diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7dcd3520d..61a7f00b5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -144,10 +144,6 @@ if(WITH_FREERDP_3x_DEPRECATED)
   set(WITHOUT_FREERDP_3x_DEPRECATED OFF)
 endif()
 
-if(WITHOUT_FREERDP_3x_DEPRECATED)
-  add_compile_definitions(WITHOUT_FREERDP_3x_DEPRECATED)
-endif()
-
 option(WITH_FREERDP_DEPRECATED_COMMANDLINE "Build FreeRDP deprecated command line options" OFF)
 if(WITH_FREERDP_DEPRECATED_COMMANDLINE)
   add_compile_definitions(WITH_FREERDP_DEPRECATED_COMMANDLINE)
diff --git a/include/config/config.h.in b/include/config/config.h.in
index 284a681ec..cf64c3143 100644
--- a/include/config/config.h.in
+++ b/include/config/config.h.in
@@ -227,4 +227,10 @@
  */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_AF_VSOCK_H
 
+/** If library is build without these do permanently hide symbols
+ *
+ * \since version 3.17.2
+ */
+#cmakedefine WITHOUT_FREERDP_3x_DEPRECATED
+
 #endif /* FREERDP_CONFIG_H */
diff --git a/scripts/android-build-freerdp.sh b/scripts/android-build-freerdp.sh
index d1ae55f09..82033f541 100755
--- a/scripts/android-build-freerdp.sh
+++ b/scripts/android-build-freerdp.sh
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ CMAKE_CMD_ARGS="-DANDROID_NDK=$ANDROID_NDK \
 	-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$ANDROID_NDK/build/cmake/android.toolchain.cmake \
 	-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE \
 	-DFREERDP_EXTERNAL_PATH=$BUILD_DST \
+	-DWITHOUT_FREERDP_3x_DEPRECATED=ON \
 	-DWITH_CLIENT_SDL=OFF \
 	-DWITH_SERVER=OFF \
 	-DWITH_INTERNAL_RC4=ON \