diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 8df7904384..dc6788c230 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -188,8 +188,9 @@ android {
 
       cmake {
         version '3.8.0+'
-        cppFlags '-fexceptions', '-frtti', '-std=c++17'
-        cFlags '-ffunction-sections', '-fdata-sections',
+        cppFlags '-fexceptions', '-frtti'
+        // There is no sense to enable sections without gcc's --gc-sections flag.
+        cFlags '-fno-function-sections', '-fno-data-sections',
                '-Wno-extern-c-compat'
         arguments '-DANDROID_TOOLCHAIN=clang', '-DANDROID_STL=c++_static',
                   "-DOS=$osName", '-DSKIP_TESTS=ON', "-DUSE_PCH=$pchFlag"