diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index cf4199f281..722201d583 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ android {
   }
 
   buildFeatures {
+    buildConfig = true
     viewBinding = true
     compose = true
   }
diff --git a/build-logic/plugins/src/main/java/signal-sample-app.gradle.kts b/build-logic/plugins/src/main/java/signal-sample-app.gradle.kts
index 944ee5092f..3dcc4d17f1 100644
--- a/build-logic/plugins/src/main/java/signal-sample-app.gradle.kts
+++ b/build-logic/plugins/src/main/java/signal-sample-app.gradle.kts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ android {
   }
 
   buildFeatures {
+    buildConfig = true
     compose = true
   }
 
diff --git a/donations/lib/build.gradle.kts b/donations/lib/build.gradle.kts
index bf0a70f9cc..62145cbaf7 100644
--- a/donations/lib/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/donations/lib/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ plugins {
 
 android {
   namespace = "org.signal.donations"
+
+  buildFeatures {
+    buildConfig = true
+  }
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4882722073..033038fafd 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx6g -Xms256m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1g
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.experimental.androidTest.numManagedDeviceShards=4
-android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true
 android.nonTransitiveRClass=false
 android.nonFinalResIds=false