diff --git a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 3a400f0c2..b3f8c558b 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -106,16 +106,6 @@
                 android:resource="@xml/file_paths" />
         </provider>
 
-        <provider
-            android:name="androidx.startup.InitializationProvider"
-            android:authorities="${applicationId}.androidx-startup"
-            android:exported="false"
-            tools:node="merge">
-            <meta-data
-                android:name="org.getlantern.lantern.plausible.PlausibleInitializer"
-                android:value="androidx.startup" />
-        </provider>
-
         <service android:name="org.getlantern.lantern.vpn.LanternVpnService"
             android:exported="false"
             android:permission="android.permission.BIND_VPN_SERVICE">
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/org/getlantern/lantern/LanternApp.kt b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/org/getlantern/lantern/LanternApp.kt
index 2ba969599..9dac9591f 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/org/getlantern/lantern/LanternApp.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/org/getlantern/lantern/LanternApp.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import androidx.multidex.MultiDex
 import org.getlantern.lantern.model.InAppBilling
 import org.getlantern.lantern.model.LanternHttpClient
 import org.getlantern.lantern.model.LanternSessionManager
+import org.getlantern.lantern.plausible.Plausible
 import org.getlantern.lantern.util.debugOnly
 import org.getlantern.lantern.util.LanternProxySelector
 import org.getlantern.lantern.util.SentryUtil
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ open class LanternApp : Application() {
 
         lanternHttpClient = LanternHttpClient()
 
+        Plausible.init(applicationContext)
+
         // When the app starts, reset our "hasSucceedingProxy" flag to clear any old warnings
         // about proxies being unavailable.
         session.resetHasSucceedingProxy()
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/org/getlantern/lantern/plausible/PlausibleInitializer.kt b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/org/getlantern/lantern/plausible/PlausibleInitializer.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 02dc89943..000000000
--- a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/org/getlantern/lantern/plausible/PlausibleInitializer.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package org.getlantern.lantern.plausible
-
-import android.content.Context
-import androidx.startup.Initializer
-
-// Automatically initializes the Plausible SDK for sending events.
-class PlausibleInitializer : Initializer<Plausible> {
-    override fun create(context: Context): Plausible {
-        Plausible.init(context.applicationContext)
-        return Plausible
-    }
-
-    override fun dependencies(): List<Class<out Initializer<*>>> {
-        return emptyList()
-    }
-}
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