diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 936055f29..93fd49a14 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ android {
         disable 'MissingTranslation'
     }
     buildFeatures {
+        buildConfig true
+        resValues true
         viewBinding true
     }
     testOptions {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 8c2ec857f..ab82f6759 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -18,5 +18,11 @@ org.gradle.parallel=true
 # https://docs.gradle.org/7.6/userguide/configuration_cache.html
 org.gradle.unsafe.configuration-cache=true
 
+# Disable buildFeatures flags by default
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.aidl=false
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=false
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.renderscript=false
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.resvalues=false
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.shaders=false
 android.enableR8.fullMode=true
 android.useAndroidX=true