diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/app/organicmaps/util/Config.java b/android/app/src/main/java/app/organicmaps/util/Config.java
index 0915c6bc95..b5634cae8f 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/app/organicmaps/util/Config.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/app/organicmaps/util/Config.java
@@ -194,7 +194,14 @@ public final class Config
 
   public static boolean useGoogleServices()
   {
-    return getBool(KEY_PREF_USE_GS, true);
+    // F-droid users expect non-free networks to be disabled by default
+    // https://t.me/organicmaps/47334
+    // Additionally, in the µG play-services-location library which is used for
+    // F-droid builds, GMS api availability is stubbed and always returns true.
+    // https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/issues/2309
+    // For more details, see the discussion in
+    // https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/pull/9575
+    return getBool(KEY_PREF_USE_GS, !isFdroid());
   }
 
   public static void setUseGoogleService(boolean use)