diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1505611..c8cc031 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.1.50] - 2022-09-23
+### Fixed
+- Reduce MSRV for Android again ([#62](https://github.com/strawlab/iana-time-zone/pull/62))
+
 ## [0.1.49] - 2022-09-22
 ### Changed
-- `once_cell` dependency is not needed ([#61](https://github.com/strawlab/iana-time-zone/pull/58))
+- `once_cell` dependency is not needed ([#61](https://github.com/strawlab/iana-time-zone/pull/61))
 
 ## [0.1.48] - 2022-09-12
 ### Changed
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 48b48d9..1e0b8ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
 description = "get the IANA time zone for the current system"
-version = "0.1.49"
+version = "0.1.50"
 authors = ["Andrew Straw <strawman@astraw.com>"]
 repository = "https://github.com/strawlab/iana-time-zone"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/tz_android.rs b/src/tz_android.rs
index 89fd669..ba5d593 100644
--- a/src/tz_android.rs
+++ b/src/tz_android.rs
@@ -3,15 +3,21 @@ use std::sync::Once;
 
 use android_system_properties::AndroidSystemProperties;
 
-static INITALIZED: Once = Once::new();
-static mut PROPERTIES: Option<AndroidSystemProperties> = None;
+pub(crate) fn get_timezone_inner() -> Result<String, crate::GetTimezoneError> {
+    // From https://android.googlesource.com/platform/ndk/+/android-4.2.2_r1.2/docs/system/libc/OVERVIEW.html
+    // The system property named 'persist.sys.timezone' contains the name of the current timezone.
+    // SAFETY: the key is NUL-terminated and there are no other NULs
+    let key = unsafe { CStr::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(b"persist.sys.timezone\0") };
 
-// From https://android.googlesource.com/platform/ndk/+/android-4.2.2_r1.2/docs/system/libc/OVERVIEW.html
-// The system property named 'persist.sys.timezone' contains the name of the current timezone.
-// SAFETY: the key is NUL-terminated and there are no other NULs
-const KEY: &CStr = unsafe { CStr::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(b"persist.sys.timezone\0") };
+    get_properties()
+        .and_then(|properties| properties.get_from_cstr(key))
+        .ok_or(crate::GetTimezoneError::OsError)
+}
+
+fn get_properties() -> Option<&'static AndroidSystemProperties> {
+    static INITALIZED: Once = Once::new();
+    static mut PROPERTIES: Option<AndroidSystemProperties> = None;
 
-pub(crate) fn get_timezone_inner() -> Result<String, crate::GetTimezoneError> {
     INITALIZED.call_once(|| {
         let properties = AndroidSystemProperties::new();
         // SAFETY: `INITALIZED` is synchronizing. The variable is only assigned to once.
@@ -19,9 +25,5 @@ pub(crate) fn get_timezone_inner() -> Result<String, crate::GetTimezoneError> {
     });
 
     // SAFETY: `INITALIZED` is synchronizing. The variable is only assigned to once.
-    let properties = unsafe { PROPERTIES.as_ref() };
-
-    properties
-        .and_then(|properties| properties.get_from_cstr(KEY))
-        .ok_or(crate::GetTimezoneError::OsError)
+    unsafe { PROPERTIES.as_ref() }
 }