diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/cffi/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/cffi/__init__.py
index 50458e55f6..aa291dca46 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/cffi/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/cffi/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ def get_recipe_env(self, arch=None):
         ndk_dir = self.ctx.ndk_platform
         ndk_lib_dir = os.path.join(ndk_dir, 'usr', 'lib')
         env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -L{}'.format(ndk_lib_dir)
-        env['LDFLAGS'] += " --sysroot={}".format(self.ctx.ndk_platform)
         env['PYTHONPATH'] = ':'.join([
             self.ctx.get_site_packages_dir(),
             env['BUILDLIB_PATH'],
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pymunk/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pymunk/__init__.py
index bb33b275a5..5f027ab0fb 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pymunk/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pymunk/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ def get_recipe_env(self, arch):
         env['PYTHON_ROOT'] = self.ctx.get_python_install_dir()
         env['LDFLAGS'] += " -shared -llog"
         env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -L{}'.format(join(self.ctx.ndk_platform, 'usr', 'lib'))
-        env['LDFLAGS'] += " --sysroot={}".format(self.ctx.ndk_platform)
         env['LIBS'] = env.get('LIBS', '') + ' -landroid'
         return env