diff --git a/vector-app/build.gradle b/vector-app/build.gradle
index 6108dc958d..34d0f6d698 100644
--- a/vector-app/build.gradle
+++ b/vector-app/build.gradle
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ android {
         debug {
             applicationIdSuffix ".debug"
             signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
+            resValue "string", "app_name", "Element - dbg"
 
             if (project.hasProperty("coverage")) {
                 testCoverageEnabled = coverage == "true"
diff --git a/vector-app/src/debug/res/values/strings.xml b/vector-app/src/debug/res/values/strings.xml
index 6ec62e30c8..c5ffb798e3 100644
--- a/vector-app/src/debug/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/vector-app/src/debug/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <resources>
     <string name="debug_rationale">Rationale!</string>
-    <string name="app_name">Element dbg</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/vector-app/src/debug/res/xml/strings.xml b/vector-app/src/debug/res/xml/strings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d9734dad89..0000000000
--- a/vector-app/src/debug/res/xml/strings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<resources>
-    <string name="app_name">Element dbg</string>
-</resources>
diff --git a/vector-app/src/fdroidRustCryptoNightly/res/xml/strings.xml b/vector-app/src/fdroidRustCryptoNightly/res/xml/strings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a32c843b46..0000000000
--- a/vector-app/src/fdroidRustCryptoNightly/res/xml/strings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<resources>
-    <string name="app_name">ER</string>
-</resources>
diff --git a/vector-app/src/gplayRustCryptoNightly/res/xml/strings.xml b/vector-app/src/gplayRustCryptoNightly/res/xml/strings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a32c843b46..0000000000
--- a/vector-app/src/gplayRustCryptoNightly/res/xml/strings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<resources>
-    <string name="app_name">ER</string>
-</resources>
diff --git a/vector-app/src/nightly/res/xml/strings.xml b/vector-app/src/nightly/res/xml/strings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fe50b273d..0000000000
--- a/vector-app/src/nightly/res/xml/strings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<resources>
-    <string name="app_name">Element Nightly</string>
-</resources>
diff --git a/vector-app/src/release/res/xml/strings.xml b/vector-app/src/release/res/xml/strings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 03dd833fc1..0000000000
--- a/vector-app/src/release/res/xml/strings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<resources>
-    <string name="app_name">Element</string>
-</resources>