diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index a77f26c6..5dbcbf8c 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@ apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 
 android {
     buildToolsVersion '27.0.3'
-    buildTypes {
-        release {
-            minifyEnabled true
-            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
-        }
-    }
     compileOptions {
         sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
         targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
diff --git a/app/proguard-rules.pro b/app/proguard-rules.pro
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ac8f51f..00000000
--- a/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# Add project specific ProGuard rules here.
-# By default, the flags in this file are appended to flags specified
-# in /opt/android-sdk/tools/proguard/proguard-android.txt
-# You can edit the include path and order by changing the proguardFiles
-# directive in build.gradle.
-#
-# For more details, see
-#   http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/proguard.html
-
-# Add any project specific keep options here:
-
-# If your project uses WebView with JS, uncomment the following
-# and specify the fully qualified class name to the JavaScript interface
-# class:
-#-keepclassmembers class fqcn.of.javascript.interface.for.webview {
-#   public *;
-#}
-
-# Uncomment this to preserve the line number information for
-# debugging stack traces.
-#-keepattributes SourceFile,LineNumberTable
-
-# If you keep the line number information, uncomment this to
-# hide the original source file name.
-#-renamesourcefileattribute SourceFile
--dontwarn sun.misc.Unsafe