diff --git a/pythonforandroid/build.py b/pythonforandroid/build.py
index 11b00403e0..a69af6ce0e 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/build.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/build.py
@@ -838,6 +838,5 @@ def copylibs_function(soname, objs_paths, extra_link_dirs=[], env=None):
                             '\n\t'.join(needed_libs))
 
     print('Copying libraries')
-    cp = sh.cp.bake('-t', dest)
     for lib in sofiles:
-        shprint(cp, lib)
+        shprint(sh.cp, lib, dest)