diff --git a/.changes/android-buildsrc-gitignore.md b/.changes/android-buildsrc-gitignore.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4d1f07bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/android-buildsrc-gitignore.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"cli.rs": patch
+"cli.js": patch
+---
+
+Do not gitignore the Android project's `buildSrc` folder by default since we removed absolute paths from it.
diff --git a/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/android/.gitignore b/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/android/.gitignore
index 3679c40a3..6bb2f5ee8 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/android/.gitignore
+++ b/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/android/.gitignore
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 /.idea/assetWizardSettings.xml
 .DS_Store
 build
-/buildSrc/src/main/{{package-path}}/kotlin/BuildTask.kt
-/buildSrc/src/main/{{package-path}}/kotlin/RustPlugin.kt
 /captures
 .externalNativeBuild
 .cxx
diff --git a/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/android/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/BuildTask.kt b/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/android/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/BuildTask.kt
index 2d4324d83..4dec3742c 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/android/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/BuildTask.kt
+++ b/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/android/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/BuildTask.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ open class BuildTask : DefaultTask() {
         val executable = """{{tauri-binary}}""";
         try {
             runTauriCli(executable)
-        } catch (e: Exception){
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
             if (Os.isFamily(Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS)) {
                 runTauriCli("$executable.cmd")
             } else {