diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/__init__.py
index c545bbc4c1..31d76aa863 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/__init__.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ class KivyRecipe(PyProjectRecipe):
     # WARNING: Remove this patch when a new Kivy version is released.
     patches = [
         ("sdl-gl-swapwindow-nogil.patch", is_kivy_affected_by_deadlock_issue),
-        "use_cython.patch",
         "no-ast-str.patch"
     ]
 
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ def get_recipe_env(self, arch, **kwargs):
 
         # NDKPLATFORM is our switch for detecting Android platform, so can't be None
         env['NDKPLATFORM'] = "NOTNONE"
+        env['KIVY_CROSS_PLATFORM'] = 'android'
         if 'sdl2' in self.ctx.recipe_build_order:
             env['USE_SDL2'] = '1'
             env['KIVY_SPLIT_EXAMPLES'] = '1'
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/use_cython.patch b/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/use_cython.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a0d2074ba..0000000000
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/use_cython.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- kivy-master/setup.py	2025-02-25 03:08:18.000000000 +0530
-+++ kivy-master.mod/setup.py	2025-03-01 13:10:24.227808612 +0530
-@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
- # This determines whether Cython specific functionality may be used.
- can_use_cython = True
- 
--if platform in ('ios', 'android'):
-+if platform in ('ios'):
-     # NEVER use or declare cython on these platforms
-     print('Not using cython on %s' % platform)
-     can_use_cython = False
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl3/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl3/__init__.py
index 139509c3e8..b4735664d8 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl3/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl3/__init__.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 
 class LibSDL3Recipe(BootstrapNDKRecipe):
-    version = "3.2.18"
+    version = "3.4.2"
     url = "https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/download/release-{version}/SDL3-{version}.tar.gz"
-    md5sum = "c7808ef624b74e2ac69cf531e78e0c6e"
+    md5sum = "b488ea1ede947c06855588314effe905"
 
     conflicts = ["sdl2"]
 
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl3_image/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl3_image/__init__.py
index f6d705b168..0a09dff97c 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl3_image/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl3_image/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 
 class LibSDL3Image(BootstrapNDKRecipe):
-    version = "3.2.4"
+    version = "3.4.0"
     url = "https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_image/releases/download/release-{version}/SDL3_image-{version}.tar.gz"
     dir_name = "SDL3_image"
 
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl3_image/enable-webp.patch b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl3_image/enable-webp.patch
index 98d72f2017..a8624a5b4b 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl3_image/enable-webp.patch
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl3_image/enable-webp.patch
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-diff -Naur SDL2_image.orig/Android.mk SDL2_image/Android.mk
---- SDL2_image.orig/Android.mk	2022-10-03 20:51:52.000000000 +0200
-+++ SDL2_image/Android.mk	2022-10-03 20:52:48.000000000 +0200
-@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
+index ad6d0f40..ac77a18c 100644
+--- a/Android.mk
++++ b/Android.mk
+@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ PNG_LIBRARY_PATH := external/libpng
  
  # Enable this if you want to support loading WebP images
  # The library path should be a relative path to this directory.
 -SUPPORT_WEBP ?= false
+-SUPPORT_SAVE_WEBP ?= true
 +SUPPORT_WEBP := true
++SUPPORT_SAVE_WEBP := false
  WEBP_LIBRARY_PATH := external/libwebp