diff --git a/.changeset/twenty-bushes-act.md b/.changeset/twenty-bushes-act.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c0292cbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/twenty-bushes-act.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@callstack/repack": major
+---
+
+Fix Android dev-server URLs on physical devices by preserving `localhost` instead of rewriting it to `10.0.2.2`.
diff --git a/packages/repack/src/modules/getDevServerLocation.ts b/packages/repack/src/modules/getDevServerLocation.ts
index 88893043d..cbc0e1fc0 100644
--- a/packages/repack/src/modules/getDevServerLocation.ts
+++ b/packages/repack/src/modules/getDevServerLocation.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
-let hostname = __PUBLIC_HOST__;
-
-if (__PLATFORM__ === 'android' && __PUBLIC_HOST__ === 'localhost') {
-  hostname = '10.0.2.2';
-}
-
 const location = {
-  host: `${hostname}:${__PUBLIC_PORT__}`,
-  hostname,
-  href: `${__PUBLIC_PROTOCOL__}://${hostname}:${__PUBLIC_PORT__}/`,
-  origin: `${__PUBLIC_PROTOCOL__}://${hostname}:${__PUBLIC_PORT__}`,
+  host: `${__PUBLIC_HOST__}:${__PUBLIC_PORT__}`,
+  hostname: __PUBLIC_HOST__,
+  href: `${__PUBLIC_PROTOCOL__}://${__PUBLIC_HOST__}:${__PUBLIC_PORT__}/`,
+  origin: `${__PUBLIC_PROTOCOL__}://${__PUBLIC_HOST__}:${__PUBLIC_PORT__}`,
   pathname: '/',
   port: __PUBLIC_PORT__,
   protocol: __PUBLIC_PROTOCOL__,