diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 601e1b5a7..e4e393c6b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ android {
             if (baseAbiVersionCode != null) {
                 output.versionCodeOverride = (100 * project.android.defaultConfig.versionCode) + baseAbiVersionCode
             } else {
-ate                 output.versionCodeOverride = (100 * project.android.defaultConfig.versionCode) + grgit.log(includes: ["HEAD"], excludes: [tags.last()]).size()
+                output.versionCodeOverride = (100 * project.android.defaultConfig.versionCode) + grgit.log(includes: ["HEAD"], excludes: [tags.last()]).size()
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/services/ExportBackupService.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/services/ExportBackupService.java
index 08fcc147e..587f281b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/services/ExportBackupService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/services/ExportBackupService.java
@@ -46,11 +46,8 @@ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
 
@@ -515,72 +512,6 @@ public class ExportBackupService extends Service {
         return success;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * This function will look into the backup directory provided by getBackupDirectory() and
-     * loop all over the files to find the oldest ones.
-     * It will record each file older then x days and if there are more then x files found
-     * it will delete those files until x files left.
-     */
-    public void rotateBackups() {
-        final String szBackupDirectory = getBackupDirectory(null);
-
-        // first of all we skip any file which does not match the pattern "filename_yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss*"
-        // So we split the filename at the first index of _ (underscore)
-        // Then we extract the datetime the file was created based on the rest of the filename
-        // I have too little knowledge if I can trust the filesystem timestamp... that's why I do this shit.
-
-        // A list of prefixes that may or may not contain multiple date-parts
-        Map<String, List<String>> dictionary = new HashMap<String, List<String>>();
-
-        File backupDirectory = new File(szBackupDirectory);
-        for (File file: backupDirectory.listFiles()) {
-            String fileName = file.getName();
-            Integer i = fileName.indexOf('_'); // first Index of Underscore
-
-            // skip invalid underscore index
-            if(i <= 0)
-                continue;
-
-            // this should result in something like this: yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss from which we can parse a datetime
-            String datePart = fileName.substring(i, fileName.length() - 4);
-
-            // we need the filename prefix too
-            String namePart = fileName.substring(0, i);
-
-            if(!dictionary.containsKey(namePart)) {
-                List<String> dp = new ArrayList<>();
-                dp.add(datePart);
-                dictionary.put(namePart, dp);
-            } else {
-                List<String> dp = dictionary.get(namePart);
-                dp.add(datePart);
-                dictionary.put(namePart, dp); // Replace the original entry
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Now we can loop all over the keys in dictionary, count the values it refers to
-        // and decide if we need to delete the corresponding file
-        dictionary.forEach((k, v) -> {
-
-            // did you notice that we (below) skip all numbers less or equal 3?
-            // That's on purpose ;)
-
-            if(v.size() < 4) { // <- this is a user setting!
-                return; // continue in the old ages ;)
-            }
-
-            while(v.size() > 3) {
-                // now: until v.entries() sorted is greater then 3, remove the item
-                v.sort(Comparator.naturalOrder());
-
-                // TODO: build the filename and remove it. You have all you need
-
-                // but update the list too
-                v.remove(v.size()-1);
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
     private void mediaScannerScanFile(final File file) {
         final Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE);
         intent.setData(Uri.fromFile(file));