diff --git a/extensions/vp9/README.md b/extensions/vp9/README.md
index 2c5b64f8bd..be75eae359 100644
--- a/extensions/vp9/README.md
+++ b/extensions/vp9/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ VP9_EXT_PATH="${EXOPLAYER_ROOT}/extensions/vp9/src/main"
 ```
 
 * Download the [Android NDK][] and set its location in an environment variable.
+  The build configuration has been tested with Android NDK r19c.
 
 ```
 NDK_PATH="<path to Android NDK>"
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ git checkout tags/v1.8.0 -b v1.8.0
 
 ```
 cd ${VP9_EXT_PATH}/jni && \
-./generate_libvpx_android_configs.sh "${NDK_PATH}"
+./generate_libvpx_android_configs.sh
 ```
 
 * Build the JNI native libraries from the command line:
diff --git a/extensions/vp9/src/main/jni/Application.mk b/extensions/vp9/src/main/jni/Application.mk
index 59bf5f8f87..ed28f07acb 100644
--- a/extensions/vp9/src/main/jni/Application.mk
+++ b/extensions/vp9/src/main/jni/Application.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 #
 
 APP_OPTIM := release
-APP_STL := gnustl_static
+APP_STL := c++_static
 APP_CPPFLAGS := -frtti
-APP_PLATFORM := android-9
+APP_PLATFORM := android-16
diff --git a/extensions/vp9/src/main/jni/generate_libvpx_android_configs.sh b/extensions/vp9/src/main/jni/generate_libvpx_android_configs.sh
index eab6862555..18f1dd5c69 100755
--- a/extensions/vp9/src/main/jni/generate_libvpx_android_configs.sh
+++ b/extensions/vp9/src/main/jni/generate_libvpx_android_configs.sh
@@ -20,46 +20,33 @@
 
 set -e
 
-if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
-  echo "Usage: ${0} <path_to_android_ndk>"
+if [ $# -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: ${0}"
   exit
 fi
 
-ndk="${1}"
-shift 1
-
 # configuration parameters common to all architectures
 common_params="--disable-examples --disable-docs --enable-realtime-only"
 common_params+=" --disable-vp8 --disable-vp9-encoder --disable-webm-io"
 common_params+=" --disable-libyuv --disable-runtime-cpu-detect"
+common_params+=" --enable-external-build"
 
 # configuration parameters for various architectures
 arch[0]="armeabi-v7a"
-config[0]="--target=armv7-android-gcc --sdk-path=$ndk --enable-neon"
-config[0]+=" --enable-neon-asm"
+config[0]="--target=armv7-android-gcc --enable-neon --enable-neon-asm"
 
-arch[1]="armeabi"
-config[1]="--target=armv7-android-gcc --sdk-path=$ndk --disable-neon"
-config[1]+=" --disable-neon-asm"
+arch[1]="x86"
+config[1]="--force-target=x86-android-gcc --disable-sse2"
+config[1]+=" --disable-sse3 --disable-ssse3 --disable-sse4_1 --disable-avx"
+config[1]+=" --disable-avx2 --enable-pic"
 
-arch[2]="mips"
-config[2]="--force-target=mips32-android-gcc --sdk-path=$ndk"
+arch[2]="arm64-v8a"
+config[2]="--force-target=armv8-android-gcc --enable-neon"
 
-arch[3]="x86"
-config[3]="--force-target=x86-android-gcc --sdk-path=$ndk --disable-sse2"
+arch[3]="x86_64"
+config[3]="--force-target=x86_64-android-gcc --disable-sse2"
 config[3]+=" --disable-sse3 --disable-ssse3 --disable-sse4_1 --disable-avx"
-config[3]+=" --disable-avx2 --enable-pic"
-
-arch[4]="arm64-v8a"
-config[4]="--force-target=armv8-android-gcc --sdk-path=$ndk --enable-neon"
-
-arch[5]="x86_64"
-config[5]="--force-target=x86_64-android-gcc --sdk-path=$ndk --disable-sse2"
-config[5]+=" --disable-sse3 --disable-ssse3 --disable-sse4_1 --disable-avx"
-config[5]+=" --disable-avx2 --enable-pic --disable-neon --disable-neon-asm"
-
-arch[6]="mips64"
-config[6]="--force-target=mips64-android-gcc --sdk-path=$ndk"
+config[3]+=" --disable-avx2 --enable-pic --disable-neon --disable-neon-asm"
 
 limit=$((${#arch[@]} - 1))
 
@@ -102,10 +89,7 @@ for i in $(seq 0 ${limit}); do
   # configure and make
   echo "build_android_configs: "
   echo "configure ${config[${i}]} ${common_params}"
-  ../../libvpx/configure ${config[${i}]} ${common_params} --extra-cflags=" \
-    -isystem $ndk/sysroot/usr/include/arm-linux-androideabi \
-    -isystem $ndk/sysroot/usr/include \
-    "
+  ../../libvpx/configure ${config[${i}]} ${common_params}
   rm -f libvpx_srcs.txt
   for f in ${allowed_files}; do
     # the build system supports multiple different configurations. avoid