diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index be0708be8..0d71e4b11 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ android {
     lint {
         lintConfig file("lint.xml")
     }
+
+    androidResources {
+        generateLocaleConfig true
+    }
 }
 
 kapt {
diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 0055f37cb..4517db8ac 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
         android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
         android:supportsRtl="true"
         android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
-        android:localeConfig="@xml/locales_config"
         android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules_legacy"
         android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/backup_rules"
         tools:targetApi="m">
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/resources.properties b/app/src/main/res/resources.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..467b3efec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/resources.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unqualifiedResLocale=en-US
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/locales_config.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/locales_config.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 207b72f14..000000000
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/locales_config.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- Arrange by language code to keep things uniform -->
-<locale-config xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
-    <locale android:name="ady"/>
-    <locale android:name="af"/>
-    <locale android:name="ar"/>
-    <locale android:name="ars"/>
-    <locale android:name="ast"/>
-    <locale android:name="az"/>
-    <locale android:name="ber"/>
-    <locale android:name="bg"/>
-    <locale android:name="bn"/>
-    <locale android:name="ca"/>
-    <locale android:name="ckb"/>
-    <locale android:name="cs"/>
-    <locale android:name="da"/>
-    <locale android:name="de"/>
-    <locale android:name="el"/>
-    <locale android:name="en"/>
-    <locale android:name="eo"/>
-    <locale android:name="es"/>
-    <locale android:name="et"/>
-    <locale android:name="eu"/>
-    <locale android:name="fa"/>
-    <locale android:name="fi"/>
-    <locale android:name="fr"/>
-    <locale android:name="gl"/>
-    <locale android:name="he"/>
-    <locale android:name="hi"/>
-    <locale android:name="hr"/>
-    <locale android:name="ht"/>
-    <locale android:name="hu"/>
-    <locale android:name="ia"/>
-    <locale android:name="id"/>
-    <locale android:name="it"/>
-    <locale android:name="ja"/>
-    <locale android:name="kab"/>
-    <locale android:name="kmr"/>
-    <locale android:name="ko"/>
-    <locale android:name="lt"/>
-    <locale android:name="lv"/>
-    <locale android:name="ml"/>
-    <locale android:name="nb-rNO"/>
-    <locale android:name="nl"/>
-    <locale android:name="or"/>
-    <locale android:name="pa"/>
-    <locale android:name="pl"/>
-    <locale android:name="pt"/>
-    <locale android:name="pt-rBR"/>
-    <locale android:name="ro"/>
-    <locale android:name="ru"/>
-    <locale android:name="sc"/>
-    <locale android:name="si"/>
-    <locale android:name="sl"/>
-    <locale android:name="so"/>
-    <locale android:name="sq"/>
-    <locale android:name="sr"/>
-    <locale android:name="sv"/>
-    <locale android:name="ta"/>
-    <locale android:name="te"/>
-    <locale android:name="th"/>
-    <locale android:name="tr"/>
-    <locale android:name="uk"/>
-    <locale android:name="vi"/>
-    <locale android:name="yue"/>
-    <locale android:name="zh-rCN"/>
-    <locale android:name="zh-rTW"/>
-</locale-config>