diff --git a/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c b/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
--- a/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
+++ b/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(SYS_getdents64)
-/* Android doesn't expose syscalls, add the definition manually. */
-# include <sys/linux-syscalls.h>
-# define SYS_getdents64  __NR_getdents64
-#endif
-
 #if defined(sun)
 /* readdir64 is used to work around Solaris 9 bug 6395699. */
 # define readdir readdir64