diff --git a/base/Android.bp b/base/Android.bp
index 25c74f219..3702b43db 100644
--- a/base/Android.bp
+++ b/base/Android.bp
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@ cc_defaults {
         "test_utils.cpp",
     ],
 
-    static: {
-        cflags: ["-DNO_LIBLOG_DLSYM"],
-    },
-
     cppflags: ["-Wexit-time-destructors"],
     shared_libs: ["liblog"],
     target: {
diff --git a/base/liblog_symbols.cpp b/base/liblog_symbols.cpp
index 8d5917907..ba4c16157 100644
--- a/base/liblog_symbols.cpp
+++ b/base/liblog_symbols.cpp
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@
 
 #include "liblog_symbols.h"
 
-#if defined(__ANDROID__)
-#if !defined(NO_LIBLOG_DLSYM) || defined(__ANDROID_APEX__)
+#if defined(__ANDROID_SDK_VERSION__) && (__ANDROID_SDK_VERSION__ <= 29)
 #define USE_DLSYM
 #endif
-#endif
 
 #ifdef USE_DLSYM
 #include <dlfcn.h>