diff --git a/contrib/make_android b/contrib/make_android
index 11fa70f10..cfc796fba 100755
--- a/contrib/make_android
+++ b/contrib/make_android
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     shutil.copyfile('scripts/authenticator.py', target + '/authenticator.py')
     shutil.copytree("packages",'dist/e4a-%s/packages'%version, ignore=shutil.ignore_patterns('*.pyc'))
     shutil.copytree("lib",'dist/e4a-%s/lib'%version, ignore=shutil.ignore_patterns('*.pyc'))
-    # dns is not used by android app
-    os.system('rm -rf %s/packages/dns'%target)
     os.mkdir(target + '/gui')
     shutil.copyfile('gui/android.py', target + '/gui/android.py')
     open(target + '/gui/__init__.py','w').close()
diff --git a/electrum b/electrum
index 338f8c1d4..e0f5dd6f0 100755
--- a/electrum
+++ b/electrum
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ elif is_bundle and sys.platform=='darwin':
 
 # pure-python dependencies need to be imported here for pyinstaller
 try:
-    if not is_android:
-        import dns
+    import dns
     import aes
     import ecdsa
     import requests