diff --git a/android/crt/build.gradle b/android/crt/build.gradle
index 6c2d1a9fe..5795e0e4f 100644
--- a/android/crt/build.gradle
+++ b/android/crt/build.gradle
@@ -138,17 +138,12 @@ android {
     compileOptions {
         sourceCompatibility = 1.8
         targetCompatibility = 1.8
-        // Enable desugaring so that Android lint doesn't flag `java.time` usage. Downstream
-        // consumers will need to enable desugaring to use this library.
-        // See: https://developer.android.com/studio/write/java8-support#library-desugaring
-        coreLibraryDesugaringEnabled true
     }
 }
 
 build.dependsOn preBuild
 
 dependencies {
-    coreLibraryDesugaring 'com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs:1.1.5'
     androidTestImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:3.11.2'
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.3.1'
     androidTestImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
diff --git a/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/crt/CrtResource.java b/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/crt/CrtResource.java
index 8f4aa5b40..6fc4cf753 100644
--- a/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/crt/CrtResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/crt/CrtResource.java
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@
 import software.amazon.awssdk.crt.io.EventLoopGroup;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.crt.io.HostResolver;
 
-import java.time.Instant;
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.Condition;
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ public String toString() {
     private long nativeHandle;
     private AtomicInteger refCount = new AtomicInteger(1);
     private long id = nextId.getAndAdd(1);
-    private Instant creationTime = Instant.now();
+    private String creationTime;
     private String description;
 
     static {
@@ -108,6 +112,13 @@ public String toString() {
      * Default constructor
      */
     public CrtResource() {
+        // Format the current time without java.time to support old Android versions
+        // without requiring API desugaring.
+        // See: https://developer.android.com/studio/write/java8-support#library-desugaring
+        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'", Locale.US);
+        sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
+        creationTime = sdf.format(new Date());
+
         if (debugNativeObjects) {
             String canonicalName = this.getClass().getCanonicalName();
 
@@ -332,7 +343,7 @@ public void setDescription(String description) {
      */
     public String getResourceLogDescription() {
         StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
-        builder.append(String.format("[Id %d, Class %s, Refs %d](%s) - %s", id, getClass().getSimpleName(), refCount.get(), creationTime.toString(), description != null ? description : "<null>"));
+        builder.append(String.format("[Id %d, Class %s, Refs %d](%s) - %s", id, getClass().getSimpleName(), refCount.get(), creationTime, description != null ? description : "<null>"));
         synchronized(this) {
             if (referencedResources.size() > 0) {
                 builder.append("\n   Forward references by Id: ");
diff --git a/src/test/android/testapp/build.gradle b/src/test/android/testapp/build.gradle
index 38a9abf8d..444836c77 100644
--- a/src/test/android/testapp/build.gradle
+++ b/src/test/android/testapp/build.gradle
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ android {
     compileOptions {
         sourceCompatibility = 1.8
         targetCompatibility = 1.8
-        coreLibraryDesugaringEnabled true
     }
 
     kotlinOptions {
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.core:core:1.2.0'
     implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.2.0'
     implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
-    coreLibraryDesugaring "com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs:1.1.5"
 
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13'