diff --git a/ci/constants.py b/ci/constants.py
index 52a996c90f..49358ac97e 100644
--- a/ci/constants.py
+++ b/ci/constants.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class TargetPython(Enum):
     'libtorrent',
     # pybind11 build fails on macos
     'pybind11',
+    'pygame',
 ])
 
 BROKEN_RECIPES = {
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/aiohttp/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/aiohttp/__init__.py
index f32c653fcb..a205e74005 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/aiohttp/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/aiohttp/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ class AIOHTTPRecipe(CppCompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):  # type: ignore # pylint
     url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/aiohttp/aiohttp-{version}.tar.gz"
     name = "aiohttp"
     depends: List[str] = ["setuptools"]
-    call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False
     install_in_hostpython = True
 
     def get_recipe_env(self, arch):
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/flask/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/flask/__init__.py
index b2729420da..4801a66ea6 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/flask/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/flask/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ class FlaskRecipe(PythonRecipe):
     python_depends = ['jinja2', 'werkzeug', 'markupsafe', 'itsdangerous', 'click']
 
     call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False
-    install_in_hostpython = False
 
 
 recipe = FlaskRecipe()
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pandas/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pandas/__init__.py
index a43209a339..326a295b13 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pandas/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pandas/__init__.py
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ class PandasRecipe(CppCompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
     python_depends = ['python-dateutil', 'pytz']
     patches = ['fix_numpy_includes.patch']
 
-    call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False
-    need_stl_shared = True
-
     def get_recipe_env(self, arch):
         env = super().get_recipe_env(arch)
         # we need the includes from our installed numpy at site packages
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/protobuf_cpp/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/protobuf_cpp/__init__.py
index 7209e0909b..77b2a777d2 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/protobuf_cpp/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/protobuf_cpp/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class ProtobufCppRecipe(CppCompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
     name = 'protobuf_cpp'
     version = '3.6.1'
     url = 'https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v{version}/protobuf-python-{version}.tar.gz'
-    call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False
     depends = ['cffi', 'setuptools']
     site_packages_name = 'google/protobuf/pyext'
     setup_extra_args = ['--cpp_implementation']
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pygame/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pygame/__init__.py
index 99124deff7..0c35954cd1 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pygame/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pygame/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class Pygame2Recipe(CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
 
     depends = ['sdl2', 'sdl2_image', 'sdl2_mixer', 'sdl2_ttf', 'setuptools', 'jpeg', 'png']
     call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False  # Due to setuptools
-    install_in_hostpython = False
 
     def prebuild_arch(self, arch):
         super().prebuild_arch(arch)
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/secp256k1/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/secp256k1/__init__.py
index 1b30642312..d9621eaf75 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/secp256k1/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/secp256k1/__init__.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ class Secp256k1Recipe(CppCompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
     version = '0.13.2.4'
     url = 'https://github.com/ludbb/secp256k1-py/archive/{version}.tar.gz'
 
-    call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False
-
     depends = [
         'openssl',
         'hostpython3',
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sympy/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sympy/__init__.py
index 8684a95e06..637f0e15cc 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sympy/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sympy/__init__.py
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ class SympyRecipe(PythonRecipe):
 
     depends = ['mpmath']
 
-    call_hostpython_via_targetpython = True
-
     patches = ['fix_timeutils.patch', 'fix_pretty_print.patch']
 
 
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/twisted/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/twisted/__init__.py
index 30a7af4bb9..83ee24ca17 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/twisted/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/twisted/__init__.py
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ class TwistedRecipe(CythonRecipe):
     depends = ['setuptools', 'zope_interface', 'incremental', 'constantly']
     patches = ['incremental.patch', 'remove_tests.patch']
 
-    call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False
-    install_in_hostpython = False
-
     def prebuild_arch(self, arch):
         super().prebuild_arch(arch)
         # TODO Need to whitelist tty.pyo and termios.so here