diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ca2080f..cc2a138 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,14 +69,6 @@ I actively maintain the plugin.
 
     npm install cordova-plugin-apkupdater
 
-### Android Legacy Support Libraries
-
-It is not recommended, but you can install the plugin without AndroidX. Just set the following variable:
-
-    cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-apkupdater --variable AndroidXEnabled=false
-
-<br>
-
 # Basic example
 
 ### Ionic 2+ with Typescript
diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 2276a8f..4f3f8b0 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
         <engine name="cordova-android" version=">=9.0.0"/>
     </engines>
 
-    <hook type="after_plugin_add" src="src/nodejs/hooks/after-plugin-add.js"/>
-
     <js-module src="www/ApkUpdater.js" name="ApkUpdater">
         <clobbers target="window.ApkUpdater"/>
     </js-module>
@@ -45,6 +43,7 @@
         <config-file target="AndroidManifest.xml" parent="/*">
             <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
             <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES"/>
+            <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
         </config-file>
 
         <config-file target="AndroidManifest.xml" parent="application" mode="merge">
diff --git a/src/android/tools/PermissionManager.java b/src/android/tools/PermissionManager.java
index 0cf1ef7..cd7c01f 100644
--- a/src/android/tools/PermissionManager.java
+++ b/src/android/tools/PermissionManager.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public static boolean hasWritePermission(Context context) {
 
     public static void requestWritePermission(Context context) {
         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
-            ((Activity) context).requestPermissions(new String[]{Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE}, PERMISSION_REQUEST_CODE);
+            ((Activity) context).requestPermissions(new String[]{Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE}, PERMISSION_REQUEST_CODE);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/nodejs/hooks/after-plugin-add.js b/src/nodejs/hooks/after-plugin-add.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f05c162..0000000
--- a/src/nodejs/hooks/after-plugin-add.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = function (context) {
-
-    let cli = context.opts.cli_variables;
-
-    if (cli == null || cli.ANDROIDXENABLED == null || cli.ANDROIDXENABLED === 'true') {
-        return; // AndroidX enabled
-    }
-
-    console.log('Installing "cordova-plugin-apkupdater" without AndroidX');
-
-    let fs = require('fs');
-    let UTF8 = 'utf8';
-
-    const pluginXml = __dirname + '/../../../plugin.xml';
-    let data = fs.readFileSync(pluginXml, UTF8);
-    data = data.replace(/<preference name="AndroidXEnabled" value="true"\/>/g, '');
-    data = data.replace(/<framework src="androidx.core:core:1.6.0"\/>/g, '<preference name="APPCOMPAT_VERSION" default="28.+"/><framework src="com.android.support:appcompat-v7:$APPCOMPAT_VERSION"/>');
-    fs.writeFileSync(pluginXml, data, UTF8);
-
-    const ApkInstaller = __dirname + '/../../android/tools/ApkInstaller.java';
-    data = fs.readFileSync(ApkInstaller, UTF8);
-    data = data.replace(/import androidx.core.content.FileProvider;/g, 'import android.support.v4.content.FileProvider;');
-    fs.writeFileSync(ApkInstaller, data, UTF8);
-
-    const FileProvider = __dirname + '/../../android/tools/FileProvider.java';
-    data = fs.readFileSync(FileProvider, UTF8);
-    data = data.replace(/androidx.core.content.FileProvider/g, 'android.support.v4.content.FileProvider');
-    fs.writeFileSync(FileProvider, data, UTF8);
-
-};
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