diff --git a/hostapd/Android.mk b/hostapd/Android.mk
index 91b6ccfd8..7e55fd37c 100644
--- a/hostapd/Android.mk
+++ b/hostapd/Android.mk
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),arm)
 L_CFLAGS += -mabi=aapcs-linux
 endif
 
-# To allow non-ASCII characters in SSID
-L_CFLAGS += -DWPA_UNICODE_SSID
-
 # OpenSSL is configured without engines on Android
 L_CFLAGS += -DOPENSSL_NO_ENGINE
 
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/Android.mk b/wpa_supplicant/Android.mk
index c1054e497..2ddaf373a 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/Android.mk
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/Android.mk
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),arm)
 L_CFLAGS += -mabi=aapcs-linux
 endif
 
-# To allow non-ASCII characters in SSID
-L_CFLAGS += -DWPA_UNICODE_SSID
-
 # OpenSSL is configured without engines on Android
 L_CFLAGS += -DOPENSSL_NO_ENGINE