diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 2eb9dce9..a8aa812e 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ android {
         abortOnError false
     }
     namespace 'com.amazon.tv.leanbacklauncher'
+    buildFeatures {
+        buildConfig true
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4ad340e9..a170de7d 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 # Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process.
 # The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
-android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
 android.nonFinalResIds=false
 android.nonTransitiveRClass=false