diff --git a/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/build.gradle b/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/build.gradle
index 16db9380e..950ce19a0 100644
--- a/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/build.gradle
+++ b/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/build.gradle
@@ -95,10 +95,12 @@ checkstyle {
     showViolations true
 }
 
+/*
 task cleanJNIBuilds {
     def jniLibsDir = new File("MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/jniLibs")
     delete jniLibsDir.absolutePath
 }
+*/
 
 android.libraryVariants.all { variant ->
     def name = variant.buildType.name