diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4e957ed79d..b5ede26e23 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -11,12 +11,8 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1g -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+Use
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.configuration-cache=true
 org.gradle.configuration-cache.parallel=true
-android.sdk.defaultTargetSdkToCompileSdkIfUnset=false
-android.enableAppCompileTimeRClass=false
-android.usesSdkInManifest.disallowed=false
-android.uniquePackageNames=false
-android.dependency.useConstraints=true
-android.r8.strictFullModeForKeepRules=false
-android.r8.optimizedResourceShrinking=false
+android.experimental.enableParallelR8=true
+
+# Enable these together or else Gradle would panic and fail
 android.builtInKotlin=false
 android.newDsl=false