diff --git a/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c b/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
index a0109fb2707..0ca0aa5cda3 100644
--- a/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
+++ b/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(SYS_getdents64)
-/* Android doesn't expose syscalls, add the definition manually. */
+#if defined(__ANDROID__) && __ANDROID_API__ < 21 && !defined(SYS_getdents64)
 # include <sys/linux-syscalls.h>
 # define SYS_getdents64  __NR_getdents64
 #endif