diff --git a/metadata/org.forkgram.messenger.yml b/metadata/org.forkgram.messenger.yml
index 67035c5bba..5eec72537d 100644
--- a/metadata/org.forkgram.messenger.yml
+++ b/metadata/org.forkgram.messenger.yml
@@ -2320,6 +2320,7 @@ Builds:
       - afatFd_v7a
     prebuild:
       - sed -i -e 's/ -XX:MaxPermSize=4096m//' ../gradle.properties
+      - sed -i -e '/play/d' ../TMessagesProj/build.gradle
       - ../prebuild_fdroid.sh 0 14577864 54d3ae230fd8f985ce9adccf08fbd9d6
     scandelete:
       - TMessagesProj/jni
@@ -2338,6 +2339,7 @@ Builds:
       - afatFd_v8a
     prebuild:
       - sed -i -e 's/ -XX:MaxPermSize=4096m//' ../gradle.properties
+      - sed -i -e '/play/d' ../TMessagesProj/build.gradle
       - ../prebuild_fdroid.sh 0 14577864 54d3ae230fd8f985ce9adccf08fbd9d6
     scandelete:
       - TMessagesProj/jni