diff --git a/mailbox-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/mailbox/android/AppModule.java b/mailbox-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/mailbox/android/AppModule.java
index 9ec9a923176d99db69483312abf4439efed04a7e..b2a61364afc4de0a0f3096a75016bb5440c37f7c 100644
--- a/mailbox-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/mailbox/android/AppModule.java
+++ b/mailbox-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/mailbox/android/AppModule.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class AppModule {
 
 			@Override
 			public boolean shouldPoll() {
-				return true;
+				return false;
 			}
 		};
 		return pluginConfig;