diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 08c034216..4c0ed4e35 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.NFC" />
 
-    <uses-permission android:name="org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged.USE_SERVICE" />
-
     <!-- Indicate that F-Droid may request root access (introduced by Koush's Superuser app)
          This permission is deprecated, but necessary for some old superuser
          apps to actually grant superuser access to F-Droid. -->