diff --git a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/pygame/build/jni/application/Android.mk b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/pygame/build/jni/application/Android.mk
index e30f708b7f..dcf8d643f9 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/pygame/build/jni/application/Android.mk
+++ b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/pygame/build/jni/application/Android.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ LOCAL_CFLAGS := $(foreach D, $(APP_SUBDIRS), -I$(LOCAL_PATH)/$(D)) \
 				-I$(LOCAL_PATH)/../jpeg \
 				-I$(LOCAL_PATH)/../intl \
 				-I$(LOCAL_PATH)/.. \
-                -I$(LOCAL_PATH)/../../../../other_builds/$(MK_PYTHON_INCLUDE_ROOT)
+                -I$(PYTHON_INCLUDE_ROOT)
 
 
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += $(APPLICATION_ADDITIONAL_CFLAGS)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ LOCAL_LDLIBS := -lpython2.7 -lGLESv1_CM -ldl -llog -lz
 
 # AND: Another hardcoded path that should be templated
 # AND: NOT TEMPALTED! We can use $ARCH
-LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -L$(LOCAL_PATH)/../../../../other_builds/$(MK_PYTHON_LINK_ROOT) $(APPLICATION_ADDITIONAL_LDFLAGS)
+LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -L$(PYTHON_LINK_ROOT) $(APPLICATION_ADDITIONAL_LDFLAGS)
 
 LIBS_WITH_LONG_SYMBOLS := $(strip $(shell \
 	for f in $(LOCAL_PATH)/../../libs/$ARCH/*.so ; do \
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/service_only/build/jni/application/src/Android.mk b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/service_only/build/jni/application/src/Android.mk
index 6a8f1a65a2..0bc42bfb89 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/service_only/build/jni/application/src/Android.mk
+++ b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/service_only/build/jni/application/src/Android.mk
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ LOCAL_MODULE := main
 # Add your application source files here...
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := start.c pyjniusjni.c
 
-LOCAL_CFLAGS += -I$(LOCAL_PATH)/../../../../../other_builds/$(MK_PYTHON_INCLUDE_ROOT) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -I$(PYTHON_INCLUDE_ROOT) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
 
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := python_shared
 
 LOCAL_LDLIBS := -llog $(EXTRA_LDLIBS)
 
-LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -L$(LOCAL_PATH)/../../../../../other_builds/$(MK_PYTHON_LINK_ROOT) $(APPLICATION_ADDITIONAL_LDFLAGS)
+LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -L$(PYTHON_LINK_ROOT) $(APPLICATION_ADDITIONAL_LDFLAGS)
 
 include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
 
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/webview/build/jni/application/src/Android.mk b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/webview/build/jni/application/src/Android.mk
index b1403ec110..20399573c9 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/webview/build/jni/application/src/Android.mk
+++ b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/webview/build/jni/application/src/Android.mk
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ LOCAL_MODULE := main
 # Add your application source files here...
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := start.c pyjniusjni.c
 
-LOCAL_CFLAGS += -I$(LOCAL_PATH)/../../../../../other_builds/$(MK_PYTHON_INCLUDE_ROOT) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -I$(PYTHON_INCLUDE_ROOT) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
 
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := python_shared
 
 LOCAL_LDLIBS := -llog $(EXTRA_LDLIBS)
 
-LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -L$(LOCAL_PATH)/../../../../../other_builds/$(MK_PYTHON_LINK_ROOT) $(APPLICATION_ADDITIONAL_LDFLAGS)
+LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -L$(PYTHON_LINK_ROOT) $(APPLICATION_ADDITIONAL_LDFLAGS)
 
 include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
 
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipe.py b/pythonforandroid/recipe.py
index f2a3e4c64a..b43ba9b88d 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipe.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipe.py
@@ -626,9 +626,7 @@ class BootstrapNDKRecipe(Recipe):
     :class:`~pythonforandroid.recipe.NDKRecipe`.
 
     To link with python, call the method :meth:`get_recipe_env`
-    with the kwarg *with_python=True*. If recipe contains android's mk files
-    which should be linked with python, you may want to use the env variables
-    MK_PYTHON_INCLUDE_ROOT and MK_PYTHON_LINK_ROOT set in there.
+    with the kwarg *with_python=True*.
     '''
 
     dir_name = None  # The name of the recipe build folder in the jni dir
@@ -657,16 +655,6 @@ def get_recipe_env(self, arch=None, with_flags_in_cc=True, with_python=False):
             self.ctx.python_recipe.major_minor_version_string)
         if 'python3' in self.ctx.python_recipe.name:
             env['EXTRA_LDLIBS'] += 'm'
-
-        # set some env variables that may be needed to build some bootstrap ndk
-        # recipes that needs linking with our python via mk files, like
-        # recipes: sdl2, genericndkbuild or sdl
-        other_builds = join(self.ctx.build_dir, 'other_builds') + '/'
-        env['MK_PYTHON_INCLUDE_ROOT'] = \
-            self.ctx.python_recipe.include_root(arch.arch)[
-            len(other_builds):]
-        env['MK_PYTHON_LINK_ROOT'] = \
-            self.ctx.python_recipe.link_root(arch.arch)[len(other_builds):]
         return env