From 3e6b46ec0cfe3650c7364e49e8ab33ea2e4717f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: luneth <48867138+luneth@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:43:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Clarify F-Droid flavor excludes Google Services

Updated documentation to reflect that the F-Droid flavor automatically excludes Google Services dependencies [here](https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy-android/blob/33a36c4b548a42dbc712eaa9ccaa89da4201a410/app/build.gradle#L82)
---
 docs/develop.md | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/develop.md b/docs/develop.md
index ecf35e1d..dde20b56 100644
--- a/docs/develop.md
+++ b/docs/develop.md
@@ -340,10 +340,6 @@ Then either follow the steps for building with or without Firebase.
 Without Firebase, you may want to still change the default `app_base_url` in [values.xml](https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy-android/blob/main/app/src/main/res/values/values.xml)
 if you're self-hosting the server. Then run:
 ```
-# Remove Google dependencies (FCM)
-sed -i -e '/google-services/d' build.gradle
-sed -i -e '/google-services/d' app/build.gradle
-
 # To build an unsigned .apk (app/build/outputs/apk/fdroid/*.apk)
 ./gradlew assembleFdroidRelease
 
@@ -351,6 +347,8 @@ sed -i -e '/google-services/d' app/build.gradle
 ./gradlew bundleFdroidRelease
 ```
 
+The F-Droid flavor automatically excludes Google Services dependencies.
+
 ### Build Play flavor (FCM)
 !!! info
     I do build the ntfy Android app using IntelliJ IDEA (Android Studio), so I don't know if these Gradle commands will