[CRASH] Android 6.0.1 crashes with java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: couldn't find DSO to load: libhermes.so

I uploaded a RN0.60.4 release build to Google Play and they ran automated tests leading to a lot of crashes coming in with the following stack trace:

Fatal Exception: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: couldn't find DSO to load: libhermes.so
       at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.doLoadLibraryBySoName + 738(SoLoader.java:738)
       at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.loadLibraryBySoName + 591(SoLoader.java:591)
       at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.loadLibrary + 529(SoLoader.java:529)
       at com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader.loadLibrary + 484(SoLoader.java:484)
       at com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutor.<clinit> + 20(HermesExecutor.java:20)
       at com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutorFactory.create + 27(HermesExecutorFactory.java:27)
       at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager$5.run + 949(ReactInstanceManager.java:949)
       at java.lang.Thread.run + 818(Thread.java:818)

Affected OS is always 6.0.1. Interestingly Hermes is not even enabled in my build.gradle:

project.ext.react = [
  entryFile: "index.android.js",
  enableHermes: false,  // clean and rebuild if changing
  bundleInDebug: false,
  bundleInRelease: true,
  root: "../../",
 ]
...
def enableHermes = project.ext.react.get("enableHermes", false);
...
// Hermes config
    if (enableHermes) {
      def hermesPath = "../../node_modules/hermesvm/android/";
      debugImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-debug.aar")
      releaseImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-release.aar")
    } else {
      implementation jscFlavor
    }

I looked into the app bundle and extracted the apk for the device type that is crashing. It contains the libjsc.so file but not the libhermes.so. Imho this is correct because my gradle is configured to not include it. The big question is why does it want to load it if it not enabled? What also surprised me is that I found libhermes-executor-release.so and libhermes-executor-debug.so in it too. I guess, they should be excluded?

I filed a report with the Hermes project here but they referred me to here.

React Native version:

System:
    OS: macOS 10.14.6
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-8950HK CPU @ 2.90GHz
    Memory: 88.63 MB / 32.00 GB
    Shell: 5.3 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 10.16.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.17.3 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 12.4, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 23, 26, 27, 28
      Build Tools: 23.0.1, 25.0.0, 26.0.3, 27.0.3, 28.0.1, 28.0.2, 28.0.3
      System Images: android-24 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-24 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-27 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 3.4 AI-183.6156.11.34.5692245
    Xcode: 10.3/10G8 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  npmPackages:
    react: ^16.8.6 => 16.8.6
    react-native: ^0.60.4 => 0.60.4
  npmGlobalPackages:
    eslint-plugin-react-native: 3.5.0
    react-native-cli: 2.0.1
    react-native-git-upgrade: 0.2.7

Steps To Reproduce

1. Upload an RN0.60.4 app bundle with crash reporting to Playstore
2. check the crash reports

Describe what you expected to happen:

• The Google Play devices should not crash.
• Hermes library should not be loaded if disabled.
• libhermes-executor-release.so and libhermes-executor-debug.so should not get bundled