diff --git a/system-images/android/sdk/build-generic b/system-images/android/sdk/build-generic
index 77892b0..15a99dc 100755
--- a/system-images/android/sdk/build-generic
+++ b/system-images/android/sdk/build-generic
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 # trap 'err_report echo "error: ${BASH_SOURCE}":"${LINENO}"' exit 1
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 export PATH=$DIR:$PATH
-export PERSIST=1
 
 package=$1
 shift
 
 build-kde-dependencies $package
 
 # we now do the actual application separately
 
 # first we download the project and look for the manifest file
 pushd src
 git clone --depth 1 kde:$package $APP_GIT_EXTRA || true
 popd
 
 APK_ARGS=`get-apk-args $package`
 build-kde-project $package Applications $APK_ARGS $@
 create-apk $package