diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index 0484065..3bcbeab 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
     libcutils \
     liblog \
     libselinux \
-    libstdc++ \
     libm \
     libc
 
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@
     libminui \
     libminzip \
     libcutils \
-    libstdc++ \
     libc
 include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
 
diff --git a/applypatch/Android.mk b/applypatch/Android.mk
index 4984093..861edd2 100644
--- a/applypatch/Android.mk
+++ b/applypatch/Android.mk
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 LOCAL_MODULE := applypatch
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += bootable/recovery
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libapplypatch libmtdutils libmincrypt libbz
-LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libz libcutils libstdc++ libc
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libz libcutils libc
 
 include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := eng
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += bootable/recovery
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libapplypatch libmtdutils libmincrypt libbz
-LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libz libcutils libstdc++ libc
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libz libcutils libc
 
 include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
 
diff --git a/updater/Android.mk b/updater/Android.mk
index ff02a33..57f43da 100644
--- a/updater/Android.mk
+++ b/updater/Android.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += $(TARGET_RECOVERY_UPDATER_LIBS) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_UPDATER_EXTRA_LIBS)
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libapplypatch libedify libmtdutils libminzip libz
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libmincrypt libbz
-LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libcutils liblog libstdc++ libc
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libcutils liblog libc
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libselinux
 tune2fs_static_libraries := \
  libext2_com_err \