diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index e0f1ffa30363..5fff589e573e 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ project.ext.react = [
     /* NOTE: Hermes engine is required for Android 64-bit builds running on 64 devices,
      *       to guard against a hang in the UI thread after invoking status-go.
      * Also a clean and rebuild is required when changing this. */
-    enableHermes: !disableHermes,
+    enableHermes: true,
     /* Disable 'The first definition was here.' warnings */
     hermesFlagsRelease: ["-w"],
     bundleInPr: true,
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def getVersionName = { ->
         }
         /* Necessary because Android Studio uses wrong PWD.
          * Is actually absolute directory path of this file. */
-        def configDir = project.projectDir.toString() 
+        def configDir = project.projectDir.toString()
         version = new File(configDir + '/../../VERSION').text
         return version.replaceAll("\\s","")
     }
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def getEnvOrConfig = { varName ->
 
 android {
     ndkVersion rootProject.ext.ndkVersion
-    
+
     compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
 
     compileOptions {