diff --git a/src/lime/system/System.hx b/src/lime/system/System.hx
index 71d1812c70..b1b22a6690 100644
--- a/src/lime/system/System.hx
+++ b/src/lime/system/System.hx
@@ -402,8 +402,7 @@ class System
 			#elseif flash
 			Lib.getURL(new URLRequest(url), target);
 			#elseif android
-			var openURL = JNI.createStaticMethod("org/haxe/lime/GameActivity", "openURL", "(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V");
-			openURL(url, target);
+			JNI.createStaticMethod("org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity", "openURL", "(Ljava/lang/String;)I")(url);
 			#elseif (lime_cffi && !macro)
 			NativeCFFI.lime_system_open_url(url, target);
 			#end
diff --git a/templates/android/template/app/src/main/java/org/haxe/lime/GameActivity.java b/templates/android/template/app/src/main/java/org/haxe/lime/GameActivity.java
index 3c28d7a6cb..a0434580b7 100644
--- a/templates/android/template/app/src/main/java/org/haxe/lime/GameActivity.java
+++ b/templates/android/template/app/src/main/java/org/haxe/lime/GameActivity.java
@@ -343,24 +343,6 @@ public static void openFile (String path) {
 	}
 
 
-	public static void openURL (String url, String target) {
-
-		Intent browserIntent = new Intent (Intent.ACTION_VIEW).setData (Uri.parse (url));
-
-		try {
-
-			Extension.mainActivity.startActivity (browserIntent);
-
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-
-			Log.e ("GameActivity", e.toString ());
-			return;
-
-		}
-
-	}
-
-
 	public static void postUICallback (final long handle) {
 
 		Extension.callbackHandler.post (new Runnable () {