diff --git a/.github/scripts/cmp-config.pl b/.github/scripts/cmp-config.pl
index 25f7701a8c..8a5246169b 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/cmp-config.pl
+++ b/.github/scripts/cmp-config.pl
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ my %remove = (
     '#define GETHOSTNAME_TYPE_ARG2 size_t' => 1,
     '#define HAVE_BROTLI 1' => 1,
     '#define HAVE_BROTLI_DECODE_H 1' => 1,
-    '#define HAVE_DECL_GETPWUID_R 0' => 1,
-    '#define HAVE_DECL_GETPWUID_R 1' => 1,
-    '#define HAVE_DECL_GETPWUID_R_MISSING 1' => 1,
     '#define HAVE_DLFCN_H 1' => 1,
     '#define HAVE_GSSAPI_GSSAPI_KRB5_H 1' => 1,
     '#define HAVE_INTTYPES_H 1' => 1,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f97a704682..ecb58a924c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4040,10 +4040,6 @@ case $host in
     ;;
 esac
 
-AC_CHECK_DECLS([getpwuid_r], [], [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DECL_GETPWUID_R_MISSING, 1, "Set if getpwuid_r() declaration is missing")],
-        [[#include <pwd.h>
-          #include <sys/types.h>]])
-
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([\
   eventfd \
   fnmatch \
diff --git a/lib/curl_setup.h b/lib/curl_setup.h
index 18d52cc301..2eba74e52f 100644
--- a/lib/curl_setup.h
+++ b/lib/curl_setup.h
@@ -927,7 +927,8 @@ endings either CRLF or LF so 't' is appropriate.
 #define STRCONST(x) x,sizeof(x)-1
 
 /* Some versions of the Android SDK is missing the declaration */
-#if defined(HAVE_GETPWUID_R) && defined(HAVE_DECL_GETPWUID_R_MISSING)
+#if defined(HAVE_GETPWUID_R) && \
+  defined(__ANDROID_API__) && (__ANDROID_API__ < 21)
 struct passwd;
 int getpwuid_r(uid_t uid, struct passwd *pwd, char *buf,
                size_t buflen, struct passwd **result);