diff --git a/apps/app_seeds/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/apps/app_seeds/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index ecc470d..fd8100f 100644
--- a/apps/app_seeds/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/apps/app_seeds/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -97,6 +97,17 @@ dependencies {
     coreLibraryDesugaring("com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs:2.1.4")
 }
 
+// F-Droid: Flutter's embedding transitively pulls Google Play Core (deferred
+// components / split install — com.google.android.play.core.*), which F-Droid's
+// scanner rejects as a proprietary Google dependency. Tane does not use deferred
+// components, so drop the whole com.google.android.play group; those split-install
+// code paths are never reached. R8 keeps the referenced classes otherwise, so the
+// exclusion (not shrinking) is what removes them; -dontwarn in proguard-rules.pro
+// silences the now-dangling compile-time references.
+configurations.all {
+    exclude(group = "com.google.android.play")
+}
+
 // F-Droid builds one split APK per ABI (smaller downloads than a universal
 // APK) and needs each split to carry a distinct versionCode so its repo can
 // tell them apart; `flutter build apk --split-per-abi` alone gives every
diff --git a/apps/app_seeds/android/app/proguard-rules.pro b/apps/app_seeds/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
index 3d061e3..ad9ccdd 100644
--- a/apps/app_seeds/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/apps/app_seeds/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -6,8 +6,14 @@
 # references and would strip/rename them. Keep them explicitly. Start
 # conservative; trim only after a release smoke test proves a class is unused.
 
-# --- Flutter engine & embedding (defensive; usually handled by the plugin) ---
--keep class io.flutter.** { *; }
+# --- Flutter engine & embedding ---
+# Do NOT blanket-keep io.flutter.** : that pins io.flutter.embedding.engine.
+# deferredcomponents.PlayStoreDeferredComponentManager, which references the
+# proprietary com.google.android.play.core.* (SplitInstall/SplitCompat) API and
+# makes F-Droid's scanner reject the APK. Tane doesn't use deferred components,
+# so let R8 shrink that unused manager away (removing the Play Core references).
+# JNI-critical embedding classes (FlutterJNI, etc.) are kept by the Flutter
+# embedding AAR's own bundled consumer ProGuard rules, so this stays safe.
 -keep class io.flutter.plugins.** { *; }
 -dontwarn io.flutter.embedding.**
 
@@ -38,3 +44,9 @@
 # --- Core library desugaring ---
 -dontwarn java.lang.invoke.**
 -dontwarn build.IgnoreJava8API
+
+# --- F-Droid: Google Play Core excluded (see build.gradle.kts) ---
+# The Flutter embedding references Play Core split-install classes for deferred
+# components, which Tane doesn't use; the com.google.android.play group is
+# excluded from the build, so tell R8 not to warn about the absent references.
+-dontwarn com.google.android.play.**
diff --git a/apps/app_seeds/pubspec.yaml b/apps/app_seeds/pubspec.yaml
index 8ece8a3..dafb81d 100644
--- a/apps/app_seeds/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/apps/app_seeds/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: tane
 description: "Tane — local-first, encrypted, decentralized traditional-seed inventory and market."
 publish_to: 'none'
-version: 0.1.14+16
+version: 0.1.15+17
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.11.5
diff --git a/docs/fdroid/org.comunes.tane.yml b/docs/fdroid/org.comunes.tane.yml
index 7b5f85a..c3891e8 100644
--- a/docs/fdroid/org.comunes.tane.yml
+++ b/docs/fdroid/org.comunes.tane.yml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ Repo: https://git.comunes.org/comunes/tane.git
 AllowedAPKSigningKeys: ddfae432091b8248a8a4a1b353487fa626301f4357ef835e94ec312f69418e38
 
 Builds:
-  - versionName: 0.1.14
-    versionCode: 161
-    commit: v0.1.14
+  - versionName: 0.1.15
+    versionCode: 171
+    commit: v0.1.15
     subdir: apps/app_seeds
     output: build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-armeabi-v7a-release.apk
     binary: https://git.comunes.org/comunes/tane/releases/download/v%v/app-armeabi-v7a-release.apk
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ Builds:
         $PUB_CACHE/hosted/pub.dev/flutter_tesseract_ocr-0.4.31/android/libs/tesseract4android-release.aar
       - $$flutter$$/bin/flutter build apk --release --split-per-abi --target-platform=android-arm
 
-  - versionName: 0.1.14
-    versionCode: 162
-    commit: v0.1.14
+  - versionName: 0.1.15
+    versionCode: 172
+    commit: v0.1.15
     subdir: apps/app_seeds
     output: build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-arm64-v8a-release.apk
     binary: https://git.comunes.org/comunes/tane/releases/download/v%v/app-arm64-v8a-release.apk
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ Builds:
         $PUB_CACHE/hosted/pub.dev/flutter_tesseract_ocr-0.4.31/android/libs/tesseract4android-release.aar
       - $$flutter$$/bin/flutter build apk --release --split-per-abi --target-platform=android-arm64
 
-  - versionName: 0.1.14
-    versionCode: 163
-    commit: v0.1.14
+  - versionName: 0.1.15
+    versionCode: 173
+    commit: v0.1.15
     subdir: apps/app_seeds
     output: build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-x86_64-release.apk
     binary: https://git.comunes.org/comunes/tane/releases/download/v%v/app-x86_64-release.apk
@@ -138,5 +138,5 @@ VercodeOperation:
   - '%c * 10 + 3'
 UpdateCheckData: 
   apps/app_seeds/pubspec.yaml|version:\s*[\d.]+\+(\d+)|apps/app_seeds/pubspec.yaml|version:\s*([\d.]+)\+
-CurrentVersion: 0.1.14
-CurrentVersionCode: 163
+CurrentVersion: 0.1.15
+CurrentVersionCode: 173