diff --git a/android/test_app/make_assets.py b/android/test_app/make_assets.py
index 7860c759a57..ce5059b46ee 100644
--- a/android/test_app/make_assets.py
+++ b/android/test_app/make_assets.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import torch
 import torchvision
-from torch.utils.mobile_optimizer import optimize_for_mobile
 
 print(torch.__version__)
 
@@ -13,5 +12,6 @@
 
 model.eval()
 script_model = torch.jit.script(model)
-opt_script_model = optimize_for_mobile(script_model)
-opt_script_model.save("app/src/main/assets/frcnn_mnetv3.pt")
+# TODO: put back call to optimize_for_mobile once
+# https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/52463 is fixed
+script_model.save("app/src/main/assets/frcnn_mnetv3.pt")