diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/LibraryLoader.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/LibraryLoader.java
index 35b1e7cf6ab..a024f0ab701 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/LibraryLoader.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/LibraryLoader.java
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 package com.mapbox.mapboxsdk;
 
-import android.content.Context;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
 import timber.log.Timber;
 
 /**
@@ -11,8 +7,6 @@
  */
 public class LibraryLoader {
 
-  private static final String LIBRARY_NAME = "libmapbox-gl.so";
-
   /**
    * Loads "libmapbox-gl.so" native shared library.
    */
@@ -20,22 +14,7 @@ public static void load() {
     try {
       System.loadLibrary("mapbox-gl");
     } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError error) {
-      Context context = Mapbox.getApplicationContext();
-      if (context != null) {
-        Timber.d("Loading %s from internal storage.", LIBRARY_NAME);
-        System.load(getLibraryLocation(context).getAbsolutePath());
-      }
+      Timber.e(error, "Failed to load native shared library.");
     }
   }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns a file in the app internal storage that may contain a locally cached copy
-   * of the Mapbox native library.
-   *
-   * @param context The application context
-   * @return a file object
-   */
-  public static File getLibraryLocation(Context context) {
-    return new File(context.getFilesDir(), LIBRARY_NAME);
-  }
 }