diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 1cc3b602a..668334712 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ android {
     }
     buildTypes {
         release {
-            minifyEnabled true
-            shrinkResources true
+            minifyEnabled false
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
         }
         debug {
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-ktx:$lifecycle_version"
     implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common-java8:$lifecycle_version"
 
-    implementation 'com.google.android.play:core-ktx:1.8.1'
     implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.3.0-alpha01'
 
     def retrofit_version = '2.9.0'
diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 4d6e58db8..2b318ee18 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -253,9 +253,5 @@
         <meta-data
             android:name="com.bumptech.glide.integration.okhttp3.OkHttpGlideModule"
             android:value="GlideModule" />
-
-        <meta-data
-            android:name="com.android.vending.splits.required"
-            android:value="true" />
     </application>
 </manifest>