diff --git a/examples/llama.android/llama/build.gradle.kts b/examples/llama.android/llama/build.gradle.kts
index 03a1309c88..d24b73ff68 100644
--- a/examples/llama.android/llama/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/examples/llama.android/llama/build.gradle.kts
@@ -25,13 +25,17 @@ android {
                 arguments += "-DCMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG"
                 arguments += "-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON"
 
+                arguments += "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+                arguments += "-DLLAMA_BUILD_COMMON=ON"
+                arguments += "-DLLAMA_CURL=OFF"
+
                 arguments += "-DGGML_SYSTEM_ARCH=ARM"  // Undocumented before 3.21
                 arguments += "-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF"
-
                 arguments += "-DGGML_BACKEND_DL=ON"
                 arguments += "-DGGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS=ON"
-
+                arguments += "-DGGML_CPU_KLEIDIAI=ON"
                 arguments += "-DGGML_OPENMP=ON"
+                arguments += "-DGGML_LLAMAFILE=OFF"
             }
         }
         aarMetadata {
diff --git a/examples/llama.android/llama/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/llama.android/llama/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index c88112b86d..1df1b31552 100644
--- a/examples/llama.android/llama/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/llama.android/llama/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@ target_link_libraries(kleidi-llama-cpu-detector
 # 2. Kleidi Llama library
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-set(LLAMA_BUILD_COMMON    ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-set(LLAMA_CURL            OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-set(GGML_LLAMAFILE        OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-set(GGML_CPU_KLEIDIAI     ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-set(GGML_OPENMP           ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-
-
 set(LLAMA_SRC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../../../../../)
 add_subdirectory(${LLAMA_SRC} build-llama)