diff --git a/src/build_overrides/build.gni b/src/build_overrides/build.gni
index 46199206fa..aae24f8c69 100644
--- a/src/build_overrides/build.gni
+++ b/src/build_overrides/build.gni
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import("//build/config/gclient_args.gni")
 # default_android_ndk_version = "r10e"
 
 # Some non-Chromium builds don't support building java targets.
-enable_java_templates = true
+enable_java_templates = false
 
 # Features used by //base/trace_event and //services/tracing.
 declare_args() {