diff --git a/android/remove_string.sh b/android/remove_string.sh
index 7e5ce141..6ddc87e0 100755
--- a/android/remove_string.sh
+++ b/android/remove_string.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 # Usage: ./remove_string.sh <string_id>
 
 ls res/values*/strings.xml | while read STRINGS ; do
-	xmlstarlet ed -d "/resources/*[@name='${1}']" ${STRINGS} > /tmp/strings.xml
+	xmlstarlet ed -P -d "/resources/*[@name='${1}']" ${STRINGS} > /tmp/strings.xml
 	mv /tmp/strings.xml ${STRINGS}
 done