diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 289a55d21141f7fc871b2666e7d2879472ea2985..c49c31cea4ba305a924792c2d287f5deb9a75678 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@ variables:
 
 before_script:
   - apt-get --quiet update --yes
-  - apt-get --quiet install --yes wget unzip lib32stdc++6 lib32z1
+  - apt-get --quiet install --yes wget tar unzip lib32stdc++6 lib32z1
   - wget --quiet --output-document=android-sdk.zip https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sdk-tools-linux-${ANDROID_SDK_TOOLS}.zip
-  - unzip -q android-sdk.zip -d android-sdk-linux
-
-  - mkdir android-sdk-linux/licenses
-  - printf "8933bad161af4178b1185d1a37fbf41ea5269c55\nd56f5187479451eabf01fb78af6dfcb131a6481e" > android-sdk-linux/licenses/android-sdk-license
-  - printf "84831b9409646a918e30573bab4c9c91346d8abd" > android-sdk-linux/licenses/android-sdk-preview-license
-  - android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager --update > update.log
-  - android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager "platforms;android-${ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK}" "build-tools;${ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS}" "extras;google;m2repository" "extras;android;m2repository" > installPlatform.log
-
+  - unzip -d android-sdk-linux android-sdk.zip
+  - echo y | android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager "platforms;android-${ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK}" >/dev/null
+  - echo y | android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager "platform-tools" >/dev/null
+  - echo y | android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager "build-tools;${ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS}" >/dev/null
   - export ANDROID_HOME=$PWD/android-sdk-linux
   - export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/
   - chmod +x ./gradlew
+  # temporarily disable checking for EPIPE error and use yes to accept all licenses
+  - set +o pipefail
+  - yes | android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager --licenses
+  - set -o pipefail
 
 stages:
   - test