diff --git a/templates/cpp-template-default/proj.android/build_native.py b/templates/cpp-template-default/proj.android/build_native.py
index 9a8d26ab1b..3df3041816 100755
--- a/templates/cpp-template-default/proj.android/build_native.py
+++ b/templates/cpp-template-default/proj.android/build_native.py
@@ -12,15 +12,8 @@ def get_num_of_cpu():
 	''' The build process can be accelerated by running multiple concurrent job processes using the -j-option.
 	'''
 	try:
-		platform = sys.platform
-		if platform == 'win32':
-			if 'NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS' in os.environ:
-				return int(os.environ['NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS'])
-			else:
-				return 1
-		else:
-			from numpy.distutils import cpuinfo
-			return cpuinfo.cpu._getNCPUs()
+		import multiprocessing
+		return multiprocessing.cpu_count()
 	except Exception:
 		print "Can't know cpuinfo, use default 1 cpu"
 		return 1