diff --git a/metadata/org.totschnig.myexpenses.yml b/metadata/org.totschnig.myexpenses.yml
index 0adf81a71e..dfead466c2 100644
--- a/metadata/org.totschnig.myexpenses.yml
+++ b/metadata/org.totschnig.myexpenses.yml
@@ -1972,7 +1972,6 @@ Builds:
       - mlkit_kore
       - mlkit_latn
       - tests
-    prebuild: echo 'org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m' >> ../gradle.properties
     build: gradle :myExpenses:packageExternReleaseUniversalApk
 
 MaintainerNotes: '* Ads: https://github.com/mtotschnig/MyExpenses/tree/b4237aabf8924614251d14fb18ce274ec0f934f7/myExpenses/src/main/java/org/totschnig/myexpenses/util/ads'