diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index ed17a6c0a..6c72ce6cc 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "com.keylesspalace.tusky"
         minSdkVersion 15
         targetSdkVersion 25
-        versionCode 22
-        versionName "1.1.4-beta.6"
+        versionCode 23
+        versionName "1.1.4-beta.7"
         testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary true
     }
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ dependencies {
     compile('org.eclipse.paho:org.eclipse.paho.android.service:1.1.1') {
         exclude module: 'support-v4'
     }
-    compile 'org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on:1.57'
     testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
     //room
     compile 'android.arch.persistence.room:runtime:1.0.0-alpha3'
diff --git a/app/proguard-rules.pro b/app/proguard-rules.pro
index 58d108151..80b43f0bb 100644
--- a/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -45,19 +45,15 @@
 -keepattributes SourceFile,LineNumberTable
 
 # remove all logging from production apk
--assumenosideeffects class android.util.Log {
-    public static *** getStackTraceString(...);
-    public static *** d(...);
-    public static *** w(...);
-    public static *** v(...);
-    public static *** i(...);
-}
+#-assumenosideeffects class android.util.Log {
+#    public static *** getStackTraceString(...);
+#    public static *** d(...);
+#    public static *** w(...);
+#    public static *** v(...);
+#    public static *** i(...);
+#}
 
 # for jsoup
 -keep public class org.jsoup.** {
 public *;
 }
-
-# for bouncycastle
--keep class org.bouncycastle.**
--dontwarn javax.naming.**
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/TuskyApplication.java b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/TuskyApplication.java
index d666ad62f..86c865b0c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/TuskyApplication.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/TuskyApplication.java
@@ -18,20 +18,13 @@ package com.keylesspalace.tusky;
 import android.app.Application;
 import android.arch.persistence.room.Room;
 import android.net.Uri;
-import android.util.Log;
 
 import com.jakewharton.picasso.OkHttp3Downloader;
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.db.AppDatabase;
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.OkHttpUtils;
 import com.squareup.picasso.Picasso;
 
-import org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider;
-
-import java.security.Provider;
-import java.security.Security;
-
 public class TuskyApplication extends Application {
-    private static final String TAG = "TuskyApplication"; // logging tag
     private static AppDatabase db;
 
     public static AppDatabase getDB() {
@@ -59,40 +52,6 @@ public class TuskyApplication extends Application {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
 
-        /* Install the new provider or, if there's a pre-existing older version, replace the
-         * existing version of it. */
-        final String providerName = "BC";
-        Provider existingProvider = Security.getProvider(providerName);
-        if (existingProvider == null) {
-            try {
-                int priority = Security.addProvider(new BouncyCastleProvider());
-                Log.i(TAG, String.format("BouncyCastleProvider was added with priority %d.",
-                        priority));
-            } catch (SecurityException e) {
-                Log.e(TAG, "Permission to add the security provider was denied.");
-            }
-        } else {
-            Provider replacement = new BouncyCastleProvider();
-            if (existingProvider.getVersion() < replacement.getVersion()) {
-                Provider[] providers = Security.getProviders();
-                int priority = 1;
-                for (int i = 0; i < providers.length; i++) {
-                    if (providers[i].getName().equals(providerName)) {
-                        priority = i + 1;
-                    }
-                }
-                try {
-                    Security.removeProvider(providerName);
-                    Security.insertProviderAt(replacement, priority);
-                    Log.i(TAG, String.format(
-                            "BouncyCastleProvider version %f was updated to version %f.",
-                            existingProvider.getVersion(), replacement.getVersion()));
-                } catch (SecurityException e) {
-                    Log.e(TAG, "Permission to update a security provider was denied.");
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         db = Room.databaseBuilder(getApplicationContext(), AppDatabase.class, "tuskyDB")
                 .allowMainThreadQueries()
                 .build();