diff --git a/core/combo/javac.mk b/core/combo/javac.mk
index 0538c52..835ee82 100644
--- a/core/combo/javac.mk
+++ b/core/combo/javac.mk
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Selects a Java compiler.
 #
 # Inputs:
-#	CUSTOM_JAVA_COMPILER -- "eclipse", "openjdk". or nothing for the system
-#                           default
-#	ALTERNATE_JAVAC -- the alternate java compiler to use
+#   OVERRIDE_ANDROID_JAVA_HOME -- alternate location to use for jdk
 #
 # Outputs:
-#   COMMON_JAVAC -- Java compiler command with common arguments
+#   ANDROID_JAVA_HOME -- Directory that contains JDK
+#   ANDROID_JAVA_TOOLCHAIN -- Directory that contains javac and other java tools
 #
 
 ifndef ANDROID_COMPILE_WITH_JACK
@@ -23,8 +22,6 @@
     endif
 endif
 
-common_jdk_flags := -Xmaxerrs 9999999
-
 ifeq ($(OVERRIDE_ANDROID_JAVA_HOME),)
 ANDROID_JAVA_HOME := prebuilts/jdk/jdk8/$(HOST_PREBUILT_TAG)
 else
@@ -34,30 +31,6 @@
 ANDROID_JAVA_TOOLCHAIN := $(ANDROID_JAVA_HOME)/bin
 export JAVA_HOME := $(abspath $(ANDROID_JAVA_HOME))
 
-# Use the indexer wrapper to index the codebase instead of the javac compiler
-ifeq ($(ALTERNATE_JAVAC),)
-JAVACC := $(ANDROID_JAVA_TOOLCHAIN)/javac
-else
-JAVACC := $(ALTERNATE_JAVAC)
-endif
-
+# TODO(ccross): remove this, it is needed for now because it is used by
+# config.mk before makevars from soong are loaded
 JAVA := $(ANDROID_JAVA_TOOLCHAIN)/java
-JAVADOC := $(ANDROID_JAVA_TOOLCHAIN)/javadoc
-JAR := $(ANDROID_JAVA_TOOLCHAIN)/jar
-
-# The actual compiler can be wrapped by setting the JAVAC_WRAPPER var.
-ifdef JAVAC_WRAPPER
-    ifneq ($(JAVAC_WRAPPER),$(firstword $(JAVACC)))
-        JAVACC := $(JAVAC_WRAPPER) $(JAVACC)
-    endif
-endif
-
-COMMON_JAVAC := $(JAVACC) -J-Xmx2048M $(common_jdk_flags)
-
-GLOBAL_JAVAC_DEBUG_FLAGS := -g
-
-HOST_JAVAC ?= $(COMMON_JAVAC)
-TARGET_JAVAC ?= $(COMMON_JAVAC)
-
-#$(info HOST_JAVAC=$(HOST_JAVAC))
-#$(info TARGET_JAVAC=$(TARGET_JAVAC))