diff --git a/local-cli/link/__fixtures__/android/patchedBuild.gradle b/local-cli/link/__fixtures__/android/patchedBuild.gradle
index 425aaaf7f44427..d7b58b7c7a7d38 100644
--- a/local-cli/link/__fixtures__/android/patchedBuild.gradle
+++ b/local-cli/link/__fixtures__/android/patchedBuild.gradle
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(project(':test2')) {
       exclude(group: 'org.unwanted', module: 'test10')
     }
+    compile project(':testDeprecated')
     implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
     implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.1"
     implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"
diff --git a/local-cli/link/__tests__/android/isInstalled.spec.js b/local-cli/link/__tests__/android/isInstalled.spec.js
index a90649f0339f5f..1955b1dd011453 100644
--- a/local-cli/link/__tests__/android/isInstalled.spec.js
+++ b/local-cli/link/__tests__/android/isInstalled.spec.js
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ describe('android::isInstalled', () => {
     expect(isInstalled(projectConfig, 'test2')).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
+  it('should return true when project is already in build.gradle using compile', () => {
+    expect(isInstalled(projectConfig, 'testDeprecated')).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
   it('should return false when project is not in build.gradle', () =>
     expect(isInstalled(projectConfig, 'test3')).toBeFalsy());
 });
diff --git a/local-cli/link/android/isInstalled.js b/local-cli/link/android/isInstalled.js
index 43a53396e9228d..f133619973fbff 100644
--- a/local-cli/link/android/isInstalled.js
+++ b/local-cli/link/android/isInstalled.js
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@
 
 const fs = require('fs');
 const makeBuildPatch = require('./patches/makeBuildPatch');
+const makeDeprecatedBuildPatch = require('./patches/makeDeprecatedBuildPatch');
 
 module.exports = function isInstalled(config, name) {
   const buildGradle = fs.readFileSync(config.buildGradlePath);
-  return makeBuildPatch(name).installPattern.test(buildGradle);
+  return (
+    makeBuildPatch(name).installPattern.test(buildGradle) ||
+    makeDeprecatedBuildPatch(name).installPattern.test(buildGradle)
+  );
 };
diff --git a/local-cli/link/android/patches/makeDeprecatedBuildPatch.js b/local-cli/link/android/patches/makeDeprecatedBuildPatch.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c2dc93810430e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-cli/link/android/patches/makeDeprecatedBuildPatch.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+const normalizeProjectName = require('./normalizeProjectName');
+
+module.exports = function makeDeprecatedBuildPatch(name) {
+  const normalizedProjectName = normalizeProjectName(name);
+  const installPattern = new RegExp(
+    `\\s{4}(compile)(\\(|\\s)(project)\\(\\\':${normalizedProjectName}\\\'\\)(\\)|\\s)`,
+  );
+
+  return {
+    installPattern,
+    pattern: /[^ \t]dependencies {(\r\n|\n)/,
+    patch: `    compile project(':${normalizedProjectName}')\n`,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/local-cli/link/android/unregisterNativeModule.js b/local-cli/link/android/unregisterNativeModule.js
index 880070afa503c4..37dd7a368e17e8 100644
--- a/local-cli/link/android/unregisterNativeModule.js
+++ b/local-cli/link/android/unregisterNativeModule.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const toCamelCase = require('lodash').camelCase;
 const revokePatch = require('./patches/revokePatch');
 const makeSettingsPatch = require('./patches/makeSettingsPatch');
 const makeBuildPatch = require('./patches/makeBuildPatch');
+const makeDeprecatedBuildPatch = require('./patches/makeDeprecatedBuildPatch');
 const makeStringsPatch = require('./patches/makeStringsPatch');
 const makeImportPatch = require('./patches/makeImportPatch');
 const makePackagePatch = require('./patches/makePackagePatch');
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ module.exports = function unregisterNativeAndroidModule(
   projectConfig,
 ) {
   const buildPatch = makeBuildPatch(name);
+  const deprecatedBuildPatch = makeDeprecatedBuildPatch(name);
   const strings = fs.readFileSync(projectConfig.stringsPath, 'utf8');
   var params = {};
 
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ module.exports = function unregisterNativeAndroidModule(
   );
 
   revokePatch(projectConfig.buildGradlePath, buildPatch);
+  revokePatch(projectConfig.buildGradlePath, deprecatedBuildPatch);
   revokePatch(projectConfig.stringsPath, makeStringsPatch(params, name));
 
   revokePatch(