diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 6ec63e4..350666f 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -482,7 +482,6 @@
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
 # the ramdisk
 INTERNAL_RAMDISK_FILES := $(filter $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/%, \
-	$(ALL_PREBUILT) \
 	$(ALL_GENERATED_SOURCES) \
 	$(ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES))
 
@@ -1088,7 +1087,6 @@
         $(ALL_PDK_FUSION_FILES))
 
 INTERNAL_SYSTEMIMAGE_FILES := $(filter $(TARGET_OUT)/%, \
-    $(ALL_PREBUILT) \
     $(ALL_GENERATED_SOURCES) \
     $(ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES) \
     $(PDK_FUSION_SYSIMG_FILES) \
@@ -2023,7 +2021,6 @@
 # if we don't have a real list, then use "everything"
 ifeq ($(strip $(ATREE_FILES)),)
 ATREE_FILES := \
-	$(ALL_PREBUILT) \
 	$(ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES) \
 	$(INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET) \
 	$(ALL_DOCS) \
diff --git a/core/base_rules.mk b/core/base_rules.mk
index 5afec2f..5606896 100644
--- a/core/base_rules.mk
+++ b/core/base_rules.mk
@@ -286,6 +286,12 @@
 .PHONY: $(my_register_name)
 $(my_register_name): $(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE) $(LOCAL_INSTALLED_MODULE)
 
+ifneq ($(my_register_name),$(LOCAL_MODULE))
+# $(LOCAL_MODULE) covers all the multilib targets.
+.PHONY: $(LOCAL_MODULE)
+$(LOCAL_MODULE) : $(my_register_name)
+endif
+
 # Set up phony targets that covers all modules under the given paths.
 # This allows us to build everything in given paths by running mmma/mma.
 my_path_components := $(subst /,$(space),$(LOCAL_PATH))
diff --git a/core/binary.mk b/core/binary.mk
index 06c6385..8e94653 100644
--- a/core/binary.mk
+++ b/core/binary.mk
@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_ALL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := $(built_shared_libraries)
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_ALL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := $(built_static_libraries)
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_ALL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES := $(built_whole_libraries)
-$(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_ALL_OBJECTS := $(all_objects)
+$(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_ALL_OBJECTS := $(strip $(all_objects))
 
 ###########################################################
 # Define library dependencies.
diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 8eed422..6650f60 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@
 # its sub-variables.)
 ALL_MODULE_NAME_TAGS:=
 
-# Full paths to all prebuilt files that will be copied
-# (used to make the dependency on acp)
-ALL_PREBUILT:=
-
 # Full path to all files that are made by some tool
 ALL_GENERATED_SOURCES:=
 
@@ -1518,6 +1514,23 @@
     $(call _extract-and-include-single-host-whole-static-lib, $(lib)))
 endef
 
+ifeq ($(HOST_OS),darwin)
+# On Darwin the host ar fails if there is nothing to add to .a at all.
+# We work around by adding a dummy.o and then deleting it.
+define create-dummy.o-if-no-objs
+$(if $(PRIVATE_ALL_OBJECTS),,$(hide) touch $(dir $@)dummy.o)
+endef
+
+define get-dummy.o-if-no-objs
+$(if $(PRIVATE_ALL_OBJECTS),,$(dir $@)dummy.o)
+endef
+
+define delete-dummy.o-if-no-objs
+$(if $(PRIVATE_ALL_OBJECTS),,$(hide) $($(PRIVATE_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)$(PRIVATE_PREFIX)AR) d $@ $(dir $@)dummy.o \
+  && rm -f $(dir $@)dummy.o)
+endef
+endif  # HOST_OS is darwin
+
 # Explicitly delete the archive first so that ar doesn't
 # try to add to an existing archive.
 define transform-host-o-to-static-lib
@@ -1525,9 +1538,11 @@
 @mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 @rm -f $@
 $(extract-and-include-host-whole-static-libs)
+$(create-dummy.o-if-no-objs)
 $(call split-long-arguments,$($(PRIVATE_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)$(PRIVATE_PREFIX)AR) \
     $($(PRIVATE_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)$(PRIVATE_PREFIX)GLOBAL_ARFLAGS) \
-    $(PRIVATE_ARFLAGS) $@,$(PRIVATE_ALL_OBJECTS))
+    $(PRIVATE_ARFLAGS) $@,$(PRIVATE_ALL_OBJECTS) $(get-dummy.o-if-no-objs))
+$(delete-dummy.o-if-no-objs)
 endef
 
