diff --git a/src/plugins/android/jar/jar.pri b/src/plugins/android/jar/jar.pri
index 713123baf5bed0333b5a1766c76e6078fa264f61..5408fb1095eb830ee410cebc9f7643c50db171e6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/jar/jar.pri
+++ b/src/plugins/android/jar/jar.pri
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 load(qt_build_paths)
 CONFIG += java
 DESTDIR = $$MODULE_BASE_OUTDIR/jar
-API_VERSION = android-11
 
 JAVACLASSPATH += $$PWD/src