diff --git a/cc/makevars.go b/cc/makevars.go
index 78a32c8b3..2b49772e2 100644
--- a/cc/makevars.go
+++ b/cc/makevars.go
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ func makeVarsProvider(ctx android.MakeVarsContext) {
 
 	ctx.Strict("ADDRESS_SANITIZER_CONFIG_EXTRA_CFLAGS", strings.Join(asanCflags, " "))
 	ctx.Strict("ADDRESS_SANITIZER_CONFIG_EXTRA_LDFLAGS", strings.Join(asanLdflags, " "))
-	ctx.Strict("ADDRESS_SANITIZER_CONFIG_EXTRA_STATIC_LIBRARIES", strings.Join(asanLibs, " "))
 
 	ctx.Strict("HWADDRESS_SANITIZER_CONFIG_EXTRA_CFLAGS", strings.Join(hwasanCflags, " "))
 	ctx.Strict("HWADDRESS_SANITIZER_GLOBAL_OPTIONS", strings.Join(hwasanGlobalOptions, ","))
diff --git a/cc/sanitize.go b/cc/sanitize.go
index c59f53a04..b238b7e53 100644
--- a/cc/sanitize.go
+++ b/cc/sanitize.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ var (
 
 	asanCflags  = []string{"-fno-omit-frame-pointer"}
 	asanLdflags = []string{"-Wl,-u,__asan_preinit"}
-	asanLibs    = []string{"libasan"}
 
 	// TODO(pcc): Stop passing -hwasan-allow-ifunc here once it has been made
 	// the default.
@@ -391,7 +390,6 @@ func (sanitize *sanitize) deps(ctx BaseModuleContext, deps Deps) Deps {
 
 	if ctx.Device() {
 		if Bool(sanitize.Properties.Sanitize.Address) {
-			deps.StaticLibs = append(deps.StaticLibs, asanLibs...)
 			// Compiling asan and having libc_scudo in the same
 			// executable will cause the executable to crash.
 			// Remove libc_scudo since it is only used to override