diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 911ea545dc5..e4629ee30c4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3260,8 +3260,7 @@ if test -n "$_host"; then
 			_port_mk="backends/platform/3ds/3ds.mk"
 			;;
 		android-arm-v7a | android-arm64-v8a | android-x86 | android-x86_64 | ouya)
-			# also __ANDROID__ is defined by Clang in the NDK
-			DEFINES="$DEFINES -D__ANDROID_PLAIN_PORT__ -DANDROID_PLAIN_PORT"
+			# __ANDROID__ is defined by Clang in the NDK
 			# we link a .so as default
 			append_var LDFLAGS "-shared"
 			append_var LDFLAGS "-Wl,-Bsymbolic,--no-undefined"