diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/common.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/common.c
index c70f852..695efd5 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/common.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/common.c
@@ -852,3 +852,12 @@ _may_have_objects(PyArray_Descr *dtype)
     return (PyDataType_HASFIELDS(base) ||
             PyDataType_FLAGCHK(base, NPY_ITEM_HASOBJECT) );
 }
+
+/*
+ * Dummy to fix android NDK problem with missing reference.
+ */
+void *
+__emutls_get_address(struct __emutls_object *obj)
+{
+    return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/numpy/distutils/exec_command.py b/numpy/distutils/exec_command.py
index 8118e2f..b586442 100644
--- a/numpy/distutils/exec_command.py
+++ b/numpy/distutils/exec_command.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ def _exec_command(command, use_shell=None, use_tee = None, **env):
         return 127, ''
 
     text, err = proc.communicate()
-    text = text.decode(locale.getpreferredencoding(False),
+    text = text.decode('UTF-8',
                        errors='replace')
 
     text = text.replace('\r\n', '\n')
diff --git a/numpy/distutils/misc_util.py b/numpy/distutils/misc_util.py
index f2d677a..758b1ed 100644
--- a/numpy/distutils/misc_util.py
+++ b/numpy/distutils/misc_util.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import atexit
 import tempfile
 import subprocess
 import shutil
-import multiprocessing
 
 import distutils
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsError
@@ -93,10 +92,7 @@ def get_num_build_jobs():
 
     """
     from numpy.distutils.core import get_distribution
-    try:
-        cpu_count = len(os.sched_getaffinity(0))
-    except AttributeError:
-        cpu_count = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+    cpu_count = 1
     envjobs = int(os.environ.get("NPY_NUM_BUILD_JOBS", cpu_count))
     dist = get_distribution()
     # may be None during configuration
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fed178e..b0266eb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -377,9 +377,8 @@ def setup_package():
         # Raise errors for unsupported commands, improve help output, etc.
         run_build = parse_setuppy_commands()
 
-    from setuptools import setup
+    from numpy.distutils.core import setup
     if run_build:
-        from numpy.distutils.core import setup
         cwd = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
         if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(cwd, 'PKG-INFO')):
             # Generate Cython sources, unless building from source release