diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c3157ff0fd..ebbe24a768 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -458,17 +458,10 @@ AC_TRY_COMPILE([
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 	target_os=${target_os}-android
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Android API version])
-	AC_TRY_COMPILE([
-		@%:@ifndef __ANDROID_API__
-		@%:@error android
-		@%:@endif
-	], [],
-	[AC_MSG_RESULT(defined by the compiler)],
-	[
-		rb_android_api=`getprop ro.build.version.sdk`
-		AC_MSG_RESULT($rb_android_api)
-		RUBY_APPEND_OPTIONS(CPPFLAGS, -D__ANDROID_API__=$rb_android_api)
-	])
+        # hacky workaround: https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/6176
+        rb_android_api=`getprop ro.build.version.sdk`
+        AC_MSG_RESULT($rb_android_api)
+        RUBY_APPEND_OPTIONS(CPPFLAGS, -D__ANDROID_API__=$rb_android_api -Wno-macro-redefined)
 ])
 
 AC_SUBST(RM, ['rm -f'])