diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 6bc6fb712..a1f49ba23 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ android {
     buildToolsVersion safeExtGet('buildToolsVersion', "23.0.1")
 
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdkVersion safeExtGet('minSdkVersion', 24)
+        minSdkVersion 24
         targetSdkVersion safeExtGet('targetSdkVersion', 24)
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"