diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index ceeec83d4..039fafa11 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -258,8 +258,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "com.github.nextcloud-deps.hwsecurity:hwsecurity-fido:${fidoVersion}"
     implementation "com.github.nextcloud-deps.hwsecurity:hwsecurity-fido2:${fidoVersion}"
 
-    implementation 'com.novoda:merlin:1.2.1'
-
     implementation 'com.github.nextcloud:PopupBubble:2.0.0'
     implementation 'com.amulyakhare:com.amulyakhare.textdrawable:1.0.1'
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index a92209bba..410dd82da 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -298,10 +298,6 @@
                 android:resource="@xml/auth" />
         </service>
 
-        <service
-            android:name="com.novoda.merlin.MerlinService"
-            android:exported="false" />
-
         <provider
             android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
             android:authorities="${applicationId}"
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index adc0221a3..328b039b8 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -4639,14 +4639,6 @@
             <sha256 value="9a35e48f20f3021c21e469d52fa88b3acc08b20dab77b6c646f72f6fb205ec92" origin="Generated by Gradle" reason="A key couldn't be downloaded"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
-      <component group="com.novoda" name="merlin" version="1.2.1">
-         <artifact name="merlin-1.2.1.aar">
-            <sha256 value="c62d03d0fde57f26fa633feeee24d7dfed3d66cc81097e4d6306b076cc7d70b6" origin="Generated by Gradle" reason="Artifact is not signed"/>
-         </artifact>
-         <artifact name="merlin-1.2.1.pom">
-            <sha256 value="62dbaffb68b60ca317c05bba83a9fea8d866c3d3e7a2bd928c69591aa2fe4418" origin="Generated by Gradle" reason="Artifact is not signed"/>
-         </artifact>
-      </component>
       <component group="com.squareup" name="javapoet" version="1.2.0">
          <artifact name="javapoet-1.2.0.pom">
             <pgp value="9E84765A7AA3E3D3D5598A408E3F0DE7AE354651"/>