diff --git a/src/platforms/react-native/manual-setup/manual-setup.mdx b/src/platforms/react-native/manual-setup/manual-setup.mdx
index 80b39739eb1ac7..382b343bd93df1 100644
--- a/src/platforms/react-native/manual-setup/manual-setup.mdx
+++ b/src/platforms/react-native/manual-setup/manual-setup.mdx
@@ -245,11 +245,10 @@ public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
 import io.sentry.react.RNSentryPackage
 
 class MainApplication() : Application(), ReactApplication {
-  override fun getPackages():List<ReactPackage> {
-    val packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
-    packages.add(new RNSentryPackage());
-    return packages;
-  }
+  override fun getPackages():List<ReactPackage> =
+    PackageList(this).packages.apply {
+      add(RNSentryPackage())
+    }
 }
 ```