diff --git a/example/babel.config.js b/example/babel.config.js
index 351245114..24eb5a1fe 100644
--- a/example/babel.config.js
+++ b/example/babel.config.js
@@ -2,30 +2,6 @@ module.exports = {
   presets: ['module:metro-react-native-babel-preset'],
   plugins: [
     '@babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs',
-    [
-      'module-resolver',
-      {
-        alias: {
-          '@react-native-mapbox-gl/maps': '../javascript/index',
-          // from maps/package.json
-          react: './node_modules/react',
-          'react-native': './node_modules/react-native',
-          '@turf/helpers': './node_modules/@turf/helpers',
-          '@turf/distance': './node_modules/@turf/distance',
-          '@turf/nearest-point-on-line':
-            './node_modules/@turf/nearest-point-on-line',
-          '@turf/length': './node_modules/@turf/length',
-          '@turf/along': './node_modules/@turf/along',
-          '@mapbox/geo-viewport': './node_modules/@mapbox/geo-viewport',
-          debounce: './node_modules/debounce',
-
-          '@babel': './node_modules/@babel',
-          fbjs: './node_modules/fbjs',
-          'hoist-non-react-statics': './node_modules/hoist-non-react-statics',
-          invariant: './node_modules/invariant',
-          'prop-types': './node_modules/prop-types',
-        },
-      },
-    ],
+    ['module-resolver'],
   ].filter(Boolean),
 };
diff --git a/example/metro.config.js b/example/metro.config.js
index b76639dbe..9365be86d 100644
--- a/example/metro.config.js
+++ b/example/metro.config.js
@@ -6,9 +6,19 @@
  */
 const path = require('path');
 
+/*
+  See
+
+  https://medium.com/@dushyant_db/how-to-import-files-from-outside-of-root-directory-with-react-native-metro-bundler-18207a348427
+*/
+
 const blacklist = require('metro-config/src/defaults/blacklist');
 const glob = require('glob-to-regexp');
 
+const extraNodeModules = {
+  '@react-native-mapbox-gl/maps': path.resolve(__dirname+'/../maps')
+}
+
 function getBlacklist() {
   const nodeModuleDirs = [
     glob(`${path.resolve(__dirname, '..')}/node_modules/*`),
@@ -32,6 +42,13 @@ function getBlacklist() {
 module.exports = {
   resolver: {
     blacklistRE: getBlacklist(),
+    extraNodeModules: new Proxy(extraNodeModules, {
+      get: (target, name) => {
+        return name in target
+          ? target[name]
+          : path.join(process.cwd(), `node_modules/${name}`);
+      },
+    }),
   },
   watchFolders: [path.resolve(__dirname, '..')],
   transformer: {