diff --git a/src/unix/core.c b/src/unix/core.c
index 949eefae3..3ba4e5001 100644
--- a/src/unix/core.c
+++ b/src/unix/core.c
@@ -79,10 +79,6 @@ extern char** environ;
 # endif
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__ANDROID_API__) && __ANDROID_API__ < 21
-# include <dlfcn.h>  /* for dlsym */
-#endif
-
 #if defined(__MVS__)
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #endif
@@ -1142,13 +1138,6 @@ int uv__getpwuid_r(uv_passwd_t* pwd) {
   size_t shell_size;
   long initsize;
   int r;
-#if defined(__ANDROID_API__) && __ANDROID_API__ < 21
-  int (*getpwuid_r)(uid_t, struct passwd*, char*, size_t, struct passwd**);
-
-  getpwuid_r = dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "getpwuid_r");
-  if (getpwuid_r == NULL)
-    return UV_ENOSYS;
-#endif
 
   if (pwd == NULL)
     return UV_EINVAL;
diff --git a/src/unix/fs.c b/src/unix/fs.c
index f5b2b9420..61f393031 100644
--- a/src/unix/fs.c
+++ b/src/unix/fs.c
@@ -229,11 +229,7 @@ static ssize_t uv__fs_futime(uv_fs_t* req) {
   struct timespec ts[2];
   ts[0] = uv__fs_to_timespec(req->atime);
   ts[1] = uv__fs_to_timespec(req->mtime);
-#if defined(__ANDROID_API__) && __ANDROID_API__ < 21
-  return utimensat(req->file, NULL, ts, 0);
-#else
   return futimens(req->file, ts);
-#endif
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)                                                      \
     || defined(__DragonFly__)                                                 \
     || defined(__FreeBSD__)                                                   \
diff --git a/src/unix/linux-core.c b/src/unix/linux-core.c
index e792d08b4..8863333a1 100644
--- a/src/unix/linux-core.c
+++ b/src/unix/linux-core.c
@@ -85,17 +85,7 @@ static uint64_t read_cpufreq(unsigned int cpunum);
 
 int uv__platform_loop_init(uv_loop_t* loop) {
   int fd;
-
-  /* It was reported that EPOLL_CLOEXEC is not defined on Android API < 21,
-   * a.k.a. Lollipop. Since EPOLL_CLOEXEC is an alias for O_CLOEXEC on all
-   * architectures, we just use that instead.
-   */
-#if defined(__ANDROID_API__) && __ANDROID_API__ < 21
-  fd = -1;
-  errno = ENOSYS;
-#else
   fd = epoll_create1(O_CLOEXEC);
-#endif
 
   /* epoll_create1() can fail either because it's not implemented (old kernel)
    * or because it doesn't understand the O_CLOEXEC flag.
@@ -293,16 +283,11 @@ void uv__io_poll(uv_loop_t* loop, int timeout) {
         abort();
 
     if (no_epoll_wait != 0 || (sigmask != 0 && no_epoll_pwait == 0)) {
-#if defined(__ANDROID_API__) && __ANDROID_API__ < 21
-      nfds = -1;
-      errno = ENOSYS;
-#else
       nfds = epoll_pwait(loop->backend_fd,
                          events,
                          ARRAY_SIZE(events),
                          timeout,
                          &sigset);
-#endif
       if (nfds == -1 && errno == ENOSYS)
         no_epoll_pwait = 1;
     } else {
diff --git a/src/unix/thread.c b/src/unix/thread.c
index c9a18d1e8..1a85d1d4f 100644
--- a/src/unix/thread.c
+++ b/src/unix/thread.c
@@ -709,11 +709,9 @@ int uv_cond_init(uv_cond_t* cond) {
   if (err)
     return UV__ERR(err);
 
-#if !(defined(__ANDROID_API__) && __ANDROID_API__ < 21)
   err = pthread_condattr_setclock(&attr, CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
   if (err)
     goto error2;
-#endif
 
   err = pthread_cond_init(cond, &attr);
   if (err)
@@ -805,16 +803,7 @@ int uv_cond_timedwait(uv_cond_t* cond, uv_mutex_t* mutex, uint64_t timeout) {
 #endif
   ts.tv_sec = timeout / NANOSEC;
   ts.tv_nsec = timeout % NANOSEC;
-#if defined(__ANDROID_API__) && __ANDROID_API__ < 21
-
-  /*
-   * The bionic pthread implementation doesn't support CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
-   * but has this alternative function instead.
-   */
-  r = pthread_cond_timedwait_monotonic_np(cond, mutex, &ts);
-#else
   r = pthread_cond_timedwait(cond, mutex, &ts);
-#endif /* __ANDROID_API__ */
 #endif