diff --git a/bin/templates/cordova/Api.js b/bin/templates/cordova/Api.js
index c669983e7e..1cbef76443 100644
--- a/bin/templates/cordova/Api.js
+++ b/bin/templates/cordova/Api.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ var path = require('path');
 var Q = require('q');
 
 var AndroidProject = require('./lib/AndroidProject');
-var AndroidStudio = require('./lib/AndroidStudio');
 var PluginManager = require('cordova-common').PluginManager;
 
 var CordovaLogger = require('cordova-common').CordovaLogger;
@@ -214,22 +213,6 @@ Api.prototype.addPlugin = function (plugin, installOptions) {
     }
 
     return Q().then(function () {
-        // CB-11964: Do a clean when installing the plugin code to get around
-        // the Gradle bug introduced by the Android Gradle Plugin Version 2.2
-        // TODO: Delete when the next version of Android Gradle plugin comes out
-        // Since clean doesn't just clean the build, it also wipes out www, we need
-        // to pass additional options.
-
-        // Do some basic argument parsing
-        var opts = {};
-
-        // Skip cleaning prepared files when not invoking via cordova CLI.
-        opts.noPrepare = true;
-
-        if (!AndroidStudio.isAndroidStudioProject(self.root) && !project.isClean()) {
-            return self.clean(opts);
-        }
-    }).then(function () {
         return PluginManager.get(self.platform, self.locations, project).addPlugin(plugin, installOptions);
     }).then(function () {
         if (plugin.getFrameworks(this.platform).length === 0) return;
diff --git a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/AndroidProject.js b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/AndroidProject.js
index bf55cad1c0..3c2586a328 100644
--- a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/AndroidProject.js
+++ b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/AndroidProject.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var properties_parser = require('properties-parser');
 var AndroidManifest = require('./AndroidManifest');
-var AndroidStudio = require('./AndroidStudio');
 var pluginHandlers = require('./pluginHandlers');
 
 var projectFileCache = {};
@@ -62,10 +61,7 @@ function AndroidProject (projectDir) {
     this._dirty = false;
     this.projectDir = projectDir;
     this.platformWww = path.join(this.projectDir, 'platform_www');
-    this.www = path.join(this.projectDir, 'assets/www');
-    if (AndroidStudio.isAndroidStudioProject(projectDir) === true) {
-        this.www = path.join(this.projectDir, 'app/src/main/assets/www');
-    }
+    this.www = path.join(this.projectDir, 'app/src/main/assets/www');
 }
 
 AndroidProject.getProjectFile = function (projectDir) {
@@ -92,10 +88,7 @@ AndroidProject.purgeCache = function (projectDir) {
  * @return  {String}              The name of the package
  */
 AndroidProject.prototype.getPackageName = function () {
-    var manifestPath = path.join(this.projectDir, 'AndroidManifest.xml');
-    if (AndroidStudio.isAndroidStudioProject(this.projectDir) === true) {
-        manifestPath = path.join(this.projectDir, 'app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml');
-    }
+    var manifestPath = path.join(this.projectDir, 'app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml');
     return new AndroidManifest(manifestPath).getPackageId();
 };
 
diff --git a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/AndroidStudio.js b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/AndroidStudio.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e04d8a8b17..0000000000
--- a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/AndroidStudio.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  This is a simple routine that checks if project is an Android Studio Project
- *
- *  @param {String} root Root folder of the project
- */
-
-module.exports.isAndroidStudioProject = function isAndroidStudioProject (root) {
-    return true;
-};
diff --git a/spec/unit/AndroidStudio.spec.js b/spec/unit/AndroidStudio.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 11d46752fd..0000000000
--- a/spec/unit/AndroidStudio.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-
-var path = require('path');
-var AndroidStudio = require('../../bin/templates/cordova/lib/AndroidStudio');
-
-describe('AndroidStudio module', function () {
-    it('should return true for Android Studio project', function () {
-        var root = path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures/android_studio_project/');
-        var isAndStud = AndroidStudio.isAndroidStudioProject(root);
-        expect(isAndStud).toBe(true);
-    });
-});