diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 2d5062d79..54dcc0dbd 100755
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     <framework src="me.leolin:ShortcutBadger:1.1.17@aar"/>
     <framework src="com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:$FCM_VERSION"/>
     <framework src="push.gradle" custom="true" type="gradleReference"/>
+    <dependency id="cordova-support-google-services" version="~1.1.0"/>
     <source-file src="src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/FCMService.java" target-dir="src/com/adobe/phonegap/push/"/>
     <source-file src="src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/PushConstants.java" target-dir="src/com/adobe/phonegap/push/"/>
     <source-file src="src/android/com/adobe/phonegap/push/PushHandlerActivity.java" target-dir="src/com/adobe/phonegap/push/"/>
diff --git a/push.gradle b/push.gradle
index 39fcb559a..a67197093 100644
--- a/push.gradle
+++ b/push.gradle
@@ -17,20 +17,3 @@ android {
         applicationId = doExtractStringFromManifest("package")
     }
 }
-
-buildscript {
-	repositories {
-      jcenter()
-			mavenLocal()
-  }
-  dependencies {
-      classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:+'
-      classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0'
-  }
-}
-
-// apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
-// class must be used instead of id(string) to be able to apply plugin from non-root gradle file
-ext.postBuildExtras = {
-    apply plugin: com.google.gms.googleservices.GoogleServicesPlugin
-}