diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 750ce3bd1f..d32c7bf645 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ iconv support use --disable-iconv.",
         'name': 'posix-spawn-android',
         'desc': 'spawnp()/kill() Android replacement',
         'func': check_true,
-        'deps': 'android && !posix-spawn-native',
+        'deps': '!posix-spawn-native',
     },{
         'name': 'posix-spawn',
         'desc': 'any spawnp()/kill() support',
diff --git a/wscript_build.py b/wscript_build.py
index bbe367963f..61bfe312bb 100644
--- a/wscript_build.py
+++ b/wscript_build.py
@@ -495,8 +495,8 @@ def build(ctx):
         ( "osdep/windows_utils.c",               "os-cygwin" ),
         ( "osdep/mpv.rc",                        "win32-executable" ),
         ( "osdep/win32/pthread.c",               "win32-internal-pthreads"),
-        ( "osdep/android/posix-spawn.c",         "android"),
-        ( "osdep/android/strnlen.c",             "android"),
+        ( "osdep/android/posix-spawn.c" ),
+        ( "osdep/android/strnlen.c" ),
 
         ## tree_allocator
         "ta/ta.c", "ta/ta_talloc.c", "ta/ta_utils.c"