diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/android-studio/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/android-studio/common.nix
index 7a3484140eba..32ec73d13008 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/android-studio/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/android-studio/common.nix
@@ -253,21 +253,22 @@ let
         startScript =
           let
             hasAndroidSdk = androidSdk != null;
-            androidSdkRoot = lib.optionalString hasAndroidSdk "${androidSdk}/libexec/android-sdk";
+            androidHome = lib.optionalString hasAndroidSdk "${androidSdk}/libexec/android-sdk";
           in
           ''
             #!${runtimeShell}
             ${lib.optionalString hasAndroidSdk ''
               echo "=== nixpkgs Android Studio wrapper" >&2
 
-              # Default ANDROID_SDK_ROOT to the packaged one, if not provided.
-              ANDROID_SDK_ROOT="''${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT-${androidSdkRoot}}"
+              # Default ANDROID_HOME to the packaged one, if not provided.
+              ANDROID_HOME="''${ANDROID_HOME-${androidHome}}"
+
+              if [ -d "$ANDROID_HOME" ]; then
+                export ANDROID_HOME
+                echo "  - ANDROID_HOME=$ANDROID_HOME" >&2
 
-              if [ -d "$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT" ]; then
-                export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT
                 # Legacy compatibility.
-                export ANDROID_HOME="$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT"
-                echo "  - ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT" >&2
+                export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT="$ANDROID_HOME"
 
                 # See if we can export ANDROID_NDK_ROOT too.
                 ANDROID_NDK_ROOT="$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/ndk-bundle"
@@ -282,8 +283,8 @@ let
                   unset ANDROID_NDK_ROOT
                 fi
               else
-                unset ANDROID_SDK_ROOT
                 unset ANDROID_HOME
+                unset ANDROID_SDK_ROOT
               fi
             ''}
             exec ${lib.getExe fhsEnv} ${lib.getExe androidStudio} "$@"