diff --git a/src/librustc_back/target/arm_linux_androideabi.rs b/src/librustc_back/target/arm_linux_androideabi.rs
index b3baa78f493..cbaa2b205b0 100644
--- a/src/librustc_back/target/arm_linux_androideabi.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_back/target/arm_linux_androideabi.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ use target::Target;
 pub fn target() -> Target {
     let mut base = super::android_base::opts();
     base.features = "+v7".to_string();
-    // FIXME #17437 (and #17448): Android doesn't support position dependent executables anymore.
-    base.position_independent_executables = false;
 
     Target {
         data_layout: "e-p:32:32:32-i1:8:8-i8:8:8-i16:16:16-i32:32:32-i64:64:64-\
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/backtrace.rs b/src/test/run-pass/backtrace.rs
index f4b62eb2e7c..3f4849dbcb2 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/backtrace.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/backtrace.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 // no-pretty-expanded FIXME #15189
 // ignore-windows FIXME #13259
+// ignore-android FIXME #17520
 
 use std::env;
 use std::process::{Command, Stdio};