diff --git a/metadata/io.ente.photos.fdroid.yml b/metadata/io.ente.photos.fdroid.yml
index 0e8e81b861..430f0f6674 100644
--- a/metadata/io.ente.photos.fdroid.yml
+++ b/metadata/io.ente.photos.fdroid.yml
@@ -4397,7 +4397,6 @@ Builds:
     output: build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-fdroid-release.apk
     srclibs:
       - libsodium@ee009287afd480b60a9a4d75b19afdc0f705e9d9
-      - transistor-background-fetch@ca8d2f7a9cf1880dfaf9bcb2c2176fab19e0b124
       - media-kit-libmpv-android-video-build@v1.1.5
       - media-kit@media_kit-v1.1.10
       - media-kit-android-helper@0574b11502ae0c5474e0629bb29c2991215e4751
@@ -4460,10 +4459,6 @@ Builds:
       - cp $$libsodium$$/libsodium-android-westmere/lib/libsodium.so $flutter_sodium/x86_64/
       - cp $$libsodium$$/libsodium-android-armv8-a+crypto/lib/libsodium.so $flutter_sodium/arm64-v8a/
       - cp $$libsodium$$/libsodium-android-i686/lib/libsodium.so $flutter_sodium/x86/
-      - pushd $$transistor-background-fetch$$/android/tsbackgroundfetch/
-      - gradle assembleRelease
-      - gradle publishToMavenLocal
-      - popd
       - export FLUTTER=$(pwd)/thirdparty/flutter/bin/
       - pushd $$media-kit-libmpv-android-video-build$$/buildscripts
       - mkdir sdk