diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 2cb28ef48e..aba59a7309 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
 
     <application
         android:name=".App"
-        android:allowBackup="true"
-        android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules"
+        android:allowBackup="false"
         android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
         android:hasFragileUserData="true"
         android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_rules.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_rules.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0806252d2b..0000000000
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_rules.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<full-backup-content>
-    <include
-        domain="database"
-        path="tachiyomi.db" />
-</full-backup-content>