diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/androidTest/AndroidManifest.xml
index 9a891e691..f633d37a3 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
        see more information here https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-android/issues/3172
   -->
   <application
-    android:forceQueryable="true"
-    android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"/>
+    android:forceQueryable="true" />
   <uses-sdk tools:overrideLibrary="android_libs.ub_uiautomator" />
 </manifest>
diff --git a/core/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/core/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 2301c6491..ab9593b5d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/core/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
     android:resizeableActivity="true"
     android:supportsRtl="true"
     android:theme="@style/KiwixTheme"
-    android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
     tools:targetApi="tiramisu">
 
     <!-- Version < 3.0. DeX Mode and Screen Mirroring support -->
diff --git a/custom/src/androidTest/AndroidManifest.xml b/custom/src/androidTest/AndroidManifest.xml
index d24c7492a..e704e117b 100644
--- a/custom/src/androidTest/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/custom/src/androidTest/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
        see more information here https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-android/issues/3172
   -->
   <application
-    android:forceQueryable="true"
-    android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" />
+    android:forceQueryable="true" />
   <uses-sdk tools:overrideLibrary="android_libs.ub_uiautomator" />
 </manifest>