 
diff --git a/core/legacy_prebuilts.mk b/core/legacy_prebuilts.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index f4633d0..0000000
--- a/core/legacy_prebuilts.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-# This is the list of modules grandfathered to use ALL_PREBUILT
-
-# DO NOT ADD ANY NEW MODULE TO THIS FILE
-#
-# ALL_PREBUILT modules are hard to control and audit and we don't want
-# to add any new such module in the system
-
-GRANDFATHERED_ALL_PREBUILT := \
-	bmgr \
-	ime \
-	input \
-	monkey \
-	pm \
-	RFFspeed_501.bmd \
-	RFFstd_501.bmd \
-	svc
diff --git a/core/main.mk b/core/main.mk
index 85f9117..328da45 100644
--- a/core/main.mk
+++ b/core/main.mk
@@ -555,22 +555,6 @@
   $(call assert-product-vars, __STASHED)
 endif
 
-include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/legacy_prebuilts.mk
-ifneq ($(filter-out $(GRANDFATHERED_ALL_PREBUILT),$(strip $(notdir $(ALL_PREBUILT)))),)
-  $(warning *** Some files have been added to ALL_PREBUILT.)
-  $(warning *)
-  $(warning * ALL_PREBUILT is a deprecated mechanism that)
-  $(warning * should not be used for new files.)
-  $(warning * As an alternative, use PRODUCT_COPY_FILES in)
-  $(warning * the appropriate product definition.)
-  $(warning * build/target/product/core.mk is the product)
-  $(warning * definition used in all products.)
-  $(warning *)
-  $(foreach bad_prebuilt,$(filter-out $(GRANDFATHERED_ALL_PREBUILT),$(strip $(notdir $(ALL_PREBUILT)))),$(warning * unexpected $(bad_prebuilt) in ALL_PREBUILT))
-  $(warning *)
-  $(error ALL_PREBUILT contains unexpected files)
-endif
-
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 # All module makefiles have been included at this point.
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -861,9 +845,6 @@
 # This is used to to get the ordering right, you can also use these,
 # but they're considered undocumented, so don't complain if their
 # behavior changes.
-.PHONY: prebuilt
-prebuilt: $(ALL_PREBUILT)
-
 # An internal target that depends on all copied headers
 # (see copy_headers.make).  Other targets that need the
 # headers to be copied first can depend on this target.
@@ -874,9 +855,8 @@
 
 # All the droid stuff, in directories
 .PHONY: files
-files: prebuilt \
-        $(modules_to_install) \
-        $(INSTALLED_ANDROID_INFO_TXT_TARGET)
+files: $(modules_to_install) \
+       $(INSTALLED_ANDROID_INFO_TXT_TARGET)
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -1079,7 +1059,7 @@
 $(foreach module,$(sample_MODULES),$(eval $(call \
         copy-one-file,$(module),$(sample_APKS_DEST_PATH)/$(notdir $(module)))))
 sample_ADDITIONAL_INSTALLED := \
-        $(filter-out $(modules_to_install) $(modules_to_check) $(ALL_PREBUILT),$(sample_MODULES))
+        $(filter-out $(modules_to_install) $(modules_to_check),$(sample_MODULES))
 samplecode: $(sample_APKS_COLLECTION)
 	@echo "Collect sample code apks: $^"
 	# remove apks that are not intended to be installed.
diff --git a/tools/signapk/src/com/android/signapk/SignApk.java b/tools/signapk/src/com/android/signapk/SignApk.java
index 4d6744a..ba84b42 100644
--- a/tools/signapk/src/com/android/signapk/SignApk.java
+++ b/tools/signapk/src/com/android/signapk/SignApk.java
@@ -544,6 +544,11 @@
             // Preserve the STORED method of the input entry.
             outEntry = new JarEntry(inEntry);
             outEntry.setTime(timestamp);
+            // Discard comment and extra fields of this entry to
+            // simplify alignment logic below and for consistency with
+            // how compressed entries are handled later.
+            outEntry.setComment(null);
+            outEntry.setExtra(null);
 
             // 'offset' is the offset into the file at which we expect
             // the file data to begin.  This is the value we need to