diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index ffb7396dc2..d8c5fce66f 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -373,16 +373,10 @@ android {
     }
 
     create("nightly") {
-      val apkUpdateManifestUrl = if (file("${project.rootDir}/nightly-url.txt").exists()) {
-        file("${project.rootDir}/nightly-url.txt").readText().trim()
-      } else {
-        "<unset>"
-      }
-
       dimension = "distribution"
       versionNameSuffix = "-nightly-untagged-${getDateSuffix()}"
-      buildConfigField("boolean", "MANAGES_APP_UPDATES", "true")
-      buildConfigField("String", "APK_UPDATE_MANIFEST_URL", "\"${apkUpdateManifestUrl}\"")
+      buildConfigField("boolean", "MANAGES_APP_UPDATES", "false")
+      buildConfigField("String", "APK_UPDATE_MANIFEST_URL", "null")
       buildConfigField("String", "BUILD_DISTRIBUTION_TYPE", "\"nightly\"")
       buildConfigField("boolean", "LINK_DEVICE_UX_ENABLED", "true")
     }
@@ -676,14 +670,6 @@ tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
   }
 }
 
-gradle.taskGraph.whenReady {
-  if (gradle.startParameter.taskNames.any { it.contains("nightly", ignoreCase = true) }) {
-    if (!file("${project.rootDir}/nightly-url.txt").exists()) {
-      throw GradleException("Missing required file: nightly-url.txt")
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 fun assertIsGitRepo() {
   if (!file("${project.rootDir}/.git").exists()) {
     throw IllegalStateException("Must be a git repository to guarantee reproducible builds! (git hash is part of APK)")
diff --git a/app/src/nightly/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/nightly/AndroidManifest.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 613e309f7f..0000000000
--- a/app/src/nightly/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION"/>
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES"/>
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.UPDATE_PACKAGES_WITHOUT_USER_ACTION"/>
-
-    <application>
-        <receiver android:name=".apkupdate.ApkUpdateRefreshListener" android:exported="false">
-            <intent-filter>
-                <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
-            </intent-filter>
-        </receiver>
-
-        <receiver android:name=".apkupdate.ApkUpdateDownloadManagerReceiver" android:exported="true">
-            <intent-filter>
-                <action android:name="android.intent.action.DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE"/>
-            </intent-filter>
-        </receiver>
-
-        <receiver
-            android:name=".apkupdate.ApkUpdatePackageInstallerReceiver"
-            android:exported="true" />
-
-        <receiver
-            android:name=".apkupdate.ApkUpdateNotificationReceiver"
-            android:exported="false" />
-    </application>
-</manifest>
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