diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidrunner.cpp
index 73a246581fa..b384c46d564 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidrunner.cpp
@@ -46,12 +46,8 @@ AndroidRunner::AndroidRunner(RunControl *runControl, const QString &intentName)
     m_packageName = intent.left(intent.indexOf('/'));
     qCDebug(androidRunnerLog) << "Intent name:" << intent << "Package name" << m_packageName;
 
-    const int apiLevel = AndroidManager::deviceApiLevel(m_target);
-    qCDebug(androidRunnerLog) << "Device API:" << apiLevel;
-
     m_worker.reset(new AndroidRunnerWorker(this, m_packageName));
     m_worker->setIntentName(intent);
-    m_worker->setIsPreNougat(apiLevel <= 23);
 
     m_worker->moveToThread(&m_thread);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
index 9befaba742a..59e5e4acd0f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ AndroidRunnerWorker::AndroidRunnerWorker(RunWorker *runner, const QString &packa
     auto target = runControl->target();
     m_deviceSerialNumber = AndroidManager::deviceSerialNumber(target);
     m_apiLevel = AndroidManager::deviceApiLevel(target);
+    qCDebug(androidRunWorkerLog) << "Device API:" << m_apiLevel;
 
     m_extraEnvVars = runControl->aspectData<EnvironmentAspect>()->environment;
     qCDebug(androidRunWorkerLog).noquote() << "Environment variables for the app"
@@ -631,7 +632,7 @@ void AndroidRunnerWorker::asyncStart()
 
     const FilePath adbPath = AndroidConfig::adbToolPath();
     const QStringList args = selector();
-    const QString pidScript = m_isPreNougat
+    const QString pidScript = isPreNougat()
         ? QString("for p in /proc/[0-9]*; do cat <$p/cmdline && echo :${p##*/}; done")
         : QString("pidof -s '%1'").arg(m_packageName);
 
@@ -639,7 +640,7 @@ void AndroidRunnerWorker::asyncStart()
         process.setCommand({adbPath, {args, "shell", pidScript}});
     };
     const auto onPidDone = [pidStorage, packageName = m_packageName,
-                            isPreNougat = m_isPreNougat](const Process &process) {
+                            isPreNougat = isPreNougat()](const Process &process) {
         const QString out = process.allOutput();
         if (isPreNougat)
             pidStorage->first = extractPID(out, packageName);
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.h b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.h
index bba8d351041..741b129fa92 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ public:
     void setAndroidDeviceInfo(const AndroidDeviceInfo &info);
     void asyncStart();
     void asyncStop();
-    void setIsPreNougat(bool isPreNougat) { m_isPreNougat = isPreNougat; }
     void setIntentName(const QString &intentName) { m_intentName = intentName; }
 
 signals:
@@ -75,9 +74,9 @@ private:
         Settled
     };
     void onProcessIdChanged(const PidUserPair &pidUser);
+    bool isPreNougat() const { return m_apiLevel > 0 && m_apiLevel <= 23; }
 
     // Create the processes and timer in the worker thread, for correct thread affinity
-    bool m_isPreNougat = false;
     QString m_packageName;
     QString m_intentName;
     QStringList m_beforeStartAdbCommands;