diff --git a/tensorflow/examples/android/BUILD b/tensorflow/examples/android/BUILD
index 8baf6229c4e..506d3be05df 100644
--- a/tensorflow/examples/android/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/examples/android/BUILD
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ android_binary(
     srcs = glob([
         "src/**/*.java",
     ]),
-    aapt_version = "aapt2",
     # Package assets from assets dir as well as all model targets. Remove undesired models
     # (and corresponding Activities in source) to reduce APK size.
     assets = [
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/java/demo/app/src/main/BUILD b/tensorflow/lite/java/demo/app/src/main/BUILD
index 420a81c50d0..49a5f64d270 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/java/demo/app/src/main/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/java/demo/app/src/main/BUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package(
 android_binary(
     name = "TfLiteCameraDemo",
     srcs = glob(["java/**/*.java"]),
-    aapt_version = "aapt2",
     assets = [
         "//tensorflow/lite/java/demo/app/src/main/assets:labels_mobilenet_quant_v1_224.txt",
         "@tflite_mobilenet_quant//:mobilenet_v1_1.0_224_quant.tflite",
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/java/ovic/demo/app/BUILD b/tensorflow/lite/java/ovic/demo/app/BUILD
index e0bd5341f74..7f3b5fc7f2d 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/java/ovic/demo/app/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/java/ovic/demo/app/BUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ android_binary(
     srcs = [
         "OvicBenchmarkerActivity.java",
     ],
-    aapt_version = "aapt2",
     assets = [
         "//tensorflow/lite/java/ovic/src/testdata:coco_labels.txt",
         "//tensorflow/lite/java/ovic/src/testdata:labels.txt",
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/models/smartreply/demo/app/src/main/BUILD b/tensorflow/lite/models/smartreply/demo/app/src/main/BUILD
index 1f074591458..8c489cf729f 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/models/smartreply/demo/app/src/main/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/models/smartreply/demo/app/src/main/BUILD
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ filegroup(
 android_binary(
     name = "SmartReplyDemo",
     srcs = glob(["java/**/*.java"]),
-    aapt_version = "aapt2",
     assets = [":assets"],
     assets_dir = "",
     custom_package = "com.example.android.smartreply",