diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index 7e44e83..0fc7e26 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
 LOCAL_JAVA_LIBRARIES := $(apache_http_java_libs)
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(apache_http_src_files)
-LOCAL_SDK_VERSION := 21
 LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
 ifeq ($(REMOVE_OAHL_FROM_BCP),true)
 # Previously, this JAR was included on the bootclasspath so was compiled using