diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index b45b5e4a..f40c7da5 100644
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-KDE-Accepted
         android:allowBackup="false"
         android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/data_extraction_rules"
         android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"
-        android:localeConfig="@xml/locales_config"
         android:theme="@style/KdeConnectTheme.NoActionBar"
         android:name="org.kde.kdeconnect.KdeConnect"
         android:enableOnBackInvokedCallback="true">
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index a00ab0d9..7e702083 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ android {
         jvmTarget = "1.8"
     }
 
+    androidResources {
+        generateLocaleConfig = true
+    }
     sourceSets {
         getByName("main") {
             manifest.srcFile("AndroidManifest.xml")
diff --git a/res/resources.properties b/res/resources.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..467b3efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/resources.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unqualifiedResLocale=en-US
diff --git a/res/xml/locales_config.xml b/res/xml/locales_config.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a69c554..00000000
--- a/res/xml/locales_config.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<locale-config xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
-	<locale android:name="en-US"/>
-	<locale android:name="ar"/>
-	<locale android:name="ast"/>
-	<locale android:name="az"/>
-	<locale android:name="bg"/>
-	<locale android:name="bs"/>
-	<locale android:name="ca"/>
-	<locale android:name="cs"/>
-	<locale android:name="da"/>
-	<locale android:name="de"/>
-	<locale android:name="el"/>
-	<locale android:name="en-GB"/>
-	<locale android:name="es"/>
-	<locale android:name="et"/>
-	<locale android:name="eu"/>
-	<locale android:name="fi"/>
-	<locale android:name="fr"/>
-	<locale android:name="gl"/>
-	<locale android:name="he"/>
-	<locale android:name="hu"/>
-	<locale android:name="ia"/>
-	<locale android:name="id"/>
-	<locale android:name="in"/>
-	<locale android:name="is"/>
-	<locale android:name="it"/>
-	<locale android:name="iw"/>
-	<locale android:name="ja"/>
-	<locale android:name="ka"/>
-	<locale android:name="ko"/>
-	<locale android:name="lt"/>
-	<locale android:name="nl"/>
-	<locale android:name="nn"/>
-	<locale android:name="pl"/>
-	<locale android:name="pt"/>
-	<locale android:name="pt-BR"/>
-	<locale android:name="ro"/>
-	<locale android:name="ru"/>
-	<locale android:name="sk"/>
-	<locale android:name="sl"/>
-	<locale android:name="sr"/>
-	<locale android:name="sv"/>
-	<locale android:name="ta"/>
-	<locale android:name="tg"/>
-	<locale android:name="tr"/>
-	<locale android:name="uk"/>
-	<locale android:name="zh-CN"/>
-	<locale android:name="zh-TW"/>
-</locale-config>