diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 4412cb7058..31867a70fc 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -44,13 +44,12 @@ install:
 - cmd: set PATH=C:\Python36;C:\Python36\scripts;%PATH%
 - cmd: pip3 install --upgrade meson
 - cmd: call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64
-- cmd: IF %NAME%==android C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\AndroidNDK64\android-ndk-r17\build\tools\make_standalone_toolchain.py --arch arm64 --api 21 --stl libc++ --install-dir \android-standalone-64
-- cmd: IF %NAME%==android set PATH=C:\android-standalone-64\bin;%PATH%
+- cmd: IF %NAME%==android IF NOT EXIST C:\ndk\android-ndk-r19c\toolchains\llvm\prebuilt\windows-x86_64 appveyor DownloadFile https://dl.google.com/android/repository/android-ndk-r19c-windows-x86_64.zip
+- cmd: IF %NAME%==android IF NOT EXIST C:\ndk\android-ndk-r19c\toolchains\llvm\prebuilt\windows-x86_64 7z x android-ndk-r19c-windows-x86_64.zip -oC:\ndk
+- cmd: IF %NAME%==android set PATH=C:\ndk\android-ndk-r19c\toolchains\llvm\prebuilt\windows-x86_64\bin;%PATH%
 - cmd: IF %NAME%==android sed "s/clang+*/&.cmd/" cross-files/aarch64-linux-android >crossfile-aarch64
 - cmd: IF %NAME%==android IF NOT EXIST C:\cache\OpenBLAS\android-aarch64 appveyor DownloadFile https://github.com/borg323/OpenBLAS/releases/download/android-0.3.8-2/openblas-android-aarch64.zip
 - cmd: IF %NAME%==android IF NOT EXIST C:\cache\OpenBLAS\android-aarch64 7z x openblas-android-aarch64.zip -oC:\cache\OpenBLAS
-- cmd: IF %NAME%==android C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\AndroidNDK64\android-ndk-r17\build\tools\make_standalone_toolchain.py --arch arm --api 21 --stl libc++ --install-dir \android-standalone-32
-- cmd: IF %NAME%==android set PATH=C:\android-standalone-32\bin;%PATH%
 - cmd: IF %NAME%==android sed "s/clang+*/&.cmd/" cross-files/armv7a-linux-android >crossfile-armv7a
 - cmd: IF %NAME%==android IF NOT EXIST C:\cache\OpenBLAS\android-armv7a appveyor DownloadFile https://github.com/borg323/OpenBLAS/releases/download/android-0.3.8-2/openblas-android-armv7a.zip
 - cmd: IF %NAME%==android IF NOT EXIST C:\cache\OpenBLAS\android-armv7a 7z x openblas-android-armv7a.zip -oC:\cache\OpenBLAS
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@ cache:
   - C:\cache -> appveyor.yml
   - 'C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v10.0'
   - C:\projects\lc0\subprojects\packagecache
+  - C:\ndk\android-ndk-r19c\toolchains\llvm\prebuilt\windows-x86_64
 before_build:
 - cmd: git submodule update --init --recursive
 - cmd: SET BUILD_BLAS=%BLAS%
diff --git a/cross-files/aarch64-linux-android b/cross-files/aarch64-linux-android
index afb3596b7d..40e1faca3a 100644
--- a/cross-files/aarch64-linux-android
+++ b/cross-files/aarch64-linux-android
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 
-# Tested with Android NDK r18, default toolchain
+# Tested with Android NDK r19c, default toolchain
 # Targeting API level 21
 
-# Make the standalone toolchain
-# cd android-ndk-r18b/build/tools/
-# ./make_standalone_toolchain.py --arch arm64 --api 21 --stl libc++ --install-dir android-standalone-64
-
 # Set the toolchain path on your environment
-# export PATH="$HOME/.local/share/android-sdk/android-toolchains/android-standalone-64/bin:$PATH"
+# export PATH="$HOME/.local/share/android-sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH"
 
 [host_machine]
 system = 'android'
@@ -19,8 +15,8 @@ endian = 'little'
 cpp_link_args = ['-llog', '-static-libstdc++']
 
 [binaries]
-c = 'aarch64-linux-android-clang'
-cpp = 'aarch64-linux-android-clang++'
+c = 'aarch64-linux-android21-clang'
+cpp = 'aarch64-linux-android21-clang++'
 ar = 'aarch64-linux-android-ar'
 strip = 'aarch64-linux-android-strip'
 ld = 'aarch64-linux-android-ld'
diff --git a/cross-files/armv7a-linux-android b/cross-files/armv7a-linux-android
index 131c840036..16b3e93f90 100644
--- a/cross-files/armv7a-linux-android
+++ b/cross-files/armv7a-linux-android
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 
-# Tested with Android NDK r18, standalone toolchain
+# Tested with Android NDK r19c, default toolchain
 # Targeting API level 21
-#
+
 # When targeting API levels < 24 the build fails unless _FILE_OFFSET_BITS is unset.
 # Meson passes _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 but recent NDK toolchains have issues building
 # for 32-bit ABIs when such macro it set. Relevant links:
 #  https://android.googlesource.com/platform/bionic/+/master/docs/32-bit-abi.md
 #  https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/pull/2996#issuecomment-384045808
-#
-# First create the standalone toolchain:
-# ./make_standalone_toolchain.py --arch arm --api 21 --stl libc++ --install-dir android-standalone-32
-#
-# Then set the toolchain path on your environment:
-# export PATH="$HOME/.local/share/android-sdk/android-toolchains/android-standalone-32/bin:$PATH"
+
+# Set the toolchain path on your environment
+# export PATH="$HOME/.local/share/android-sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH"
 
 [host_machine]
 system = 'android'
@@ -25,8 +22,8 @@ cpp_args = ['-U_FILE_OFFSET_BITS']
 cpp_link_args = ['-llog', '-static-libstdc++']
 
 [binaries]
-c = 'arm-linux-androideabi-clang'
-cpp = 'arm-linux-androideabi-clang++'
+c = 'armv7a-linux-androideabi21-clang'
+cpp = 'armv7a-linux-androideabi21-clang++'
 ar = 'arm-linux-androideabi-ar'
 strip = 'arm-linux-androideabi-strip'
 ld = 'arm-linux-androideabi-ld'