diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 58c10ee2d..6db0af9e4 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ android {
     }
 
     buildFeatures {
+        buildConfig true
         viewBinding true
         aidl true
     }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 0cbc0d566..3ba9737f6 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -49,6 +49,5 @@ android.lifecycleProcessor.incremental=true
 # turn off AP discovery in compile path, and therefore turn on Compile Avoidance
 kapt.include.compile.classpath=false
 android.enableR8.fullMode=false
-android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true
 android.nonTransitiveRClass=false