diff --git a/buildsystem/build-libvlcjni.sh b/buildsystem/build-libvlcjni.sh
index 4141addfc7f1c1e9770a9b330e6a6106ca0d0423..d6c3a63b7c8d404953b6984500af861f9d4118ad 100755
--- a/buildsystem/build-libvlcjni.sh
+++ b/buildsystem/build-libvlcjni.sh
@@ -88,13 +88,6 @@ fi
 
 VLC_BUILD_DIR="$(cd $VLC_SRC_DIR/; pwd)/build-android-${TARGET_TUPLE}"
 
-if [ -z $VLC_TARBALLS ]; then
-    VLC_TARBALLS="$(cd $VLC_SRC_DIR/;pwd)/contrib/tarballs"
-fi
-if [ ! -d $VLC_TARBALLS ]; then
-    mkdir -p $VLC_TARBALLS
-fi
-
 VLC_OUT_PATH="$VLC_BUILD_DIR/ndk"
 mkdir -p $VLC_OUT_PATH
 
diff --git a/buildsystem/compile-libvlc.sh b/buildsystem/compile-libvlc.sh
index 799a4e84d30b212ea8a724afa6f8b04928af3b74..46418aa539dd803faeb11246de647632c6f97414 100755
--- a/buildsystem/compile-libvlc.sh
+++ b/buildsystem/compile-libvlc.sh
@@ -131,13 +131,6 @@ fi
 
 VLC_BUILD_DIR="$(cd $VLC_SRC_DIR/; pwd)/build-android-${TARGET_TUPLE}"
 
-if [ -z $VLC_TARBALLS ]; then
-    VLC_TARBALLS="$(cd $VLC_SRC_DIR/;pwd)/contrib/tarballs"
-fi
-if [ ! -d $VLC_TARBALLS ]; then
-    mkdir -p $VLC_TARBALLS
-fi
-
 VLC_OUT_PATH="$VLC_BUILD_DIR/ndk"
 mkdir -p $VLC_OUT_PATH