diff --git a/libdl/Android.mk b/libdl/Android.mk
index 49cfb0c8a..3d60474f0 100644
--- a/libdl/Android.mk
+++ b/libdl/Android.mk
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 LOCAL_LDFLAGS := -Wl,--exclude-libs=libgcc.a
 
 # for x86, exclude libgcc_eh.a for the same reasons as above
-ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),$(filter $(TARGET_ARCH),x86 x86_64))
-LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--exclude-libs=libgcc_eh.a
-endif
+LOCAL_LDFLAGS_x86 := -Wl,--exclude-libs=libgcc_eh.a
+LOCAL_LDFLAGS_x86_64 := $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS_x86)
 
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= libdl.c
 LOCAL_CFLAGS := -Wall -Wextra -Werror