diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0d4641a6c..b76079b42 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -98,14 +98,7 @@ android {
 
 	buildTypes {
 		release {
-			runProguard true
-			proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-project.txt'
-			zipAlign true
-		}
-		debug {
-			runProguard true
-			proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-project.txt'
-			zipAlign true
+			runProguard false
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/proguard-project.txt b/proguard-project.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ee27e6b38..000000000
--- a/proguard-project.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
--dontobfuscate
--dontwarn javax.naming.**
--dontnote android.support.**
--dontnote **ILicensingService
-
-# This increases the size of the .apk by ~800kb, which is clearly
-# undesirable. However, the nature of the Java security suite 
-# implementations are that they use a lot of reflection to instantiate
-# classes. The end result is that proguard excludes classes which 
-# may be required, depending on the security algorithms required
-# by certain certificates.
-#   Reference: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/issues/88
--keep class org.spongycastle.**
--keep interface org.spongycastle.**
-
-# This keeps class members used for SystemInstaller IPC.
-#   Reference: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/issues/79
--keepclassmembers class * implements android.os.IInterface {
-    public *;
-}
-
-# There is a bug where the android.support.widget.SearchView gets
-# removed by proguard which causes breakage. This prevents that
-# from occuring by a bit of a brute force approach. While it would
-# be possible to keep only the class in question, this may leave
-# us open to other bugs in the future. Better to be safe than sorry.
-# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22136032/action-bar-search-view-android-null-error
--keep class android.support.** { *; }
--keep interface android.support.** { *; }
diff --git a/project.properties b/project.properties
index 41cb681d3..4846e7900 100644
--- a/project.properties
+++ b/project.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-proguard.config=${sdk.dir}/tools/proguard/proguard-android.txt:proguard-project.txt
-
 target=android-19
 
 android.library.reference.1=extern/UniversalImageLoader/library