diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index ac0464ff2..ab9a11946 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
   <application
     android:name=".KiwixApp"
     android:allowBackup="true"
-    android:extractNativeLibs="false"
     android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
     android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
     android:supportsRtl="true"
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/plugin/AllProjectConfigurer.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/plugin/AllProjectConfigurer.kt
index 694dc2caa..7f2cdcba0 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/plugin/AllProjectConfigurer.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/plugin/AllProjectConfigurer.kt
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ class AllProjectConfigurer {
           add("META-INF/notice.txt")
           add("META-INF/ASL2.0")
         }
+        jniLibs.useLegacyPackaging = false
       }
       sourceSets {
         getByName("test") {
diff --git a/core/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/core/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index c89416a47..25f429db5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/core/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
   <application
     android:allowBackup="true"
-    android:extractNativeLibs="false"
     android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules"
     android:dataExtractionRules = "@xml/data_extraction_rules"
     android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
diff --git a/custom/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/custom/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index f4c59297d..4d2cb5a53 100644
--- a/custom/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/custom/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
   <application
     android:name=".CustomApp"
-    android:extractNativeLibs="false"
     android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
     android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
     android:supportsRtl="true"