diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index b2da68bad..b63935fb2 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -2362,36 +2362,6 @@ endif # BUILDING_SYSTEM_IMAGE
 .PHONY: sync syncsys
 sync syncsys: $(INTERNAL_SYSTEMIMAGE_FILES)
 
-#######
-## system tarball
-define build-systemtarball-target
-  $(call pretty,"Target system fs tarball: $(INSTALLED_SYSTEMTARBALL_TARGET)")
-  $(call create-system-vendor-symlink)
-  $(call create-system-product-symlink)
-  $(call create-system-system_ext-symlink)
-  $(MKTARBALL) $(FS_GET_STATS) \
-    $(PRODUCT_OUT) system $(PRIVATE_SYSTEM_TAR) \
-    $(INSTALLED_SYSTEMTARBALL_TARGET) $(TARGET_OUT)
-endef
-
-ifndef SYSTEM_TARBALL_FORMAT
-    SYSTEM_TARBALL_FORMAT := bz2
-endif
-
-system_tar := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/system.tar
-INSTALLED_SYSTEMTARBALL_TARGET := $(system_tar).$(SYSTEM_TARBALL_FORMAT)
-$(INSTALLED_SYSTEMTARBALL_TARGET): PRIVATE_SYSTEM_TAR := $(system_tar)
-$(INSTALLED_SYSTEMTARBALL_TARGET): $(FS_GET_STATS) $(INTERNAL_SYSTEMIMAGE_FILES)
-	$(build-systemtarball-target)
-
-.PHONY: systemtarball-nodeps
-systemtarball-nodeps: $(FS_GET_STATS) \
-                      $(filter-out systemtarball-nodeps stnod,$(MAKECMDGOALS))
-	$(build-systemtarball-target)
-
-.PHONY: stnod
-stnod: systemtarball-nodeps
-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
 ## platform.zip: system, plus other files to be used in PDK fusion build,
 ## in a zip file
@@ -2493,34 +2463,6 @@ endif
 
 endif # BUILD_PLATFORM_ZIP
 
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------
-## boot tarball
-define build-boottarball-target
-    $(hide) echo "Target boot fs tarball: $(INSTALLED_BOOTTARBALL_TARGET)"
-    $(hide) mkdir -p $(PRODUCT_OUT)/boot
-    $(hide) cp -f $(INTERNAL_BOOTIMAGE_FILES) $(PRODUCT_OUT)/boot/.
-    $(hide) echo $(INTERNAL_KERNEL_CMDLINE) > $(PRODUCT_OUT)/boot/cmdline
-    $(hide) $(MKTARBALL) $(FS_GET_STATS) \
-                 $(PRODUCT_OUT) boot $(PRIVATE_BOOT_TAR) \
-                 $(INSTALLED_BOOTTARBALL_TARGET) $(TARGET_OUT)
-endef
-
-ifndef BOOT_TARBALL_FORMAT
-    BOOT_TARBALL_FORMAT := bz2
-endif
-
-boot_tar := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/boot.tar
-INSTALLED_BOOTTARBALL_TARGET := $(boot_tar).$(BOOT_TARBALL_FORMAT)
-$(INSTALLED_BOOTTARBALL_TARGET): PRIVATE_BOOT_TAR := $(boot_tar)
-$(INSTALLED_BOOTTARBALL_TARGET): $(FS_GET_STATS) $(INTERNAL_BOOTIMAGE_FILES)
-	$(build-boottarball-target)
-
-.PHONY: boottarball-nodeps btnod
-boottarball-nodeps btnod: $(FS_GET_STATS) \
-                      $(filter-out boottarball-nodeps btnod,$(MAKECMDGOALS))
-	$(build-boottarball-target)
-
-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
 # data partition image
 INTERNAL_USERDATAIMAGE_FILES := \
@@ -2570,29 +2512,6 @@ ASAN_SYSTEM_INSTALL_OPTIONS := --owner=1000 --group=1000
 $(ASAN_IN_SYSTEM_INSTALLED): $(INSTALLED_USERDATAIMAGE_TARGET_DEPS)
 	tar cfj $(ASAN_IN_SYSTEM_INSTALLED) $(ASAN_SYSTEM_INSTALL_OPTIONS) -C $(TARGET_OUT_DATA)/.. $(ASAN_OUT_DIRS_FOR_SYSTEM_INSTALL) >/dev/null
 
