diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
index e1d591eb720..2e42b763f58 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ bool AndroidDeployQtStep::fromMap(const QVariantMap &map)
     m_deployAction = AndroidDeployQtAction(map.value(QLatin1String(DeployActionKey),
                                                      BundleLibrariesDeployment).toInt());
     m_keystorePath = Utils::FileName::fromString(map.value(KeystoreLocationKey).toString());
-    m_signPackage = map.value(SignPackageKey).toBool();
+    m_signPackage = false; // don't restore this
     m_buildTargetSdk = map.value(BuildTargetSdkKey).toString();
     m_verbose = map.value(VerboseOutputKey).toBool();
     m_inputFile = map.value(InputFile).toString();
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtwidget.cpp
index a1dee1ddba9..7cc2e1561c2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtwidget.cpp
@@ -82,9 +82,11 @@ AndroidDeployQtWidget::AndroidDeployQtWidget(AndroidDeployQtStep *step)
     }
 
     // signing
+    m_ui->signPackageCheckBox->setChecked(m_step->signPackage());
     m_ui->KeystoreLocationLineEdit->setText(m_step->keystorePath().toUserOutput());
     m_ui->signingDebugWarningIcon->hide();
     m_ui->signingDebugWarningLabel->hide();
+    signPackageCheckBoxToggled(m_step->signPackage());
 
     m_ui->verboseOutputCheckBox->setChecked(m_step->verboseOutput());
     m_ui->openPackageLocationCheckBox->setChecked(m_step->openPackageLocation());