diff --git a/src/components/cronet/BUILD.gn b/src/components/cronet/BUILD.gn
index 33d59cb28e..209f252895 100644
--- a/src/components/cronet/BUILD.gn
+++ b/src/components/cronet/BUILD.gn
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ declare_args() {
 }
 
 # Disable histogram support is not allowed on Android.
-assert(!disable_histogram_support || !is_android)
+#assert(!disable_histogram_support || !is_android)
 
 buildflag_header("cronet_buildflags") {
   header = "cronet_buildflags.h"
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ source_set("metrics_util") {
 # For platforms on which the native Cronet library is used, build the library,
 # a cronet_tests binary that exercises it, and a unit-tests binary.
 # Android and iOS have their own platform-specific rules to build Cronet.
-if (is_android) {
+if (false) {
   group("cronet_package") {
     testonly = true
     deps = [ "//components/cronet/android:cronet_package_android" ]