diff --git a/electrum/gui/kivy/tools/buildozer.spec b/electrum/gui/kivy/tools/buildozer.spec
index 7e882ca3e..2af0fc6ff 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/kivy/tools/buildozer.spec
+++ b/electrum/gui/kivy/tools/buildozer.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ source.exclude_dirs = bin, build, dist, contrib,
     electrum/tests,
     electrum/gui/qt,
     electrum/gui/kivy/tools,
-    electrum/gui/kivy/theming/light
+    electrum/gui/kivy/theming/light,
+    # exclude pycryptodomex built by make_packages; android needs custom version
+    packages/cryptodome
 # (list) List of exclusions using pattern matching
 source.exclude_patterns = Makefile,setup*