-#######
-## data partition tarball
-define build-userdatatarball-target
-    $(call pretty,"Target userdata fs tarball: " \
-                  "$(INSTALLED_USERDATATARBALL_TARGET)")
-    $(MKTARBALL) $(FS_GET_STATS) \
-	    $(PRODUCT_OUT) data $(PRIVATE_USERDATA_TAR) \
-	    $(INSTALLED_USERDATATARBALL_TARGET) $(TARGET_OUT)
-endef
-
-userdata_tar := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/userdata.tar
-INSTALLED_USERDATATARBALL_TARGET := $(userdata_tar).bz2
-$(INSTALLED_USERDATATARBALL_TARGET): PRIVATE_USERDATA_TAR := $(userdata_tar)
-$(INSTALLED_USERDATATARBALL_TARGET): $(FS_GET_STATS) $(INTERNAL_USERDATAIMAGE_FILES)
-	$(build-userdatatarball-target)
-
-$(call dist-for-goals,userdatatarball,$(INSTALLED_USERDATATARBALL_TARGET))
-
-.PHONY: userdatatarball-nodeps
-userdatatarball-nodeps: $(FS_GET_STATS)
-	$(build-userdatatarball-target)
-
-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
 # partition table image
 ifdef BOARD_BPT_INPUT_FILES
diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index d92b8915e..5016ff237 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -584,7 +584,6 @@ MKSQUASHFSUSERIMG := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/mksquashfsimage.sh
 MKF2FSUSERIMG := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/mkf2fsuserimg.sh
 SIMG2IMG := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/simg2img$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
 E2FSCK := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/e2fsck$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
-MKTARBALL := build/make/tools/mktarball.sh
 TUNE2FS := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/tune2fs$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
 JARJAR := $(HOST_OUT_JAVA_LIBRARIES)/jarjar.jar
 DATA_BINDING_COMPILER := $(HOST_OUT_JAVA_LIBRARIES)/databinding-compiler.jar
@@ -1154,8 +1153,7 @@ endef
 # in the source tree.
 dont_bother_goals := out \
     snod systemimage-nodeps \
-    stnod systemtarball-nodeps \
-    userdataimage-nodeps userdatatarball-nodeps \
+    userdataimage-nodeps \
     cacheimage-nodeps \
     bptimage-nodeps \
     vnod vendorimage-nodeps \
diff --git a/core/main.mk b/core/main.mk
index 4552cf28b..93fd90cc2 100644
--- a/core/main.mk
+++ b/core/main.mk
@@ -1573,12 +1573,6 @@ ramdisk: $(INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET)
 .PHONY: ramdisk_debug
 ramdisk_debug: $(INSTALLED_DEBUG_RAMDISK_TARGET)
 
-.PHONY: systemtarball
-systemtarball: $(INSTALLED_SYSTEMTARBALL_TARGET)
-
-.PHONY: boottarball
-boottarball: $(INSTALLED_BOOTTARBALL_TARGET)
-
 .PHONY: userdataimage
 userdataimage: $(INSTALLED_USERDATAIMAGE_TARGET)
 
@@ -1586,9 +1580,6 @@ ifneq (,$(filter userdataimage, $(MAKECMDGOALS)))
 $(call dist-for-goals, userdataimage, $(BUILT_USERDATAIMAGE_TARGET))
 endif
 
-.PHONY: userdatatarball
-userdatatarball: $(INSTALLED_USERDATATARBALL_TARGET)
-
 .PHONY: cacheimage
 cacheimage: $(INSTALLED_CACHEIMAGE_TARGET)
 
diff --git a/core/ninja_config.mk b/core/ninja_config.mk
index e9e89c309..694c696b8 100644
--- a/core/ninja_config.mk
+++ b/core/ninja_config.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ PARSE_TIME_MAKE_GOALS := \
 	all \
 	ECLIPSE-% \
 	AUX-% \
-	boottarball-nodeps \
 	brillo_tests \
 	btnod \
 	build-art% \
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ PARSE_TIME_MAKE_GOALS := \
 	snod \
 	stnod \
 	systemimage-nodeps \
-	systemtarball-nodeps \
 	target-files-package \
 	test-art% \
 	user \
diff --git a/tools/mktarball.sh b/tools/mktarball.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ced7e174f..000000000
--- a/tools/mktarball.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# $1: path to fs_get_stats program
-# $2: start dir
-# $3: subdir to tar up (from $2)
-# $4: target tar name
-# $5: target tarball name (usually $(3).bz2)
-# $6: TARGET_OUT path to query device specific FS configs
-
-if [ $# -ne 6 ]; then
-    echo "Error: wrong number of arguments in cmd: $0 $* "
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-fs_get_stats=`readlink -f $1`
-start_dir=`readlink -f $2`
-dir_to_tar=$3
-target_tar=`readlink -f $4`
-target_tarball=`readlink -f $5`
-target_out=`readlink -f $6`
-
-cd $2
-
-#tar --no-recursion -cvf ${target_tar} ${dir_to_tar}
-rm ${target_tar} > /dev/null 2>&1
-
-# do dirs first
-subdirs=`find ${dir_to_tar} -type d -print`
-files=`find ${dir_to_tar} \! -type d -print`
-for f in ${subdirs} ${files} ; do
-    curr_perms=`stat -c 0%a $f`
-    [ -d "$f" ] && is_dir=1 || is_dir=0
-    new_info=`${fs_get_stats} ${curr_perms} ${is_dir} ${f} ${target_out}`
-    new_uid=`echo ${new_info} | awk '{print $1;}'`
-    new_gid=`echo ${new_info} | awk '{print $2;}'`
-    new_perms=`echo ${new_info} | awk '{print $3;}'`
-#    echo "$f: dir: $is_dir curr: $curr_perms uid: $new_uid gid: $new_gid "\
-#         "perms: $new_perms"
-    tar --no-recursion --numeric-owner --owner $new_uid \
-        --group $new_gid --mode $new_perms -rf ${target_tar} ${f}
-done
-
-if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
-    case "${target_tarball}" in
-    *.bz2 )
-        bzip2 -c ${target_tar} > ${target_tarball}
-        ;;
-    *.gz )
-        gzip -c ${target_tar} > ${target_tarball}
-        ;;
-    esac
-    success=$?
-    [ $success -eq 0 ] || rm -f ${target_tarball}
-    rm -f ${target_tar}
-    exit $success
-fi
-
-rm -f ${target_tar}
-exit 1