diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index f2312c36dc..76aace7af6 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ android {
         // TODO remove once wear dependency com.google.android.gms:play-services-wearable:7.3.0
         // has been upgraded (requiring significant code changes), which currently fails release
         // build with a deprecation warning
-        abortOnError false
+        // abortOnError false
         // (disabled entirely to avoid reports on the error, which would still be displayed
         //  and it's easy to overlook that it's ignored)
         checkReleaseBuilds false