diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidndk.nix b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidndk.nix
index 3f9e53089c18..cc46c1b2b99c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidndk.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidndk.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cd $out/libexec
     unzip -qq $src
 
+    # Steps to reduce output size
+    rm -rf docs sources tests
+    # We only support cross compiling with gcc for now
+    rm -rf toolchains/*-clang* toolchains/llvm-*
+
     patchShebangs ${pkg_path}
 
     # so that it doesn't fail because of read-only permissions set
diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidndk_r8e.nix b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidndk_r8e.nix
index 4aeaaf039279..44fa961b992f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidndk_r8e.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidndk_r8e.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         -d $out/libexec/${name} < ${ ./make-standalone-toolchain_r8e.patch }
     cd ${pkg_path}
 
+    # Steps to reduce output size
+    rm -rf docs sources tests
+    # We only support cross compiling with gcc for now
+    rm -rf toolchains/*-clang* toolchains/llvm-*
+
     find ${pkg_path}/toolchains \( \
         \( -type f -a -name "*.so*" \) -o \
         \( -type f -a -perm -0100 \) \