diff --git a/android/packaging.go b/android/packaging.go
index ea598881b..3e4206005 100644
--- a/android/packaging.go
+++ b/android/packaging.go
@@ -153,15 +153,9 @@ func (p *PackagingBase) AddDeps(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext, depTag blueprint.Dep
 
 // See PackageModule.CopyDepsToZip
 func (p *PackagingBase) CopyDepsToZip(ctx ModuleContext, zipOut OutputPath) (entries []string) {
-	var supportedArches []string
-	for _, t := range p.getSupportedTargets(ctx) {
-		supportedArches = append(supportedArches, t.Arch.ArchType.String())
-	}
 	m := make(map[string]PackagingSpec)
 	ctx.WalkDeps(func(child Module, parent Module) bool {
-		// Don't track modules with unsupported arch
-		// TODO(jiyong): remove this when aosp/1501613 lands.
-		if !InList(child.Target().Arch.ArchType.String(), supportedArches) {
+		if !IsInstallDepNeeded(ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(child)) {
 			return false
 		}
 		for _, ps := range child.PackagingSpecs() {
diff --git a/android/packaging_test.go b/android/packaging_test.go
index 2acd15c01..7269bfb24 100644
--- a/android/packaging_test.go
+++ b/android/packaging_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ type componentTestModule struct {
 	}
 }
 
+// dep tag used in this test. All dependencies are considered as installable.
+type installDepTag struct {
+	blueprint.BaseDependencyTag
+	InstallAlwaysNeededDependencyTag
+}
+
 func componentTestModuleFactory() Module {
 	m := &componentTestModule{}
 	m.AddProperties(&m.props)
@@ -37,7 +43,7 @@ func componentTestModuleFactory() Module {
 }
 
 func (m *componentTestModule) DepsMutator(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext) {
-	ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), nil, m.props.Deps...)
+	ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), installDepTag{}, m.props.Deps...)
 }
 
 func (m *componentTestModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx ModuleContext) {
@@ -63,7 +69,7 @@ func packageTestModuleFactory() Module {
 }
 
 func (m *packageTestModule) DepsMutator(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext) {
-	m.AddDeps(ctx, struct{ blueprint.BaseDependencyTag }{})
+	m.AddDeps(ctx, installDepTag{})
 }
 
 func (m *packageTestModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx ModuleContext) {
diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index 6deb1b404..1a7ccf21d 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ var (
 	genHeaderExportDepTag = dependencyTag{name: "gen header export"}
 	objDepTag             = dependencyTag{name: "obj"}
 	linkerFlagsDepTag     = dependencyTag{name: "linker flags file"}
-	dynamicLinkerDepTag   = dependencyTag{name: "dynamic linker"}
+	dynamicLinkerDepTag   = installDependencyTag{name: "dynamic linker"}
 	reuseObjTag           = dependencyTag{name: "reuse objects"}
 	staticVariantTag      = dependencyTag{name: "static variant"}
 	vndkExtDepTag         = dependencyTag{name: "vndk extends"}