diff --git a/services/analyticsproviders/sentry/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/services/analyticsproviders/sentry/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2023 New Vector Ltd
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+
+    <application>
+        <!-- Sentry auto-initialization disabled -->
+        <meta-data
+            android:name="io.sentry.auto-init"
+            android:value="false" />
+    </application>
+
+</manifest>