diff --git a/mobile/extract-version.py b/mobile/extract-version.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/extract-version.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import json
+
+with open("package.json", "r") as f:
+    version = json.load(f)["version"]
+
+with open("version.txt", "w") as f:
+    f.write("version: {}\n".format(version))
+    versionCode = sum([int(x) if len(x) > 1 else int(x) * 10
+                       for x in version.split(".")])
+    f.write("versionCode: {}\n".format(versionCode))
diff --git a/mobile/fdroid-prepare.sh b/mobile/fdroid-prepare.sh
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+++ b/mobile/fdroid-prepare.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+dir="./node_modules/@capacitor/android/capacitor"
+
+# remove lines related to play service/firebase dependencies
+sed -i '/playServices/d' "$dir/build.gradle"
+sed -i '/firebase/d' "$dir/build.gradle"
+
+# remove the files that rely on the proprietary services
+rm -f "$dir/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/Geolocation.java"
+rm -f "$dir/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/PushNotifications.java"
+rm -f "$dir/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/CapacitorFirebaseMessagingService.java"
+
+# remove the references to the plugins in Bridge.java
+sed -i '/Geolocation/d' "$dir/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/Bridge.java"
+sed -i '/PushNotifications/d' "$dir/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/Bridge.java"
+
+# remove unecessary permissions and now redundant lines from manifest
+sed -i '/WAKE_LOCK/d' "$dir/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml"
+sed -i '/RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED/d' "$dir/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml"
+i=$(grep -n "firebase_messaging_auto_init_enabled" "$dir/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml" | cut -d : -f 1)
+sed -i "$i,$(($i+12))d" "$dir/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml" 2> /dev/null
diff --git a/mobile/version.txt b/mobile/version.txt
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index 0000000..2e31ee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/version.txt
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+version: 2.0.3
+versionCode: 50