diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index eddb261d0..fb0726867 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ android {
 
     buildFeatures {
         compose true
+        buildConfig true
     }
 
     composeOptions {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 67993555c..96f15c5ef 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -22,5 +22,4 @@ kotlin.code.style=official
 # thereby reducing the size of the R class for that library
 android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
 android.enableR8.fullMode=true
-android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true
 android.nonFinalResIds=false
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