diff --git a/bramble-android/witness.gradle b/bramble-android/witness.gradle
index abb73e398..25cf176fa 100644
--- a/bramble-android/witness.gradle
+++ b/bramble-android/witness.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 dependencyVerification {
     verify = [
-        'Android:Sdk:platforms:android.jar:d20853d289a5161d9cf1c1268d7923076487d4fa68c970b0733e2d5a0ccfc3c5',
         'cglib:cglib:3.2.0:cglib-3.2.0.jar:adb13bab79712ad6bdf1bd59f2a3918018a8016e722e8a357065afb9e6690861',
         'com.android.tools.analytics-library:protos:26.2.0:protos-26.2.0.jar:306784ac579be37f64f110204ea3fad8568e09e10817bb574bac0fc71b6402c5',
         'com.android.tools.analytics-library:shared:26.2.0:shared-26.2.0.jar:10782c593b7edcaf63cf79f7179c4652fee1c01298e0d81d888eea5ea1c320d4',
diff --git a/briar-android/witness.gradle b/briar-android/witness.gradle
index d738271be..2f4db82c1 100644
--- a/briar-android/witness.gradle
+++ b/briar-android/witness.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 dependencyVerification {
     verify = [
-        'Android:Sdk:platforms:android.jar:d20853d289a5161d9cf1c1268d7923076487d4fa68c970b0733e2d5a0ccfc3c5',
         'android.arch.core:common:1.1.1:common-1.1.1.jar:3a616a32f433e9e23f556b38575c31b013613d3ae85206263b7625fe1f4c151a',
         'android.arch.core:runtime:1.1.1:runtime-1.1.1.aar:c3215aa5873311b3f88a6f4e4a3c25ad89971bc127de8c3e1291c57f93a05c39',
         'android.arch.lifecycle:common:1.1.1:common-1.1.1.jar:8d378e88ebd5189e09eef623414812c868fd90aa519d6160e2311fb8b81cff56',
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31d5ed8ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+noWitness=androidApis
diff --git a/libs/gradle-witness.jar b/libs/gradle-witness.jar
index 200209263..eeb8b2286 100644
Binary files a/libs/gradle-witness.jar and b/libs/gradle-witness.jar differ
diff --git a/update-dependency-pinning.sh b/update-dependency-pinning.sh
index 127fa4fb4..945f203bb 100755
--- a/update-dependency-pinning.sh
+++ b/update-dependency-pinning.sh
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ done
 for project in ${PROJECTS[@]}
 do
     echo "Calculating new checksums for ${project} ..."
-    ./gradlew -q ${project}:calculateChecksums | grep -v '^Verifying' > ${project}/witness.gradle
+    ./gradlew -q ${project}:calculateChecksums | grep -v '^\(Skipping\|Verifying\)' > ${project}/witness.gradle
 done