diff --git a/packaging/android/build.gradle b/packaging/android/build.gradle
index 0833e652..7fbd9137 100644
--- a/packaging/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packaging/android/build.gradle
@@ -69,17 +69,4 @@ android {
     lintOptions {
         abortOnError false
     }
-
-    /***************************************************************************
-     * This is a hack to copy the output apk one level up
-     * old versions of gradle have put it to build/apks/android-build-debug.apk
-     * new versions put it to build/apks/debug/android-build-debug.apk
-     * which breaks qtcreator deployment
-     * Remote this when QtCreator is updated to support new gradle
-     **************************************************************************/
-    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
-        variant.outputs.all {
-            outputFileName = "../" + outputFileName
-        }
-    }
 }