diff --git a/Android.bp b/Android.bp
index 076cdbfc3..4df72bbc3 100644
--- a/Android.bp
+++ b/Android.bp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ android_app {
     },
     static_libs: [
         "kotlin-stdlib-jdk8",
+        "libprotobuf-java-lite",
         "androidx.core_core-ktx",
         "androidx.fragment_fragment-ktx",
         "androidx.activity_activity-ktx",
diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index d930242a2..8af4a16a2 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -112,11 +112,6 @@ android {
                         option("lite")
                     }
                 }
-                task.builtins {
-                    id("kotlin") {
-                        option("lite")
-                    }
-                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -160,7 +155,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.androidx.work.runtime.ktx)
     implementation(libs.google.material)
 
-    implementation(libs.google.protobuf.kotlin.lite)
+    implementation(libs.google.protobuf.javalite)
     implementation(libs.google.tink.android)
 
     /**