diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index aa9745eac9..64c4270c30 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ android{
             renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
             res.srcDirs = ['res']
             assets.srcDirs = ['assets', 'src/main/assets', '../core/assets/']
-            jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
+
             if(localArc){
                 jniLibs.srcDirs += ['../../Arc/natives/natives-android/libs', '../../Arc/natives/natives-freetype-android/libs']
+            }else{
+                jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index f1856aef82..d16da6d9d3 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if(hasSdk){
     println("No Android SDK found. Skipping Android module.")
 }
 
-if(!hasProperty("release") && !hasProperty("noLocalArc")){
+if(!hasProperty("noLocalArc")){
     if(new File(rootDir.parent, 'Arc').exists()){
         println("Compiling with localArc")
         includeBuild("../Arc")