Why does Marmalade change minSdk and targetSdk setting?

In my AndroidManifest.xml I have setting: When I use DeployTool I get these lines: Using custom manifest file: /Volumes/projects/MyProject/android/AndroidManifest.xml Setting minimum SDK version to 8 Setting target SDK version to 14 Using Marmalade shipped Android SDK [execute] aapt [execute] javac [execute] dx Why does Marmalade change my target and minSdk setting?