diff --git a/metadata/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid.yml b/metadata/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid.yml
index 214aac25c1..06c7198ae5 100644
--- a/metadata/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid.yml
+++ b/metadata/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid.yml
@@ -1981,8 +1981,7 @@ Builds:
     prebuild:
       - sed -i -e '/signingConfig/d' build.gradle
       - sed -i -e '/executable/s/python/python3/' {../syncthing,.}/build.gradle
-    preassemble:
-      - :syncthing:buildNative
+    build: gradle :syncthing:buildNative
 
 MaintainerNotes: |-
   The submodule in syncthing/src/github.com/syncthing/syncthing must be