diff --git a/android/jni/jni/eSpeakService.cpp b/android/jni/jni/eSpeakService.cpp
index 98aa1a66..9d55155e 100644
--- a/android/jni/jni/eSpeakService.cpp
+++ b/android/jni/jni/eSpeakService.cpp
@@ -242,8 +242,7 @@ JNICALL Java_com_reecedunn_espeak_SpeechSynthesis_nativeGetAvailableVoices(
 
 JNIEXPORT jboolean
 JNICALL Java_com_reecedunn_espeak_SpeechSynthesis_nativeSetVoiceByProperties(
-    JNIEnv *env, jobject object, jstring name, jstring languages, jint gender, jint age,
-    jint variant) {
+    JNIEnv *env, jobject object, jstring name, jstring languages, jint gender) {
   const char *c_name = name ? env->GetStringUTFChars(name, NULL) : NULL;
   const char *c_languages = languages ? env->GetStringUTFChars(languages, NULL) : NULL;
 
@@ -254,9 +253,7 @@ JNICALL Java_com_reecedunn_espeak_SpeechSynthesis_nativeSetVoiceByProperties(
 
   voice_select.name = c_name;
   voice_select.languages = c_languages;
-  voice_select.age = (int) age;
   voice_select.gender = (int) gender;
-  voice_select.variant = (int) variant;
 
   const espeak_ERROR result = espeak_SetVoiceByProperties(&voice_select);
 
diff --git a/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/SpeechSynthesis.java b/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/SpeechSynthesis.java
index 538a4cc0..6546e8af 100644
--- a/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/SpeechSynthesis.java
+++ b/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/SpeechSynthesis.java
@@ -169,9 +169,8 @@ public class SpeechSynthesis {
         return voices;
     }
 
-    public void setVoiceByProperties(
-            String name, String languages, int gender, int age, int variant) {
-        nativeSetVoiceByProperties(name, languages, gender, age, variant);
+    public void setVoiceByProperties(String name, String languages, int gender) {
+        nativeSetVoiceByProperties(name, languages, gender);
     }
 
     public void setRate(int rate) {
@@ -301,8 +300,7 @@ public class SpeechSynthesis {
 
     private native final String[] nativeGetAvailableVoices();
 
-    private native final boolean nativeSetVoiceByProperties(
-            String name, String languages, int gender, int age, int variant);
+    private native final boolean nativeSetVoiceByProperties(String name, String languages, int gender);
 
     private native final boolean nativeSetRate(int rate);
 
diff --git a/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/TtsService.java b/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/TtsService.java
index 59cfbdbc..3a97695a 100644
--- a/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/TtsService.java
+++ b/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/TtsService.java
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public class TtsService extends TextToSpeechService {
         mCallback.start(mEngine.getSampleRate(), mEngine.getAudioFormat(),
                 mEngine.getChannelCount());
 
-        mEngine.setVoiceByProperties(null, mMatchingVoice.name, gender, 0, 0);
+        mEngine.setVoiceByProperties(null, mMatchingVoice.name, gender);
         mEngine.setRate(rate);
         mEngine.setPitch(pitch);
         mEngine.synthesize(text, text.startsWith("<speak"));