diff --git a/lib/ui/settings/app_update_dialog.dart b/lib/ui/settings/app_update_dialog.dart
index 25c3c7ba0..fb566fe68 100644
--- a/lib/ui/settings/app_update_dialog.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/settings/app_update_dialog.dart
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import 'package:ente_auth/ente_theme_data.dart';
 import 'package:ente_auth/services/update_service.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
-import 'package:open_file/open_file.dart';
+// import 'package:open_file/open_file.dart';
 
 class AppUpdateDialog extends StatefulWidget {
   final LatestVersionInfo latestVersionInfo;
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class _ApkDownloaderDialogState extends State<ApkDownloaderDialog> {
         },
       );
       Navigator.of(context, rootNavigator: true).pop('dialog');
-      OpenFile.open(_saveUrl);
+      // OpenFile.open(_saveUrl);
     } catch (e) {
       Logger("ApkDownloader").severe(e);
       final AlertDialog alert = AlertDialog(
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 5435f86b6..27ef5adab 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -728,13 +728,6 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "2.0.1"
-  open_file:
-    dependency: "direct main"
-    description:
-      name: open_file
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
-    source: hosted
-    version: "3.2.1"
   otp:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index a52888214..63c828ec1 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ dependencies:
   local_auth: ^1.1.5
   logging: ^1.0.1
   move_to_background: ^1.0.2
-  open_file: ^3.2.1
+  # open_file: ^3.2.1 Disabled to please PlayStore overlords
   otp: ^3.1.1
   package_info_plus: ^1.0.1
   password_strength: ^0.2.0