diff --git a/cardinal-android/app/src/main/java/earth/maps/cardinal/MainActivity.kt b/cardinal-android/app/src/main/java/earth/maps/cardinal/MainActivity.kt
index ed0054790a0303a17ce16d0808d8e393d37188d6..9d47b7491b7e8438984bf13d43da381771053aea 100644
--- a/cardinal-android/app/src/main/java/earth/maps/cardinal/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/cardinal-android/app/src/main/java/earth/maps/cardinal/MainActivity.kt
@@ -112,13 +112,9 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
     }
 
     private fun checkLocationPermission(): Boolean {
-        return if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU) {
-            androidx.core.content.ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(
-                this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
-            ) == android.content.pm.PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
-        } else {
-            true
-        }
+        return androidx.core.content.ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(
+            this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
+        ) == android.content.pm.PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
     }
 
     private fun requestNotificationPermission() {