diff --git a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
index 6c79ce6ad32..3f7b2964565 100644
--- a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ struct Options
         , internalSf(false)
         , sectionsOnly(false)
         , protectedAuthenticationPath(false)
-        , jarSigner(false)
         , installApk(false)
         , uninstallApk(false)
         , qmlImportScannerBinaryPath()
@@ -191,7 +190,6 @@ struct Options
     bool internalSf;
     bool sectionsOnly;
     bool protectedAuthenticationPath;
-    bool jarSigner;
     QString apkPath;
 
     // Installation information
@@ -360,7 +358,6 @@ Options parseOptions()
         } else if (argument.compare("--aab"_L1, Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
             options.buildAAB = true;
             options.build = true;
-            options.jarSigner = true;
         } else if (!options.buildAAB && argument.compare("--no-build"_L1, Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
             options.build = false;
         } else if (argument.compare("--install"_L1, Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
@@ -497,8 +494,6 @@ Options parseOptions()
             options.sectionsOnly = true;
         } else if (argument.compare("--protected"_L1, Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
             options.protectedAuthenticationPath = true;
-        } else if (argument.compare("--jarsigner"_L1, Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
-            options.jarSigner = true;
         } else if (argument.compare("--aux-mode"_L1, Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
             options.auxMode = true;
         } else if (argument.compare("--qml-importscanner-binary"_L1, Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
@@ -591,8 +586,7 @@ void printHelp()
                     "         --internalsf: Include the .SF file inside the signature block.\n"
                     "         --sectionsonly: Don't compute hash of entire manifest.\n"
                     "         --protected: Keystore has protected authentication path.\n"
-                    "         --jarsigner: Force jarsigner usage, otherwise apksigner will be\n"
-                    "           used if available.\n"
+                    "         --jarsigner: Deprecated, ignored.\n"
                     "\n"
                     "       NOTE: To conceal the keystore information, the environment variables\n"
                     "         QT_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_PATH, and QT_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_ALIAS are used to\n"
@@ -2842,7 +2836,7 @@ static QString zipalignPath(const Options &options, bool *ok)
     return zipAlignTool;
 }
 
-bool jarSignerSignPackage(const Options &options)
+bool signAAB(const Options &options)
 {
     if (options.verbose)
         fprintf(stdout, "Signing Android package.\n");
@@ -2896,7 +2890,7 @@ bool jarSignerSignPackage(const Options &options)
     if (options.protectedAuthenticationPath)
         jarSignerTool += " -protected"_L1;
 
-    auto signPackage = [&](const QString &file) {
+    auto jarSignPackage = [&](const QString &file) {
         fprintf(stdout, "Signing file %s\n", qPrintable(file));
         fflush(stdout);
         QString command = jarSignerTool + " %1 %2"_L1.arg(shellQuote(file))
@@ -2924,49 +2918,15 @@ bool jarSignerSignPackage(const Options &options)
         return true;
     };
 
-    if (!signPackage(packagePath(options, UnsignedAPK)))
+    if (options.buildAAB && !jarSignPackage(packagePath(options, AAB)))
         return false;
-    if (options.buildAAB && !signPackage(packagePath(options, AAB)))
-        return false;
-
-    bool ok;
-    QString zipAlignTool = zipalignPath(options, &ok);
-    if (!ok)
-        return false;
-
-    zipAlignTool = "%1%2 -f 4 %3 %4"_L1.arg(shellQuote(zipAlignTool),
-                                            options.verbose ? " -v"_L1 : QLatin1StringView(),
-                                            shellQuote(packagePath(options, UnsignedAPK)),
-                                            shellQuote(packagePath(options, SignedAPK)));
-
-    FILE *zipAlignCommand = openProcess(zipAlignTool);
-    if (zipAlignCommand == 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't run zipalign.\n");
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    char buffer[512];
-    while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), zipAlignCommand) != 0)
-        fprintf(stdout, "%s", buffer);
-
-    int errorCode = pclose(zipAlignCommand);
-    if (errorCode != 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "zipalign command failed.\n");
-        if (!options.verbose)
-            fprintf(stderr, "  -- Run with --verbose for more information.\n");
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return QFile::remove(packagePath(options, UnsignedAPK));
+    return true;
 }
 
 bool signPackage(const Options &options)
 {
     const QString apksignerTool = batSuffixAppended(options.sdkPath + "/build-tools/"_L1 +
                                               options.sdkBuildToolsVersion + "/apksigner"_L1);
-    if (options.jarSigner || !QFile::exists(apksignerTool))
-        return jarSignerSignPackage(options);
-
     // APKs signed with apksigner must not be changed after they're signed,
     // therefore we need to zipalign it before we sign it.
 
@@ -3071,6 +3031,9 @@ bool signPackage(const Options &options)
             "%1 verify --verbose %2"_L1
                     .arg(shellQuote(apksignerTool), shellQuote(packagePath(options, SignedAPK)));
 
+    if (options.buildAAB && !signAAB(options))
+      return false;
+
     // Verify the package and remove the unsigned apk
     return apkSignerRunner(apkVerifyCommand, true) && QFile::remove(packagePath(options, UnsignedAPK));
 }