diff --git a/mastodon/build.gradle b/mastodon/build.gradle
index 117993d453..89dd342077 100644
--- a/mastodon/build.gradle
+++ b/mastodon/build.gradle
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ android {
 		}
 		fdroidRelease {
 			initWith release
+			vcsInfo.include false
 			// The F-droid build system doesn't like this at all for some reason.
 //			versionNameSuffix '-fdroid'
 //			signingConfig signingConfigs.release