diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 9f164d88b..06573fba7 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ endif
 INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_BINARY_PATHS := $(sort $(dir $(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS)))
 
 ifeq (true,$(PRODUCTS.$(INTERNAL_PRODUCT).PRODUCT_SUPPORTS_VERITY))
-INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS += $(BUILD_VERITY_TREE) $(APPEND2SIMG) $(VERITY_SIGNER)
+INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS += $(BUILD_VERITY_METADATA) $(BUILD_VERITY_TREE) $(APPEND2SIMG) $(VERITY_SIGNER)
 ifeq (true,$(PRODUCTS.$(INTERNAL_PRODUCT).PRODUCT_SUPPORTS_VERITY_FEC))
 INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS += $(FEC)
 endif
@@ -2329,7 +2329,6 @@ OTATOOLS :=  $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/minigzip \
   $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/sload_f2fs \
   $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/simg2img \
   $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/e2fsck \
-  $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/build_verity_tree \
   $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/generate_verity_key \
   $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/verity_signer \
   $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/verity_verifier \
@@ -2342,7 +2341,9 @@ OTATOOLS :=  $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/minigzip \
   $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/delta_generator \
   $(AVBTOOL) \
   $(BLK_ALLOC_TO_BASE_FS) \
-  $(BROTLI)
+  $(BROTLI) \
+  $(BUILD_VERITY_METADATA) \
+  $(BUILD_VERITY_TREE)
 
 ifeq (true,$(PRODUCTS.$(INTERNAL_PRODUCT).PRODUCT_SUPPORTS_VBOOT))
 OTATOOLS += \
@@ -2388,7 +2389,6 @@ BUILT_OTATOOLS_PACKAGE := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/otatools.zip
 $(BUILT_OTATOOLS_PACKAGE): zip_root := $(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,otatools)/otatools
 
 OTATOOLS_DEPS := \
-  system/extras/verity/build_verity_metadata.py \
   system/extras/ext4_utils/mke2fs.conf \
   external/avb/test/data/testkey_rsa4096.pem \
   $(sort $(shell find system/update_engine/scripts -name \*.pyc -prune -o -type f -print)) \
diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index e72b55acd..be8c9a46a 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -677,6 +677,7 @@ MERGETAGS := build/make/tools/merge-event-log-tags.py
 BUILD_IMAGE_SRCS := $(wildcard build/make/tools/releasetools/*.py)
 APPEND2SIMG := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/append2simg
 VERITY_SIGNER := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/verity_signer
+BUILD_VERITY_METADATA := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/build_verity_metadata.py
 BUILD_VERITY_TREE := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/build_verity_tree
 BOOT_SIGNER := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/boot_signer
 FUTILITY := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/futility-host
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/build_image.py b/tools/releasetools/build_image.py
index 123ec7cd3..2e2e08834 100755
--- a/tools/releasetools/build_image.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/build_image.py
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ def GetVerityTreeSize(partition_size):
 
 
 def GetVerityMetadataSize(partition_size):
-  cmd = ["system/extras/verity/build_verity_metadata.py", "size",
-         str(partition_size)]
+  cmd = ["build_verity_metadata.py", "size", str(partition_size)]
   output, exit_code = RunCommand(cmd, False)
   if exit_code != 0:
     return False, 0
@@ -250,9 +249,8 @@ def BuildVerityTree(sparse_image_path, verity_image_path, prop_dict):
 def BuildVerityMetadata(image_size, verity_metadata_path, root_hash, salt,
                         block_device, signer_path, key, signer_args,
                         verity_disable):
-  cmd = ["system/extras/verity/build_verity_metadata.py", "build",
-         str(image_size), verity_metadata_path, root_hash, salt, block_device,
-         signer_path, key]
+  cmd = ["build_verity_metadata.py", "build", str(image_size),
+         verity_metadata_path, root_hash, salt, block_device, signer_path, key]
   if signer_args:
     cmd.append("--signer_args=\"%s\"" % (' '.join(signer_args),))
   if verity_disable:
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/test_validate_target_files.py b/tools/releasetools/test_validate_target_files.py
index bae648f22..d62ea95a4 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/test_validate_target_files.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/test_validate_target_files.py
@@ -14,21 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-"""Unittests for validate_target_files.py.
-
-Note: This file calls functions in build_image.py that hard-code the path in
-relative to ANDROID_BUILD_TOP (e.g.
-system/extras/verity/build_verity_metadata.py). So the test needs to be
-triggered under ANDROID_BUILD_TOP or the top-level OTA tools directory (i.e.
-the one after unzipping otatools.zip).
-
-  (from ANDROID_BUILD_TOP)
-  $ PYTHONPATH=build/make/tools/releasetools python -m unittest \\
-      test_validate_target_files
-
-  (from OTA tools directory)
-  $ PYTHONPATH=releasetools python -m unittest test_validate_target_files
-"""
+"""Unittests for validate_target_files.py."""
 
 from __future__ import print_function