diff --git a/linker/Android.bp b/linker/Android.bp
index 1d0e14d..4863b92 100644
--- a/linker/Android.bp
+++ b/linker/Android.bp
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@
 // linker[_asan][64] binary
 // ========================================================
 
-cc_defaults {
-    name: "linker_binary_defaults",
+cc_binary {
+    name: "linker",
     defaults: [
         "linker_bin_template",
         "linux_bionic_supported",
@@ -376,6 +376,8 @@
 
     compile_multilib: "both",
 
+    recovery_available: true,
+    vendor_ramdisk_available: true,
     apex_available: [
         "//apex_available:platform",
         "com.android.runtime",
@@ -401,25 +403,6 @@
     afdo: true,
 }
 
-cc_binary {
-    name: "linker",
-    defaults: [
-        "linker_binary_defaults",
-    ],
-
-    vendor_ramdisk_available: true,
-}
-
-cc_binary {
-    name: "linker.recovery",
-    defaults: [
-        "linker_binary_defaults",
-    ],
-
-    recovery: true,
-    stem: "linker",
-}
-
 // ========================================================
 // assorted modules
 // ========================================================