diff --git a/metadata/com.nextcloud.android.beta.yml b/metadata/com.nextcloud.android.beta.yml
index 0f58dbfcdf..33dac3c744 100644
--- a/metadata/com.nextcloud.android.beta.yml
+++ b/metadata/com.nextcloud.android.beta.yml
@@ -4597,6 +4597,8 @@ Builds:
       - mkdir -p $HOME/.gradle
       - echo "org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx9g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError"
         > $HOME/.gradle/gradle.properties
+      - sed -i s"#dev_version_direct_download_enabled.*<#dev_version_direct_download_enabled\">false<#"
+        src/versionDev/res/values/setup.xml
     scandelete:
       - src/androidTest