diff --git a/android/capacitor/build.gradle b/android/capacitor/build.gradle
index 3b5a5fe142..6be1d8e100 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/build.gradle
+++ b/android/capacitor/build.gradle
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ android {
     compileSdkVersion project.hasProperty('compileSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion : 29
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion project.hasProperty('minSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion : 21
-        targetSdkVersion targetSdkVersion = project.hasProperty('targetSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion : 29
+        targetSdkVersion project.hasProperty('targetSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion : 29
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"