diff --git a/scripts/buildDev b/scripts/buildDev
index dac352abd2..d82d26848a 100755
--- a/scripts/buildDev
+++ b/scripts/buildDev
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later OR GPL-2.0-only
 #
 date=$(date +%Y%m%d)
-SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname \"${BASH_SOURCE[0]}\")" && pwd)"
-PROJECT_ROOT="$SCRIPT_DIR/../../"
-
-oldLibraryCommit=$(grep "androidLibraryVersion\ =" "$PROJECT_ROOT/gradle/libs.versions.toml")
+oldLibraryCommit=$(grep "androidLibraryVersion\ =" build.gradle)
 libraryCommit=$(curl https://api.github.com/repos/nextcloud/android-library/commits/master | jq .sha | sed s'/\"//g')
 
 # use current date for version code/name
@@ -16,8 +13,8 @@ sed -i "/versionDev/,/\}/ s/versionCode .*/versionCode $date/" app/build.gradle
 sed -i "/versionDev/,/\}/ s/versionName .*/versionName \"$date\"/" app/build.gradle
 
 # change library
-sed -i s"#androidLibraryVersion\ =.*#androidLibraryVersion =\"$libraryCommit\"#" "$PROJECT_ROOT/gradle/libs.versions.toml"
-"$PROJECT_ROOT/gradlew" --console=plain --dependency-verification lenient -q --write-verification-metadata sha256,pgp help
+sed -i s"#androidLibraryVersion\ =.*#androidLibraryVersion =\"$libraryCommit\"#" build.gradle
+./gradlew --console=plain --dependency-verification lenient -q --write-verification-metadata sha256,pgp help
 
 # build signed apk
 source ndk.env