen/scripts/oss/build.sh
+++ b/packages/react-native-codegen/scripts/oss/build.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 # This script assumes yarn is already installed.
 
-THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(readlink "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
+THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
 
 set -e
 set -u
diff --git a/packages/react-native-codegen/src/cli/combine/combine_js_to_schema.sh b/packages/react-native-codegen/src/cli/combine/combine_js_to_schema.sh
index ed6931a38cff12..3d4718d538820e 100755
--- a/packages/react-native-codegen/src/cli/combine/combine_js_to_schema.sh
+++ b/packages/react-native-codegen/src/cli/combine/combine_js_to_schema.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 set -e
 set -u
 
-THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(readlink "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
+THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
 
 # shellcheck source=xplat/js/env-utils/setup_env_vars.sh
 source "$THIS_DIR/../../../../../../env-utils/setup_env_vars.sh"
diff --git a/packages/react-native-codegen/src/cli/generators/generate-all.sh b/packages/react-native-codegen/src/cli/generators/generate-all.sh
index 45c7db81dcaa64..cf5e3f9276f044 100755
--- a/packages/react-native-codegen/src/cli/generators/generate-all.sh
+++ b/packages/react-native-codegen/src/cli/generators/generate-all.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 set -e
 set -u
 
-THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(readlink "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
+THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
 
 # shellcheck source=xplat/js/env-utils/setup_env_vars.sh
 source "$THIS_DIR/../../../../../../env-utils/setup_env_vars.sh"
diff --git a/packages/react-native-codegen/src/cli/parser/parser.sh b/packages/react-native-codegen/src/cli/parser/parser.sh
index 56b708fe89ea49..8d130f250017be 100755
--- a/packages/react-native-codegen/src/cli/parser/parser.sh
+++ b/packages/react-native-codegen/src/cli/parser/parser.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 set -e
 set -u
 
-THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(readlink "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
+THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
 
 # shellcheck source=xplat/js/env-utils/setup_env_vars.sh
 source "$THIS_DIR/../../../../../../env-utils/setup_env_vars.sh"
diff --git a/runXcodeTests.sh b/runXcodeTests.sh
index c071a4c0548c76..17f82932ef0582 100755
--- a/runXcodeTests.sh
+++ b/runXcodeTests.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 # This script should be run from the react-native root
 
-THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(readlink "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
+THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
 source "scripts/.tests.env"
 
 if [ -n "$1" ]
diff --git a/scripts/objc-test.sh b/scripts/objc-test.sh
index b5ace1afa869ef..d2d6ecaa0075cc 100755
--- a/scripts/objc-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/objc-test.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ xcprettyFormat() {
     # Circle CI expects JUnit reports to be available here
     REPORTS_DIR="$HOME/react-native/reports/junit"
   else
-    THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(readlink "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
+    THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
 
     # Write reports to the react-native root dir
     REPORTS_DIR="$THIS_DIR/../build/reports"
diff --git a/scripts/packager.sh b/scripts/packager.sh
index acb1581257863f..b9f90160f1aec8 100755
--- a/scripts/packager.sh
+++ b/scripts/packager.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
 # scripts directory
-THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(readlink "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
+THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
 REACT_NATIVE_ROOT="$THIS_DIR/.."
 # Application root directory - General use case: react-native is a dependency
 PROJECT_ROOT="$THIS_DIR/../../.."
diff --git a/scripts/run-android-emulator.sh b/scripts/run-android-emulator.sh
index 99c5b6444923a1..2f246b4af5a8d3 100755
--- a/scripts/run-android-emulator.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-android-emulator.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # virtual device configuration.
 # This is useful for running integration tests on a local machine.
 
-THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(readlink "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
+THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
 
 STATE=`adb get-state`
 
diff --git a/scripts/update_podfile_lock.sh b/scripts/update_podfile_lock.sh
index 87b559264b1be1..fa6db464666ebb 100755
--- a/scripts/update_podfile_lock.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_podfile_lock.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # Usage:
 #   source scripts/update_podfile_lock && update_pods
 
-THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(readlink "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
+THIS_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" || echo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)
 RNTESTER_DIR="$THIS_DIR/../packages/rn-tester"
 
 # Keep this separate for FB internal access.