diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 4ba82358..44b763b9 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildscript {
 
     dependencies {
         //noinspection GradleDependency
-        classpath safeExtGet('gradleBuildTools', 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.0')
+        classpath rootProject.ext.has('gradleBuildTools') ? rootProject.ext.get('gradleBuildTools') : 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.0'
     }
 }