diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/__snapshots__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js.snap b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/__snapshots__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js.snap
index 6bc79e6875e4..4f2318466f51 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/__snapshots__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/__snapshots__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js.snap
@@ -328,10 +328,24 @@ exports[`execute test-app "ReactCodegen/RCTThirdPartyComponentsProvider.mm" shou
   static dispatch_once_t nativeComponentsToken;
 
   dispatch_once(&nativeComponentsToken, ^{
-    thirdPartyComponents = @{
-		@\\"TestAppComponent\\": NSClassFromString(@\\"RCTTestAppComponent\\"), // test-app
-		@\\"TestLibraryComponent\\": NSClassFromString(@\\"RCTTestLibraryComponent\\"), // test-library
+    NSDictionary<NSString *, NSString *> * componentMapping = @{
+		@\\"TestAppComponent\\": @\\"RCTTestAppComponent\\", // test-app
+		@\\"TestLibraryComponent\\": @\\"RCTTestLibraryComponent\\", // test-library
     };
+
+    NSMutableDictionary *dict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithCapacity:componentMapping.count];
+
+    for (NSString *key in componentMapping) {
+      // Nil for a library this target does not link (an app extension, macOS).
+      Class klass = NSClassFromString(componentMapping[key]);
+      if (!klass) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      [dict setObject:klass forKey:key];
+    }
+
+    thirdPartyComponents = dict;
   });
 
   return thirdPartyComponents;
@@ -822,9 +836,23 @@ exports[`execute test-app-legacy "ReactCodegen/RCTThirdPartyComponentsProvider.m
   static dispatch_once_t nativeComponentsToken;
 
   dispatch_once(&nativeComponentsToken, ^{
-    thirdPartyComponents = @{
-		@\\"TestAppDeprecatedComponent\\": NSClassFromString(@\\"RCTTestAppDeprecatedComponentClass\\"), // test-app-legacy
+    NSDictionary<NSString *, NSString *> * componentMapping = @{
+		@\\"TestAppDeprecatedComponent\\": @\\"RCTTestAppDeprecatedComponentClass\\", // test-app-legacy
     };
+
+    NSMutableDictionary *dict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithCapacity:componentMapping.count];
+
+    for (NSString *key in componentMapping) {
+      // Nil for a library this target does not link (an app extension, macOS).
+      Class klass = NSClassFromString(componentMapping[key]);
+      if (!klass) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      [dict setObject:klass forKey:key];
+    }
+
+    thirdPartyComponents = dict;
   });
 
   return thirdPartyComponents;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js
index ea1aca23327f..207feaa12dcf 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ describe('generateRCTThirdPartyComponents', () => {
         'utf8',
       );
       expect(generatedFile).toContain(
-        '@"ExampleComponent": NSClassFromString(@"RCTExampleComponent"), // component-library',
+        '@"ExampleComponent": @"RCTExampleComponent", // component-library',
       );
     } finally {
       fs.rmSync(libraryPath, {recursive: true, force: true});
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/generateRCTThirdPartyComponents.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/generateRCTThirdPartyComponents.js
index 84857672fa0f..dfe462782a8a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/generateRCTThirdPartyComponents.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/generateRCTThirdPartyComponents.js
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ function generateRCTThirdPartyComponents(
     .flatMap(library => {
       const components = componentsInLibraries[library];
       return components.map(({componentName, className}) => {
-        return `\t\t@"${componentName}": NSClassFromString(@"${className}"), // ${library}`;
+        return `\t\t@"${componentName}": @"${className}", // ${library}`;
       });
     })
     .join('\n');
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/templates/RCTThirdPartyComponentsProviderMM.template b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/templates/RCTThirdPartyComponentsProviderMM.template
index 4ce510709e33..6c50d6d9c98c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/templates/RCTThirdPartyComponentsProviderMM.template
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/templates/RCTThirdPartyComponentsProviderMM.template
@@ -19,9 +19,23 @@
   static dispatch_once_t nativeComponentsToken;
 
   dispatch_once(&nativeComponentsToken, ^{
-    thirdPartyComponents = @{
+    NSDictionary<NSString *, NSString *> * componentMapping = @{
 {thirdPartyComponentsMapping}
     };
+
+    NSMutableDictionary *dict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithCapacity:componentMapping.count];
+
+    for (NSString *key in componentMapping) {
+      // Nil for a library this target does not link (an app extension, macOS).
+      Class klass = NSClassFromString(componentMapping[key]);
+      if (!klass) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      [dict setObject:klass forKey:key];
+    }
+
+    thirdPartyComponents = dict;
   });
 
   return thirdPartyComponents;