diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 57bbd1cf5..06a9ab1a7 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -88,6 +88,4 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.github.UnifiedPush:android-connector:1.2.0' // needed for unifiedpush
 }
 
-if(file("google-services.json").exists()){
-    apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
-}
+//apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index be58d662e..4ce5c41d8 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ buildscript {
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
-        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.8'
+        //classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.8'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/enable-android-google-services.patch b/scripts/enable-android-google-services.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..034312b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/enable-android-google-services.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
+index 06a9ab1a..780e0011 100644
+--- a/android/app/build.gradle
++++ b/android/app/build.gradle
+@@ -88,4 +88,4 @@ dependencies {
+     implementation 'com.github.UnifiedPush:android-connector:1.2.0' // needed for unifiedpush
+ }
+ 
+-//apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
++apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
+diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
+index 4ce5c41d..be58d662 100644
+--- a/android/build.gradle
++++ b/android/build.gradle
+@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ buildscript {
+     dependencies {
+         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.1'
+         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
+-        //classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.8'
++        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.8'
+     }
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/scripts/prepare-android-release.sh b/scripts/prepare-android-release.sh
index a2a11dcb1..8204f7ca1 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare-android-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/prepare-android-release.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+git apply ./scripts/enable-android-google-services.patch
 cd android
 echo $FDROID_KEY | base64 --decode --ignore-garbage > key.jks
 echo "storePassword=${FDROID_KEY_PASS}" >> key.properties