diff --git a/toolchain/Android.cmake b/toolchain/Android.cmake
--- a/toolchain/Android.cmake
+++ b/toolchain/Android.cmake
@@ -9,9 +9,17 @@
 # Furthermore, if desired, an APK can be directly generated by using the
 # `androiddeployqt <http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/deployment-android.html>`_ tool.
 #
+# CMake upstream has Android support now. This module will still give us some
+# useful features offering androiddeployqt integration and adequate executables
+# format for our Android applications.
+#
+# Since we are using CMake Android support, any information from CMake documentation
+# still applies:
+# https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.7/manual/cmake-toolchains.7.html#cross-compiling-for-android
+#
 # .. note::
 #
-#   This module requires CMake 3.1.
+#   This module requires CMake 3.7.
 #
 # Since 1.7.0.
 #
@@ -27,15 +35,13 @@
 # can be done on the commandline or with environment variables; in either case
 # the variable names are:
 #
-# ``ANDROID_NDK``
+# ``CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK``
 #     The NDK root path.
 # ``ANDROID_SDK_ROOT``
 #     The SDK root path.
 #
 # Additional options are specified as cache variables (eg: on the command line):
 #
-# ``ANDROID_ARCHITECTURE``
-#     The architecture to compile for. Default: ``arm``.
 # ``ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN``
 #     The toolchain to use. See the ``toolchains`` directory of the NDK.
 #     Default: ``arm-linux-androideabi``.
@@ -45,12 +51,6 @@
 # ``ANDROID_ABI``
 #     The ABI to use. See the ``sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/*/libs``
 #     directories in the NDK. Default: ``armeabi-v7a``.
-# ``ANDROID_GCC_VERSION``
-#     The GCC version to use. Default: ``4.9``.
-# ``ANDROID_API_LEVEL``
-#     The `API level
-#     <http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html>`_
-#     to require. Default: ``14``.
 # ``ANDROID_SDK_BUILD_TOOLS_REVISION``
 #     The build tools version to use. Default: ``21.1.1``.
 #
@@ -135,22 +135,25 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION "3.7")
 
-#input
-set(ANDROID_NDK "$ENV{ANDROID_NDK}" CACHE path "Android NDK path")
+macro(set_deprecated_variable actual_variable deprecated_variable default_value)
+    set(${deprecated_variable} "${default_value}" CACHE STRING "Deprecated. Use ${actual_variable}")
+    if (NOT DEFINED ${${actual_variable}})
+        set(${actual_variable} ${${deprecated_variable}})
+    endif()
+endmacro()
+
+set_deprecated_variable(CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK ANDROID_NDK "$ENV{ANDROID_NDK}")
+set_deprecated_variable(CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH ANDROID_ARCHITECTURE "arm")
+set_deprecated_variable(CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION ANDROID_GCC_VERSION "4.9")
+set_deprecated_variable(CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI ANDROID_ABI "armeabi-v7a")
+set_deprecated_variable(CMAKE_ANDROID_API ANDROID_API_LEVEL "14")
+
 set(ANDROID_SDK_ROOT "$ENV{ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}" CACHE path "Android SDK path")
-set(ANDROID_ARCHITECTURE "arm" CACHE string "Used Architecture, related to the ABI and TOOLCHAIN")
 set(ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN "arm-linux-androideabi" CACHE string "Used SDK")
 set(ANDROID_COMPILER_PREFIX "arm-linux-androideabi" CACHE string "Prefix for gcc/g++/etc")
-set(ANDROID_ABI "armeabi-v7a" CACHE string "Used ABI")
-set(ANDROID_GCC_VERSION "4.9" CACHE string "Used GCC version" )
-set(ANDROID_API_LEVEL "14" CACHE string "Android API Level")
 set(ANDROID_SDK_BUILD_TOOLS_REVISION "21.1.1" CACHE string "Android API Level")
 
-
-set(CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK ${ANDROID_NDK})
-set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION ${ANDROID_API_LEVEL})
-set(CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH ${ANDROID_ARCHITECTURE})
-set(CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI ${ANDROID_ABI})
+set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION ${CMAKE_ANDROID_API})
 set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Android)
 if (NOT CMAKE_ANDROID_STL_TYPE)
     set(CMAKE_ANDROID_STL_TYPE gnustl_shared)
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@
 if (NOT DEFINED ECM_ADDITIONAL_FIND_ROOT_PATH)
     SET(ECM_ADDITIONAL_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
 endif()
-SET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${ANDROID_NDK} ${ANDROID_NDK}/sysroot ${CMAKE_SYSROOT} ${ECM_ADDITIONAL_FIND_ROOT_PATH})
+SET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK} ${CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK}/sysroot ${CMAKE_SYSROOT} ${ECM_ADDITIONAL_FIND_ROOT_PATH})
 SET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
 set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
 set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)
@@ -192,7 +195,7 @@
     find_package(Qt5Core REQUIRED)
 
     set(EXPORT_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${QTANDROID_EXPORTED_TARGET}_build_apk/")
-    set(EXECUTABLE_DESTINATION_PATH "${EXPORT_DIR}/libs/${ANDROID_ABI}/lib${QTANDROID_EXPORTED_TARGET}.so")
+    set(EXECUTABLE_DESTINATION_PATH "${EXPORT_DIR}/libs/${CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI}/lib${QTANDROID_EXPORTED_TARGET}.so")
     set(QML_IMPORT_PATHS "")
     foreach(prefix ${ECM_ADDITIONAL_FIND_ROOT_PATH})
         # qmlimportscanner chokes on symlinks, so we need to resolve those first
diff --git a/toolchain/deployment-file.json.in b/toolchain/deployment-file.json.in
--- a/toolchain/deployment-file.json.in
+++ b/toolchain/deployment-file.json.in
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
    "qt": "@_qt5Core_install_prefix@",
    "sdk": "@ANDROID_SDK_ROOT@",
-   "ndk": "@ANDROID_NDK@",
+   "ndk": "@CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK@",
    "toolchain-prefix": "@ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN@",
    "tool-prefix": "@ANDROID_COMPILER_PREFIX@",
-   "toolchain-version": "@ANDROID_GCC_VERSION@",
+   "toolchain-version": "@CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION@",
    "ndk-host": "@_LOWER_CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME@-@CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR@",
    "target-architecture": "@ANDROID_ABI@",
    "application-binary": "@EXECUTABLE_DESTINATION_PATH@",