diff --git a/bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/system/AndroidResourceProvider.java b/bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/system/AndroidResourceProvider.java
index 1a87d704f9db648222f769632e2697fec63c66a5..89f7f31e34b96e67756dfefc9848ef1530ae4e2a 100644
--- a/bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/system/AndroidResourceProvider.java
+++ b/bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/system/AndroidResourceProvider.java
@@ -24,14 +24,9 @@ class AndroidResourceProvider implements ResourceProvider {
 	@Override
 	public InputStream getResourceInputStream(String name, String extension) {
 		Resources res = appContext.getResources();
-		String fileName;
-		if (extension.equals(".zip")) {
-			fileName = name;
-		} else {
-			fileName = name + extension;
-		}
+		// extension is ignored on Android, resources are retrieved without it
 		int resId =
-				res.getIdentifier(fileName, "raw", appContext.getPackageName());
+				res.getIdentifier(name, "raw", appContext.getPackageName());
 		return res.openRawResource(resId);
 	}
 }