diff --git a/application/application.android.ts b/application/application.android.ts
index 10c8c8b54..917f1c9b8 100644
--- a/application/application.android.ts
+++ b/application/application.android.ts
@@ -310,8 +310,6 @@ export function start(entry?: frame.NavigationEntry) {
         }
     });
 
-    global.androidAppInitialized = true;
-
     loadCss();
 }
 
diff --git a/utils/utils.android.ts b/utils/utils.android.ts
index 9480d1317..0b1b46d73 100644
--- a/utils/utils.android.ts
+++ b/utils/utils.android.ts
@@ -149,11 +149,7 @@ export module ad {
     }
 
     export function getApplication() {
-        if (global.androidAppInitialized) {
-            return <android.app.Application>(<any>com.tns).NativeScriptApplication.getInstance();
-        } else {
-            throw new Error("Triyng to access application context however the application is not yet initialized. Please use application 'launch' event! Stack trace: " + (<any>new Error()).stack);
-        }
+        return <android.app.Application>(<any>com.tns).NativeScriptApplication.getInstance();
     }
     export function getApplicationContext() { return <android.content.Context>getApplication().getApplicationContext(); }