diff --git a/eyes-two/build.gradle b/eyes-two/build.gradle
index 18e2ad440..0ce7a5cb8 100644
--- a/eyes-two/build.gradle
+++ b/eyes-two/build.gradle
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ android {
         targetSdkVersion 9
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
-        proguardFiles 'proguard-rules.pro'
-        consumerProguardFiles 'proguard-rules.pro'
     }
 
     sourceSets {
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ android {
 
     tasks.withType(Delete) {
         cleanTask -> cleanTask.dependsOn ndkClean
-    } 
+    }
 
     lintOptions {
         abortOnError false
diff --git a/eyes-two/proguard-rules.pro b/eyes-two/proguard-rules.pro
deleted file mode 100644
index 1092ca2be..000000000
--- a/eyes-two/proguard-rules.pro
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Adapted from example file:
-# android-sdk/tools/proguard/examples/library.pro
-#
-# This ProGuard configuration file illustrates how to process a program
-# library, such that it remains usable as a library.
-#
-
-# Don't obfuscate field and method names.
-
--dontobfuscate
-
-# Preserve all annotations.
-
--keepattributes *Annotation*
-
-# Preserve all public classes, and their public and protected fields and
-# methods.
-
--keep public class * {
-    public protected *;
-}
-
-# Preserve all .class method names.
-
--keepclassmembernames class * {
-    java.lang.Class class$(java.lang.String);
-    java.lang.Class class$(java.lang.String, boolean);
-}
-
-# Preserve all native method names and the names of their classes.
-
--keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
-    native <methods>;
-}
-
-# Preserve the special static methods that are required in all enumeration
-# classes.
-
--keepclassmembers class * extends java.lang.Enum {
-    public static **[] values();
-    public static ** valueOf(java.lang.String);
-}
-
-# Explicitly preserve all serialization members. The Serializable interface
-# is only a marker interface, so it wouldn't save them.
-# You can comment this out if your library doesn't use serialization.
-# If your code contains serializable classes that have to be backward
-# compatible, please refer to the manual.
-
--keepclassmembers class * implements java.io.Serializable {
-    static final long serialVersionUID;
-    static final java.io.ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields;
-    private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream);
-    private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream);
-    java.lang.Object writeReplace();
-    java.lang.Object readResolve();
-}
-
-# Your library may contain more items that need to be preserved;
-# typically classes that are dynamically created using Class.forName:
-
-# -keep public class mypackage.MyClass
-# -keep public interface mypackage.MyInterface
-# -keep public class * implements mypackage.MyInterface
-
diff --git a/tess-two/build.gradle b/tess-two/build.gradle
index afc16f2ac..2d2982e2a 100644
--- a/tess-two/build.gradle
+++ b/tess-two/build.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ android {
         targetSdkVersion 22
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
-        proguardFiles 'proguard-rules.pro'
         consumerProguardFiles 'proguard-rules.pro'
     }
 
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ android {
 
     tasks.withType(Delete) {
         cleanTask -> cleanTask.dependsOn ndkClean
-    } 
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/tess-two/proguard-rules.pro b/tess-two/proguard-rules.pro
index 3a6a20043..5a191ad5e 100644
--- a/tess-two/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/tess-two/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -1,68 +1,4 @@
-#
-# Adapted from example file:
-# android-sdk/tools/proguard/examples/library.pro
-#
-# This ProGuard configuration file illustrates how to process a program
-# library, such that it remains usable as a library.
-#
-
-# Don't obfuscate field and method names.
-
--dontobfuscate
-
-# Preserve all annotations.
-
--keepattributes *Annotation*
-
-# Preserve all public classes, and their public and protected fields and
-# methods.
-
--keep public class * {
-    public protected *;
-}
-
-# Preserve all .class method names.
-
--keepclassmembernames class * {
-    java.lang.Class class$(java.lang.String);
-    java.lang.Class class$(java.lang.String, boolean);
-}
-
-# Preserve all native method names and the names of their classes.
-
--keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
-    native <methods>;
-}
-
-# Preserve the special static methods that are required in all enumeration
-# classes.
-
--keepclassmembers class * extends java.lang.Enum {
-    public static **[] values();
-    public static ** valueOf(java.lang.String);
-}
-
-# Explicitly preserve all serialization members. The Serializable interface
-# is only a marker interface, so it wouldn't save them.
-# You can comment this out if your library doesn't use serialization.
-# If your code contains serializable classes that have to be backward
-# compatible, please refer to the manual.
-
--keepclassmembers class * implements java.io.Serializable {
-    static final long serialVersionUID;
-    static final java.io.ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields;
-    private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream);
-    private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream);
-    java.lang.Object writeReplace();
-    java.lang.Object readResolve();
-}
-
-# Your library may contain more items that need to be preserved;
-# typically classes that are dynamically created using Class.forName:
-
-# -keep public class mypackage.MyClass
-# -keep public interface mypackage.MyInterface
-# -keep public class * implements mypackage.MyInterface
+# Preserve a method that is called from native code.
 
 -keep class com.googlecode.tesseract.android.TessBaseAPI {
     protected void onProgressValues(int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int);