diff --git a/contrib/android/Dockerfile b/contrib/android/Dockerfile
index 8a136c28e..6e43b83f2 100644
--- a/contrib/android/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/android/Dockerfile
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ RUN cd /opt \
     && /opt/venv/bin/python3 -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies -e .
 
 # install python-for-android
-ENV P4A_CHECKOUT_COMMIT="0b9f7e763866cd3533417418d4b31e7b316b624e"
+ENV P4A_CHECKOUT_COMMIT="43dfdfaec0865fbd9c7d4f57457323601c4afae1"
 # ^ from branch electrum_202602 (note: careful with force-pushing! see #8162)
 RUN cd /opt \
     && git clone https://github.com/spesmilo/python-for-android \
diff --git a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/hostpython3/__init__.py b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/hostpython3/__init__.py
index 5d9f0d6eb..a4a63d7bd 100644
--- a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/hostpython3/__init__.py
+++ b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/hostpython3/__init__.py
@@ -17,28 +17,18 @@ class HostPython3RecipePinned(util.InheritedRecipeMixin, HostPython3Recipe):
 
     # this property overrides the default hostpython dependencies for PyProjectRecipe recipies
     pyproject_base_dependencies = [
-        HashPinnedDependency(package="build[virtualenv]==1.4.0",
+        HashPinnedDependency(package="build==1.4.0",
                              hashes=['sha256:6a07c1b8eb6f2b311b96fcbdbce5dab5fe637ffda0fd83c9cac622e927501596']),
         HashPinnedDependency(package="pip==24.0",
                              hashes=['sha256:ba0d021a166865d2265246961bec0152ff124de910c5cc39f1156ce3fa7c69dc']),
         HashPinnedDependency(package="setuptools==80.9.0",
                              hashes=['sha256:062d34222ad13e0cc312a4c02d73f059e86a4acbfbdea8f8f76b28c99f306922']),
 
-        # pin deptree build[virtualenv]==1.4.0
+        # pin deptree build==1.4.0
         HashPinnedDependency(package="packaging==26.0",
                              hashes=['sha256:b36f1fef9334a5588b4166f8bcd26a14e521f2b55e6b9de3aaa80d3ff7a37529']),
         HashPinnedDependency(package="pyproject_hooks==1.2.0",
                              hashes=['sha256:9e5c6bfa8dcc30091c74b0cf803c81fdd29d94f01992a7707bc97babb1141913']),
-        HashPinnedDependency(package="virtualenv==21.2.0",
-                             hashes=['sha256:1bd755b504931164a5a496d217c014d098426cddc79363ad66ac78125f9d908f']),
-        HashPinnedDependency(package="distlib==0.4.0",
-                             hashes=['sha256:9659f7d87e46584a30b5780e43ac7a2143098441670ff0a49d5f9034c54a6c16']),
-        HashPinnedDependency(package="filelock==3.25.2",
-                             hashes=['sha256:ca8afb0da15f229774c9ad1b455ed96e85a81373065fb10446672f64444ddf70']),
-        HashPinnedDependency(package="platformdirs==4.9.4",
-                             hashes=['sha256:68a9a4619a666ea6439f2ff250c12a853cd1cbd5158d258bd824a7df6be2f868']),
-        HashPinnedDependency(package="python_discovery==1.1.3",
-                             hashes=['sha256:90e795f0121bc84572e737c9aa9966311b9fde44ffb88a5953b3ec9b31c6945e']),
     ]
 
 
diff --git a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/packaging/__init__.py b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/packaging/__init__.py
index a8f225ae2..b16d67d47 100644
--- a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/packaging/__init__.py
+++ b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/packaging/__init__.py
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 from pythonforandroid.recipes.packaging import PackagingRecipe
 
