diff --git a/template-compose/app/build.gradle.kts b/template-compose/app/build.gradle.kts
index 2de01dfca..ed899e49b 100644
--- a/template-compose/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/template-compose/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ android {
 
     buildFeatures {
         compose = true
+        buildConfig = true
     }
 
     composeOptions {
diff --git a/template-compose/gradle.properties b/template-compose/gradle.properties
index a18e078d0..2cbd6d19d 100644
--- a/template-compose/gradle.properties
+++ b/template-compose/gradle.properties
@@ -21,5 +21,3 @@ kotlin.code.style=official
 # resources declared in the library itself and none from the library's dependencies,
 # thereby reducing the size of the R class for that library
 android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
-# Disable BuildConfig usage later https://developer.android.com/build/releases/past-releases/agp-8-0-0-release-notes#default-changes
-android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true