diff --git a/core/binary.mk b/core/binary.mk
index 1465fa55e..bc4ee6b7f 100644
--- a/core/binary.mk
+++ b/core/binary.mk
@@ -107,15 +107,16 @@ ifdef LOCAL_SDK_VERSION
   ifeq (,$(LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT))
     LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT := system
   endif
-  ifneq (1,$(words $(filter system stlport_static stlport_shared c++_static c++_shared gnustl_static, $(LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT))))
+  ifneq (1,$(words $(filter none system stlport_static stlport_shared c++_static c++_shared gnustl_static, $(LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT))))
     $(error $(LOCAL_PATH): Unknown LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT $(LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT))
   endif
   ifeq (system,$(LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT))
     my_ndk_stl_include_path := $(my_ndk_source_root)/cxx-stl/system/include
-    # for "system" variant, the shared library exists in the system library and -lstdc++ is added by default.
+    my_system_shared_libraries += libstdc++
   else # LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT is not system
   ifneq (,$(filter stlport_%, $(LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT)))
     my_ndk_stl_include_path := $(my_ndk_source_root)/cxx-stl/stlport/stlport
+    my_system_shared_libraries += libstdc++
     ifeq (stlport_static,$(LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT))
       my_ndk_stl_static_lib := $(my_ndk_source_root)/cxx-stl/stlport/libs/$(my_cpu_variant)/libstlport_static.a
     else
@@ -134,11 +135,14 @@ ifdef LOCAL_SDK_VERSION
       my_ndk_stl_shared_lib := -lc++_shared
     endif
     my_ndk_stl_cppflags := -std=c++11
-  else
-    # LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT is gnustl_static
+  else # LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT is not c++_* either
+  ifneq (,$(filter gnustl_%, $(LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT)))
     my_ndk_stl_include_path := $(my_ndk_source_root)/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/$($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_NDK_GCC_VERSION)/libs/$(my_cpu_variant)/include \
                                $(my_ndk_source_root)/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/$($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_NDK_GCC_VERSION)/include
     my_ndk_stl_static_lib := $(my_ndk_source_root)/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/$($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_NDK_GCC_VERSION)/libs/$(my_cpu_variant)/libgnustl_static.a
+  else # LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT must be none
+    # Do nothing.
+  endif
   endif
   endif
   endif
diff --git a/core/cxx_stl_setup.mk b/core/cxx_stl_setup.mk
index be8a71156..37be1f7cc 100644
--- a/core/cxx_stl_setup.mk
+++ b/core/cxx_stl_setup.mk
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ ifneq ($(filter $(my_cxx_stl),libc++ libc++_static),)
     endif
 else ifeq ($(my_cxx_stl),ndk)
     # Using an NDK STL. Handled in binary.mk.
-    ifndef LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE
-        my_system_shared_libraries += libstdc++
-    endif
 else ifeq ($(my_cxx_stl),libstdc++)
     # Using bionic's basic libstdc++. Not actually an STL. Only around until the
     # tree is in good enough shape to not need it.