diff -uNr mtools-4.0.23/privileges.c mtools-4.0.23.mod/privileges.c
--- mtools-4.0.23/privileges.c	2018-12-09 12:57:33.000000000 +0200
+++ mtools-4.0.23.mod/privileges.c	2020-01-10 12:49:08.689245870 +0200
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@
 
 static __inline__ void Setuid(uid_t uid)
 {
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+	return;
+#endif
 #if defined HAVE_SETEUID || defined HAVE_SETRESUID
 	if(euid == 0) {
 #ifdef HAVE_SETEUID
@@ -110,6 +113,9 @@
 
 void reclaim_privs(void)
 {
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+	return;
+#endif
 	if(noPrivileges)
 		return;
 	setgid(egid);
@@ -119,6 +125,9 @@
 
 void drop_privs(void)
 {
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+	return;
+#endif
 	Setuid(ruid);
 	setgid(rgid);
 	print_privs("after drop_privs, real should be 0, effective should not ");
@@ -126,7 +135,9 @@
 
 void destroy_privs(void)
 {
-
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+	return;
+#endif
 #if defined HAVE_SETEUID || defined HAVE_SETRESUID
 	if(euid == 0) {
 #ifdef HAVE_SETEUID
@@ -159,6 +170,9 @@
 
 void init_privs(void)
 {
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+	return;
+#endif
 	euid = geteuid();
 	ruid = getuid();
 	egid = getegid();
