diff --git a/buildozer/targets/android.py b/buildozer/targets/android.py
index b77cb279e..932bb2fbb 100644
--- a/buildozer/targets/android.py
+++ b/buildozer/targets/android.py
@@ -302,14 +302,14 @@ def check_requirements(self):
             "app", "android.adb_args", "")
         self.adb_args = shlex.split(adb_args)
 
-        # Need to add internally installed ant to path for external tools
-        # like adb to use
-        path = [join(self.apache_ant_dir, 'bin')]
-        if 'PATH' in self.buildozer.environ:
-            path.append(self.buildozer.environ['PATH'])
-        else:
-            path.append(os.environ['PATH'])
-        self.buildozer.environ['PATH'] = ':'.join(path)
+        # Need to add internally-installed ant to path for external tools
+        # (like adb) to use
+        self.buildozer.environ['PATH'] = os.pathsep.join(
+            [
+                join(self.apache_ant_dir, 'bin'),
+                self.buildozer.environ['PATH'],
+            ])
+
         buildops.checkbin('Git (git)', 'git')
         buildops.checkbin('Cython (cython)', 'cython')
         buildops.checkbin('Java compiler (javac)', self.javac_cmd)
diff --git a/tests/targets/test_android.py b/tests/targets/test_android.py
index a3db75825..5b1546696 100644
--- a/tests/targets/test_android.py
+++ b/tests/targets/test_android.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import os.path
 import tempfile
 from io import StringIO
 from unittest import mock
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ def test_check_requirements(self):
         assert not hasattr(target_android, "adb_executable")
         assert not hasattr(target_android, "adb_args")
         assert not hasattr(target_android, "javac_cmd")
-        del buildozer.environ["PATH"]
+        assert "PATH" in buildozer.environ
         with patch_buildops_checkbin() as m_checkbin:
             target_android.check_requirements()
         assert m_checkbin.call_args_list == [
@@ -166,7 +167,10 @@ def test_check_requirements(self):
         assert target_android.adb_args == []
         assert target_android.javac_cmd == "javac"
         assert target_android.keytool_cmd == "keytool"
-        assert "PATH" in buildozer.environ
+        assert buildozer.environ["PATH"].startswith(
+            os.path.join(
+                target_android.apache_ant_dir, "bin")
+        )
 
     def test_check_configuration_tokens(self):
         """Basic tests for the check_configuration_tokens() method."""