diff --git a/vending-app/build.gradle b/vending-app/build.gradle
index 468e45c1ea..f57b700b52 100644
--- a/vending-app/build.gradle
+++ b/vending-app/build.gradle
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ android {
         versionCode vendingAppVersionCode
         minSdkVersion androidMinSdk
         targetSdkVersion androidTargetSdk
-
-        multiDexEnabled true
     }
 
     buildTypes {
@@ -91,7 +89,6 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation "com.squareup.wire:wire-runtime:$wireVersion"
     implementation "com.android.volley:volley:$volleyVersion"
-    implementation "androidx.multidex:multidex:$multidexVersion"
 }
 
 wire {
diff --git a/vending-app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/vending-app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 6916b5df5a..bfc542132b 100644
--- a/vending-app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/vending-app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
         android:forceQueryable="true"
         android:icon="@mipmap/ic_app"
         android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_app"
-        android:label="@string/app_name"
-        android:name="androidx.multidex.MultiDexApplication">
+        android:label="@string/app_name">
 
         <activity
             android:name=".GrantFakeSignaturePermissionActivity"