diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/AboutAlert.java b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/AboutAlert.java
index c19ad0198..c4478326e 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/AboutAlert.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/AboutAlert.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class AboutAlert extends XWDialogFragment {
         String dateString
             = df.format( new Date( BuildConfig.BUILD_STAMP * 1000 ) );
         vers.setText( getString( R.string.about_vers_fmt,
-                                 getString( R.string.app_version ),
+                                 BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME,
                                  BuildConfig.GIT_REV, dateString ) );
 
         TextView xlator = (TextView)view.findViewById( R.id.about_xlator );
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/app_name.xml b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/app_name.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 310a94713..000000000
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/app_name.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-
-<resources>
-  <string name="app_version" translatable="false">4.4.116</string>
-</resources>