diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index 3d08ba402..d7072753e 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ endif
 DEFAULT_DATA_OUT_MODULES := ltp $(ltp_packages) $(kselftest_modules)
 .KATI_READONLY := DEFAULT_DATA_OUT_MODULES
 
-# Make RECORD_ALL_DEPS readonly and also set it if deps-license is a goal.
-RECORD_ALL_DEPS :=$= $(filter true,$(RECORD_ALL_DEPS))$(filter deps-license,$(MAKECMDGOALS))
+# Make RECORD_ALL_DEPS readonly.
+RECORD_ALL_DEPS :=$= $(filter true,$(RECORD_ALL_DEPS))
 
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/dumpvar.mk
diff --git a/core/ninja_config.mk b/core/ninja_config.mk
index 1ead512a8..336048fe3 100644
--- a/core/ninja_config.mk
+++ b/core/ninja_config.mk
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ PARSE_TIME_MAKE_GOALS := \
 	continuous_native_tests \
 	cts \
 	custom_images \
-	deps-license \
 	dicttool_aosp \
 	dump-products \
 	eng \
diff --git a/core/tasks/deps_licenses.mk b/core/tasks/deps_licenses.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index daf986f60..000000000
--- a/core/tasks/deps_licenses.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-# Print modules and their transitive dependencies with license files.
-# To invoke, run "make deps-license PROJ_PATH=<proj-path-patterns> DEP_PATH=<dep-path-patterns>".
-# PROJ_PATH restricts the paths of the source modules; DEP_PATH restricts the paths of the dependency modules.
-# Both can be makefile patterns supported by makefile function $(filter).
-# Example: "make deps-license packages/app/% external/%" prints all modules in packages/app/ with their dpendencies in external/.
-# The printout lines look like "<module_name> :: <module_paths> :: <license_files>".
-
-ifneq (,$(filter deps-license,$(MAKECMDGOALS)))
-ifndef PROJ_PATH
-$(error To "make deps-license" you must specify PROJ_PATH and DEP_PATH.)
-endif
-ifndef DEP_PATH
-$(error To "make deps-license" you must specify PROJ_PATH and DEP_PATH.)
-endif
-
-# Expand a module's dependencies transitively.
-# $(1): the variable name to hold the result.
-# $(2): the initial module name.
-define get-module-all-dependencies
-$(eval _gmad_new := $(sort $(filter-out $($(1)),\
-  $(foreach m,$(2),$(ALL_DEPS.$(m).ALL_DEPS)))))\
-$(if $(_gmad_new),$(eval $(1) += $(_gmad_new))\
-  $(call get-module-all-dependencies,$(1),$(_gmad_new)))
-endef
-
-define print-deps-license
-$(foreach m, $(sort $(ALL_DEPS.MODULES)),\
-  $(eval m_p := $(sort $(ALL_MODULES.$(m).PATH) $(ALL_MODULES.$(m)$(TARGET_2ND_ARCH_MODULE_SUFFIX).PATH)))\
-  $(if $(filter $(PROJ_PATH),$(m_p)),\
-    $(eval deps :=)\
-    $(eval $(call get-module-all-dependencies,deps,$(m)))\
-    $(info $(m) :: $(m_p) :: $(ALL_DEPS.$(m).LICENSE))\
-    $(foreach d,$(deps),\
-      $(eval d_p := $(sort $(ALL_MODULES.$(d).PATH) $(ALL_MODULES.$(d)$(TARGET_2ND_ARCH_MODULE_SUFFIX).PATH)))\
-      $(if $(filter $(DEP_PATH),$(d_p)),\
-        $(info $(space)$(space)$(space)$(space)$(d) :: $(d_p) :: $(ALL_DEPS.$(d).LICENSE))))))
-endef
-
-.PHONY: deps-license
-deps-license:
-	@$(call print-deps-license)
-
-endif