diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 31a402194..507a19898 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -1454,7 +1454,6 @@ deps := \
 	$(atree_dir)/sdk.atree \
 	$(sdk_tools_atree_files) \
 	$(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/atree \
-	$(ALL_HOST_INSTALLED_FILES) \
 	$(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/line_endings
 
 INTERNAL_SDK_TARGET := $(sdk_dir)/$(sdk_name).zip
diff --git a/core/base_rules.mk b/core/base_rules.mk
index 5c508cd25..c04d35d43 100644
--- a/core/base_rules.mk
+++ b/core/base_rules.mk
@@ -515,17 +515,6 @@ $(installed_odex) : $(built_odex) | $(ACP)
 
 $(LOCAL_INSTALLED_MODULE) : $(installed_odex)
 endif
-
-# All host modules that are not tagged with optional are automatically installed.
-# Save the installed files in ALL_HOST_INSTALLED_FILES.
-ifeq ($(LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE),true)
-  ALL_HOST_INSTALLED_FILES += $(LOCAL_INSTALLED_MODULE)
-  ifneq ($(filter debug eng tests, $(LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS)),)
-    $(warning $(LOCAL_MODULE_MAKEFILE): Module "$(LOCAL_MODULE)" has useless module tags: $(filter debug eng tests, $(LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS)). It will be installed anyway.)
-    LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := $(filter-out debug eng tests, $(LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS))
-  endif
-endif
-
 endif # !LOCAL_UNINSTALLABLE_MODULE
 
 
diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 26fe7b433..cbff53f49 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@ ALL_MODULE_TAGS:=
 # its sub-variables.)
 ALL_MODULE_NAME_TAGS:=
 
-# All host modules are automatically installed (i.e. outside
-# of the product configuration scheme).  This is a list of the
-# install targets (LOCAL_INSTALLED_MODULE).
-ALL_HOST_INSTALLED_FILES:=
-
 # Full paths to all prebuilt files that will be copied
 # (used to make the dependency on acp)
 ALL_PREBUILT:=
diff --git a/core/main.mk b/core/main.mk
index e03d8737a..f7849a242 100644
--- a/core/main.mk
+++ b/core/main.mk
@@ -655,9 +655,6 @@ ifdef is_sdk_build
       $(warning $(ALL_MODULES.$(m).MAKEFILE): Module '$(m)' in PRODUCT_PACKAGES_TESTS has nothing to install!)))
 endif
 
-# Install all of the host modules
-modules_to_install += $(sort $(modules_to_install) $(ALL_HOST_INSTALLED_FILES))
-
 # build/core/Makefile contains extra stuff that we don't want to pollute this
 # top-level makefile with.  It expects that ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES
 # contains everything that's built during the current make, but it also further