diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityBase.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityBase.java
index 504f50369e..54f77b5385 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityBase.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityBase.java
@@ -22,13 +22,6 @@ import android.view.Window;
 public class QtActivityBase extends Activity
 {
     public String m_applicationParams = null;
-
-    // use this variable to add any environment variables to your application.
-    // the env vars must be separated with "\t"
-    // e.g. "ENV_VAR1=1\tENV_VAR2=2\t"
-    // Currently the following vars are used by the android plugin:
-    // * QT_USE_ANDROID_NATIVE_DIALOGS - 1 to use the android native dialogs.
-    public String ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES = "QT_USE_ANDROID_NATIVE_DIALOGS=1";
     private boolean m_isCustomThemeSet = false;
 
     private QtActivityDelegate m_delegate;
@@ -101,7 +94,6 @@ public class QtActivityBase extends Activity
 
         QtActivityLoader loader = new QtActivityLoader(this);
         loader.setApplicationParameters(m_applicationParams);
-        loader.setEnvironmentVariables(ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES);
 
         loader.loadQtLibraries();
         m_delegate.startNativeApplication(loader.getApplicationParameters(),
diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityLoader.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityLoader.java
index 99a1d49d83..ed816fc9bd 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityLoader.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityLoader.java
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ public class QtActivityLoader extends QtLoader {
     {
         super.extractContextMetaData();
 
+        setEnvironmentVariable("QT_USE_ANDROID_NATIVE_DIALOGS", String.valueOf(1));
         setEnvironmentVariable("QT_ANDROID_APP_ICON_SIZE", String.valueOf(getAppIconSize()));
 
         setupStyleExtraction();
diff --git a/src/android/java/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/bindings/QtActivity.java b/src/android/java/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/bindings/QtActivity.java
index 89ef564d55..ca4d2128ba 100644
--- a/src/android/java/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/bindings/QtActivity.java
+++ b/src/android/java/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/bindings/QtActivity.java
@@ -13,17 +13,6 @@ public class QtActivity extends QtActivityBase
     @Override
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
     {
-        setAppDetails();
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
     }
-
-    private void setAppDetails()
-    {
-        // Use this variable to add any environment variables to your application.
-        // the env vars must be separated with "\t"
-        // e.g. "ENV_VAR1=1\tENV_VAR2=2\t"
-        // Currently the following vars are used by the android plugin:
-        // * QT_USE_ANDROID_NATIVE_DIALOGS - 1 to use the android native dialogs.
-        ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES = "QT_USE_ANDROID_NATIVE_DIALOGS=1";
-    }
 }