 
-assert PackagingRecipe._version == "21.3"
+assert PackagingRecipe._version == "26.0"
 assert PackagingRecipe.depends == ["setuptools", "pyparsing", "python3"]
 assert PackagingRecipe.python_depends == []
 
 
 class PackagingRecipePinned(PackagingRecipe):
-    #version = "21.3"
-    # note: 21.3 is the last version to use setup.py, so newer versions don't work. see comment for PyparsingRecipePinned
-    sha512sum = "2e3aa276a4229ac7dc0654d586799473ced9761a83aa4159660d37ae1a2a8f30e987248dd0e260e2834106b589f259a57ce9936eef0dcc3c430a99ac6b663e05"
+    sha512sum = "27a066a7d65ba76189212973b6a0d162f3d361848b1b0c34a82865cf180b3284a837cc34206c297f002a73feae414e25a26c5960bb884a74ea337f582585f1d2"
 
 
 recipe = PackagingRecipePinned()
diff --git a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/pycryptodomex/__init__.py b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/pycryptodomex/__init__.py
index 0e0a580bf..0491968e5 100644
--- a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/pycryptodomex/__init__.py
+++ b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/pycryptodomex/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from pythonforandroid.recipe import PythonRecipe
-
+from pythonforandroid.util import HashPinnedDependency
 
 assert PythonRecipe.depends == ['python3']
 assert PythonRecipe.python_depends == []
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ class PycryptodomexRecipe(PythonRecipe):
     version = "3.23.0"
     sha512sum = "951cebaad2e19b9f9d04fe85c73ab1ff8b515069c1e0e8e3cd6845ec9ccd5ef3e5737259e0934ed4a6536e289dee6aabac58e1c822a5a6393e86b482c60afc89"
     url = "https://github.com/Legrandin/pycryptodome/archive/v{version}x.tar.gz"
-    depends = ["setuptools", "cffi"]
+    depends = ["cffi"]
+    hostpython_prerequisites = [
+        HashPinnedDependency(package="setuptools==80.9.0",
+                             hashes=['sha256:062d34222ad13e0cc312a4c02d73f059e86a4acbfbdea8f8f76b28c99f306922']),
+    ]
 
 
 recipe = PycryptodomexRecipe()
diff --git a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/pyqt6sip/__init__.py b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/pyqt6sip/__init__.py
index 6c354250e..9aa70d616 100644
--- a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/pyqt6sip/__init__.py
+++ b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/pyqt6sip/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ util = load_source('util', os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__
 
 
 assert PyQt6SipRecipe._version == "13.10.3"
-assert PyQt6SipRecipe.depends == ['setuptools', 'python3']
+assert PyQt6SipRecipe.depends == ['python3']
 assert PyQt6SipRecipe.python_depends == []
 
 
diff --git a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/pyqt_builder/__init__.py b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/pyqt_builder/__init__.py
index 3849943fe..8fa65576d 100644
--- a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/pyqt_builder/__init__.py
+++ b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/pyqt_builder/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from pythonforandroid.util import HashPinnedDependency
 
 
 assert PyQtBuilderRecipe._version == "1.19.1"
-assert PyQtBuilderRecipe.depends == ["packaging", "sip", "python3"], PyQtBuilderRecipe.depends
+assert PyQtBuilderRecipe.depends == ["sip", "python3"], PyQtBuilderRecipe.depends
 assert PyQtBuilderRecipe.python_depends == []
 
 
diff --git a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/setuptools/__init__.py b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/setuptools/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d60d39043..000000000
--- a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/setuptools/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-from pythonforandroid.recipes.setuptools import SetuptoolsRecipe
-from pythonforandroid.util import HashPinnedDependency
-
-
-assert SetuptoolsRecipe._version == "80.9.0"
-assert SetuptoolsRecipe.depends == ['python3']
-assert SetuptoolsRecipe.python_depends == []
-
-
-class SetuptoolsRecipePinned(SetuptoolsRecipe):
-    hostpython_prerequisites = [
-        HashPinnedDependency(package='setuptools==80.9.0',
-                             hashes=[]),
-    ]
-
-    sha512sum = "36eb1f219d29c6b9e135936bde2001ad70a971c8069cd0175d3a5325b450e6843a903d3f70043c9f534768ebeab8ab0c544b8f44456555d333f1ed72daa5c18b"
-
-
-recipe = SetuptoolsRecipePinned()
diff --git a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/sip/__init__.py b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/sip/__init__.py
index 456f707dc..c603c516a 100644
--- a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/sip/__init__.py
+++ b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/sip/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from pythonforandroid.recipes.sip import SipRecipe
 
 
 assert SipRecipe._version == "6.15.1"
-assert SipRecipe.depends == ["setuptools", "packaging", "python3"], SipRecipe.depends
+assert SipRecipe.depends == ["python3"], SipRecipe.depends
 assert SipRecipe.python_depends == []