--- a/mobile/android/config/mozconfigs/common
+++ b/mobile/android/config/mozconfigs/common
@@ -40,16 +40,17 @@ ac_add_options --enable-application=mobi
 ac_add_options --with-android-ndk="$topsrcdir/android-ndk"
 ac_add_options --with-android-sdk="$topsrcdir/android-sdk-linux"
 
 # Build with Gradle everywhere.  Gradle and the Maven repository are installed
 # using tooltool.
 ac_add_options --with-gradle="$topsrcdir/gradle/bin/gradle"
 export GRADLE_MAVEN_REPOSITORY="file://$topsrcdir/jcentral"
 export GRADLE_FLAGS="--no-daemon --offline --debug"
+export MOZ_DISABLE_GECKOVIEW=1
 
 ac_add_options --with-android-gnu-compiler-version=4.9
 ac_add_options --with-android-version=9
 ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
 ac_add_options --enable-update-channel=${MOZ_UPDATE_CHANNEL}
 
 # Treat warnings as errors (modulo ALLOW_COMPILER_WARNINGS).
 ac_add_options --enable-warnings-as-errors