diff --git a/desktop/scripts/get-app-watch-folders.ts b/desktop/scripts/get-app-watch-folders.ts
index a6605e5c6..76f7cf645 100644
--- a/desktop/scripts/get-app-watch-folders.ts
+++ b/desktop/scripts/get-app-watch-folders.ts
@@ -9,25 +9,12 @@
 
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import pFilter from 'p-filter';
-import path from 'path';
 import {getWatchFolders} from 'flipper-pkg-lib';
-import {appDir, publicPluginsDir, fbPluginsDir} from './paths';
-
-/**
- * Flipper references code from below plugins directly. Such directly referenced plugins
- * and their dependencies should be added as watch folders so Metro bundled can resolve them.
- */
-const pluginsReferencedDirectlyFromFlipper = [
-  path.join(publicPluginsDir, 'navigation'),
-  path.join(fbPluginsDir, 'mobileconfig'),
-  path.join(fbPluginsDir, 'watch'),
-];
+import {appDir} from './paths';
 
 export default async function getAppWatchFolders() {
   const getWatchFoldersResults = await Promise.all(
-    [appDir, ...pluginsReferencedDirectlyFromFlipper].map((dir) =>
-      getWatchFolders(dir),
-    ),
+    [appDir].map((dir) => getWatchFolders(dir)),
   );
   const watchFolders = ([] as string[]).concat(...getWatchFoldersResults);
   return pFilter(
diff --git a/desktop/scripts/start-dev-server.ts b/desktop/scripts/start-dev-server.ts
index 98e40c22b..8fb2abec3 100644
--- a/desktop/scripts/start-dev-server.ts
+++ b/desktop/scripts/start-dev-server.ts
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ async function startMetroServer(app: Express, server: http.Server) {
   const watchFolders = (await getAppWatchFolders()).concat(
     await getPluginSourceFolders(),
   );
+  console.log('Source dirs\n\t' + watchFolders.join('\n\t'));
+
   const baseConfig = await Metro.loadConfig();
   const config = Object.assign({}, baseConfig, {
     projectRoot: rootDir,
@@ -339,7 +341,15 @@ async function startWatchChanges(io: socketIo.Server) {
     const watchman = new Watchman(path.resolve(__dirname, '..'));
     await watchman.initialize();
     await Promise.all(
-      ['app', 'pkg', 'doctor', 'plugin-lib', 'flipper-plugin'].map((dir) =>
+      [
+        'app',
+        'pkg',
+        'doctor',
+        'plugin-lib',
+        'flipper-plugin',
+        'flipper-common',
+        'flipper-ui-core',
+      ].map((dir) =>
         watchman.startWatchFiles(
           dir,
           () => {