diff --git a/core/binary.mk b/core/binary.mk
index ec6c553d2..152f19bb4 100644
--- a/core/binary.mk
+++ b/core/binary.mk
@@ -1089,7 +1089,6 @@ $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_C_INCLUDES := $(my_c_includes)
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_IMPORT_INCLUDES := $(import_includes)
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_LDFLAGS := $(my_ldflags)
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_LDLIBS := $(my_ldlibs)
-$(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_NO_CRT := $(strip $(LOCAL_NO_CRT) $(LOCAL_NO_CRT_$(TARGET_$(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)ARCH)))
 
 # this is really the way to get the files onto the command line instead
 # of using $^, because then LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_DEPENDENCIES doesn't work
diff --git a/core/clear_vars.mk b/core/clear_vars.mk
index 31c92252c..6a82ba9a9 100644
--- a/core/clear_vars.mk
+++ b/core/clear_vars.mk
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ LOCAL_CLANG_CPPFLAGS_$(TARGET_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES_$(TARGET_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_ASFLAGS_$(TARGET_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_CLANG_ASFLAGS_$(TARGET_ARCH):=
-LOCAL_NO_CRT_$(TARGET_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_LDFLAGS_$(TARGET_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_CLANG_LDFLAGS_$(TARGET_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES_$(TARGET_ARCH):=
@@ -210,7 +209,6 @@ LOCAL_CLANG_CPPFLAGS_$(TARGET_2ND_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES_$(TARGET_2ND_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_ASFLAGS_$(TARGET_2ND_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_CLANG_ASFLAGS_$(TARGET_2ND_ARCH):=
-LOCAL_NO_CRT_$(TARGET_2ND_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_LDFLAGS_$(TARGET_2ND_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_CLANG_LDFLAGS_$(TARGET_2ND_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES_$(TARGET_2ND_ARCH):=
@@ -229,7 +227,6 @@ LOCAL_CLANG_CPPFLAGS_$(HOST_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES_$(HOST_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_ASFLAGS_$(HOST_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_CLANG_ASFLAGS_$(HOST_ARCH):=
-LOCAL_NO_CRT_$(HOST_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_LDFLAGS_$(HOST_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_CLANG_LDFLAGS_$(HOST_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES_$(HOST_ARCH):=
@@ -247,7 +244,6 @@ LOCAL_CLANG_CPPFLAGS_$(HOST_2ND_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES_$(HOST_2ND_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_ASFLAGS_$(HOST_2ND_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_CLANG_ASFLAGS_$(HOST_2ND_ARCH):=
-LOCAL_NO_CRT_$(HOST_2ND_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_LDFLAGS_$(HOST_2ND_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_CLANG_LDFLAGS_$(HOST_2ND_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES_$(HOST_2ND_ARCH):=
diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 0a5bf5ce7..46c3aad35 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -831,7 +831,6 @@ define dump-module-variables
 @echo PRIVATE_ALL_STATIC_LIBRARIES=$(PRIVATE_ALL_STATIC_LIBRARIES);
 @echo PRIVATE_ALL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES=$(PRIVATE_ALL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES);
 @echo PRIVATE_ALL_OBJECTS=$(PRIVATE_ALL_OBJECTS);
-@echo PRIVATE_NO_CRT=$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT);
 endef
 
 ###########################################################
@@ -1442,7 +1441,7 @@ $(hide) $(PRIVATE_CXX) \
 	-Wl,--gc-sections \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_CLANG)),-shared,-Wl$(comma)-shared) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS) \
-	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTBEGIN_SO_O)) \
+	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTBEGIN_SO_O) \
 	$(PRIVATE_ALL_OBJECTS) \
 	-Wl,--whole-archive \
 	$(call normalize-target-libraries,$(PRIVATE_ALL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES)) \
@@ -1458,7 +1457,7 @@ $(hide) $(PRIVATE_CXX) \
 	-o $@ \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
-	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_SO_O)) \
+	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_SO_O) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDLIBS)
 endef
 
@@ -1515,7 +1514,7 @@ $(hide) $(PRIVATE_CXX) -pie \
 	-Wl,-z,nocopyreloc \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS) \
 	-Wl,-rpath-link=$(PRIVATE_TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES) \
-	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTBEGIN_DYNAMIC_O)) \
+	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTBEGIN_DYNAMIC_O) \
 	$(PRIVATE_ALL_OBJECTS) \
 	-Wl,--whole-archive \
 	$(call normalize-target-libraries,$(PRIVATE_ALL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES)) \
@@ -1531,7 +1530,7 @@ $(hide) $(PRIVATE_CXX) -pie \
 	-o $@ \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
-	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O)) \
+	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDLIBS)
 endef
 
@@ -1559,7 +1558,7 @@ $(hide) $(PRIVATE_CXX) \
 	-Wl,--gc-sections \
 	-o $@ \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS) \
-	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTBEGIN_STATIC_O)) \
+	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTBEGIN_STATIC_O) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_ALL_OBJECTS) \
@@ -1576,7 +1575,7 @@ $(hide) $(PRIVATE_CXX) \
 	$(call normalize-target-libraries,$(filter %libcompiler_rt.a,$(PRIVATE_ALL_STATIC_LIBRARIES))) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC) \
 	-Wl,--end-group \
-	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O))
+	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O)
 endef
 
 define transform-o-to-static-executable
diff --git a/core/executable_internal.mk b/core/executable_internal.mk
index cdaf293d1..1d576a25c 100644
--- a/core/executable_internal.mk
+++ b/core/executable_internal.mk
@@ -43,9 +43,15 @@ else
 my_target_libgcc := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_LIBGCC)
 endif
 my_target_libatomic := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_LIBATOMIC)
+ifeq ($(LOCAL_NO_CRT),true)
+my_target_crtbegin_dynamic_o :=
+my_target_crtbegin_static_o :=
+my_target_crtend_o :=
+else
 my_target_crtbegin_dynamic_o := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_CRTBEGIN_DYNAMIC_O)
 my_target_crtbegin_static_o := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_CRTBEGIN_STATIC_O)
 my_target_crtend_o := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_CRTEND_O)
+endif
 ifdef LOCAL_SDK_VERSION
 # Make sure the prebuilt NDK paths are put ahead of the TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS,
 # so we don't have race condition when the system libraries (such as libc, libstdc++) are also built in the tree.
diff --git a/core/shared_library_internal.mk b/core/shared_library_internal.mk
index e21cf5d25..150750261 100644
--- a/core/shared_library_internal.mk
+++ b/core/shared_library_internal.mk
@@ -48,8 +48,13 @@ else
 my_target_libgcc := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_LIBGCC)
 endif
 my_target_libatomic := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_LIBATOMIC)
+ifeq ($(LOCAL_NO_CRT),true)
+my_target_crtbegin_so_o :=
+my_target_crtend_so_o :=
+else
 my_target_crtbegin_so_o := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_CRTBEGIN_SO_O)
 my_target_crtend_so_o := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_CRTEND_SO_O)
+endif
 ifdef LOCAL_SDK_VERSION
 # Make sure the prebuilt NDK paths are put ahead of the TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS,
 # so we don't have race condition when the system libraries (such as libc, libstdc++) are also built in the tree.