diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 95c8d819a184..16d1fe01cd0b 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
 distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.1.1-all.zip
-distributionSha256Sum=53b71812f18cdb2777e9f1b2a0f2038683907c90bdc406bc64d8b400e1fb2c3b
+# Bug 1596208, Android Studio has a bug that prevents us from using this
+# distributionSha256Sum=53b71812f18cdb2777e9f1b2a0f2038683907c90bdc406bc64d8b400e1fb2c3b