diff --git a/metadata/org.videolan.vlc.txt b/metadata/org.videolan.vlc.txt
index d09dd2dcc0..179a65856a 100644
--- a/metadata/org.videolan.vlc.txt
+++ b/metadata/org.videolan.vlc.txt
@@ -1102,7 +1102,6 @@ Build:2.0.5,12000523
         wget -c http://downloads.videolan.org/pub/contrib/jpeg/jpegsrc.v9a.tar.gz -O ../vlc/contrib/tarballs/jpegsrc.v9a.tar.gz
     build=cd ../ && \
         ./compile.sh -a "armeabi" --release
-    ndk=r11c
 
 Build:2.0.5,12000524
     commit=2.0.5
@@ -1114,7 +1113,6 @@ Build:2.0.5,12000524
         wget -c http://downloads.videolan.org/pub/contrib/jpeg/jpegsrc.v9a.tar.gz -O ../vlc/contrib/tarballs/jpegsrc.v9a.tar.gz
     build=cd ../ && \
         ./compile.sh -a "armeabi-v7a" --release
-    ndk=r11c
 
 Build:2.0.5,12000525
     commit=2.0.5
@@ -1128,7 +1126,6 @@ Build:2.0.5,12000525
         echo $ANDROID_NDK && \
         echo $ANDROID_SDK && \
         ./compile.sh -a "x86" --release
-    ndk=r11c
 
 Maintainer Notes:
 Instructions and dependencies here: http://wiki.videolan.org/AndroidCompile