diff --git a/android/cli/commands/_buildModule.js b/android/cli/commands/_buildModule.js
index 52e1ea70cbd..86302e1a8e4 100644
--- a/android/cli/commands/_buildModule.js
+++ b/android/cli/commands/_buildModule.js
@@ -206,11 +206,6 @@ AndroidModuleBuilder.prototype.validate = function validate(logger, config, cli)
 		androidDetect(config, { packageJson: this.packageJson }, function (androidInfo) {
 			this.androidInfo = androidInfo;
 
-			if (!this.androidInfo.ndk) {
-				logger.error(__('Unable to find a suitable installed Android NDK.') + '\n');
-				process.exit(1);
-			}
-
 			const targetSDKMap = {
 
 				// placeholder for gradle to use
@@ -514,7 +509,8 @@ AndroidModuleBuilder.prototype.generateRootProjectFiles = async function generat
 	await gradlew.writeGradlePropertiesFile(gradleProperties);
 
 	// Create a "local.properties" file providing a path to the Android SDK/NDK directories.
-	await gradlew.writeLocalPropertiesFile(this.androidInfo.sdk.path, this.androidInfo.ndk.path);
+	const androidNdkPath = this.androidInfo.ndk ? this.androidInfo.ndk.path : null;
+	await gradlew.writeLocalPropertiesFile(this.androidInfo.sdk.path, androidNdkPath);
 
 	// Copy our root "build.gradle" template script to the root build directory.
 	const templatesDir = path.join(this.platformPath, 'templates', 'build');
diff --git a/build/lib/android/index.js b/build/lib/android/index.js
index c919e833be6..c9d53707bf3 100644
--- a/build/lib/android/index.js
+++ b/build/lib/android/index.js
@@ -282,23 +282,17 @@ async function createLocalPropertiesFile(sdkPath, ndkPath) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if (!ndkPath) {
-		const message = 'Failed to find Android NDK directory path.';
-		if (await fs.exists(filePath)) {
-			console.warn(`Warning: ${message} Will use last generated "${fileName}" file.`);
-			return;
-		} else {
-			throw new Error(message);
-		}
-	}
 
 	// Create a "local.properties" file under Titanium's root "android" directory.
 	// This is required by the Android gradle plugin or else it will fail to build.
-	const fileContentString
-		= '# This file was generated by Titanium\'s build tools.\n'
-		+ 'sdk.dir=' + sdkPath.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\') + '\n'
-		+ 'ndk.dir=' + ndkPath.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\') + '\n';
-	await fs.writeFile(filePath, fileContentString);
+	const fileLines = [
+		'# This file was generated by Titanium\'s build tools.',
+		'sdk.dir=' + sdkPath.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')
+	];
+	if (ndkPath) {
+		fileLines.push('ndk.dir=' + ndkPath.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\'));
+	}
+	await fs.writeFile(filePath, fileLines.join('\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function versionStringSortComparer(element1, element2) {