diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/__init__.py
index 2446c2101..fe98394f2 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/__init__.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class KivyRecipe(PyProjectRecipe):
     patches = [
         ("sdl-gl-swapwindow-nogil.patch", is_kivy_affected_by_deadlock_issue),
         ("use_cython.patch", is_kivy_less_than_3),
-        "no-ast-str.patch"
+        ("no-ast-str.patch", is_kivy_less_than_3),
     ]
 
     @property