diff --git a/mobile/lib/main.dart b/mobile/lib/main.dart
index 50de0b9a1..3096f8fd3 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/main.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/main.dart
@@ -238,14 +238,12 @@ Future<void> _init(bool isBackground, {String via = ''}) async {
   // Can not including existing tf/ml binaries as they are not being built
   // from source.
   // See https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/12671#note_1294346819
-  if (!UpdateService.instance.isFdroidFlavor()) {
-    // unawaited(ObjectDetectionService.instance.init());
-    if (flagService.faceSearchEnabled) {
-      unawaited(FaceMlService.instance.init());
-    } else {
-      if (LocalSettings.instance.isFaceIndexingEnabled) {
-        unawaited(LocalSettings.instance.toggleFaceIndexing());
-      }
+  // unawaited(ObjectDetectionService.instance.init());
+  if (flagService.faceSearchEnabled) {
+    unawaited(FaceMlService.instance.init());
+  } else {
+    if (LocalSettings.instance.isFaceIndexingEnabled) {
+      unawaited(LocalSettings.instance.toggleFaceIndexing());
     }
   }
   PersonService.init(