diff --git a/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
index ba5cfda3..40befbb6 100644
--- a/android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
         android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen"
         android:required="false" />
 
-    <uses-sdk
-        android:minSdkVersion="14"
-        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
-
     <application
         android:icon="@drawable/icon"
         android:label="@string/app_name" >
diff --git a/android/eSpeakTests/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/eSpeakTests/AndroidManifest.xml
index b4a65001..76db68c6 100644
--- a/android/eSpeakTests/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/eSpeakTests/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
     android:versionCode="1"
     android:versionName="1.0" >
 
-    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
-
     <instrumentation
         android:name="android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner"
         android:targetPackage="com.reecedunn.espeak" />