diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 80f601f3b..401106ef7 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ allprojects {
     group = 'com.rmtheis'
     version = '8.0.0'
 
-    project.ext {
-        compileSdkVersion=27
-        buildToolsVersion='27.0.3'
-        androidSupportVersion='27.0.2'
-    }
-
     repositories {
         google()
         jcenter()
diff --git a/eyes-two/build.gradle b/eyes-two/build.gradle
index 6f3b56ccb..9c77d1b7a 100644
--- a/eyes-two/build.gradle
+++ b/eyes-two/build.gradle
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ Properties properties = new Properties()
 properties.load(project.rootProject.file('local.properties').newDataInputStream())
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion project.ext.compileSdkVersion
-    buildToolsVersion project.ext.buildToolsVersion
+    compileSdkVersion 27
+    buildToolsVersion '27.0.3'
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion 9
diff --git a/tess-two-test/build.gradle b/tess-two-test/build.gradle
index 0b0bc58eb..0394475b8 100644
--- a/tess-two-test/build.gradle
+++ b/tess-two-test/build.gradle
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion project.ext.compileSdkVersion
-    buildToolsVersion project.ext.buildToolsVersion
+    compileSdkVersion 27
+    buildToolsVersion '27.0.3'
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion 9
diff --git a/tess-two/build.gradle b/tess-two/build.gradle
index f8fbee8cd..5711b7efa 100644
--- a/tess-two/build.gradle
+++ b/tess-two/build.gradle
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ Properties properties = new Properties()
 properties.load(project.rootProject.file('local.properties').newDataInputStream())
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion project.ext.compileSdkVersion
-    buildToolsVersion project.ext.buildToolsVersion
+    compileSdkVersion 27
+    buildToolsVersion '27.0.3'
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion 9
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
-    implementation "com.android.support:support-annotations:$project.ext.androidSupportVersion"
+    implementation "com.android.support:support-annotations:27.0.2"
 }