diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index a355c71..46bc3d1 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@
 # $(1): list of tags to accept
 # $(2): list of tags to reject
 #TODO(dbort): do $(if $(strip $(1)),$(1),$(ALL_MODULE_TAGS))
+#TODO(jbq): as of 20100106 nobody uses the second parameter
 define get-tagged-modules
 $(filter-out \
 	$(call modules-for-tag-list,$(2)), \
diff --git a/core/main.mk b/core/main.mk
index 96019c0..2471e46 100644
--- a/core/main.mk
+++ b/core/main.mk
@@ -521,9 +521,6 @@
 
 # Of the modules defined by the component makefiles,
 # determine what we actually want to build.
-# If a module has the "restricted" tag on it, it
-# poisons the rest of the tags and shouldn't appear
-# on any list.
 Default_MODULES := $(sort $(ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES) \
                           $(CUSTOM_MODULES))
 # TODO: Remove the 3 places in the tree that use
@@ -549,12 +546,12 @@
 endif
 # Use tags to get the non-APPS user modules.  Use the product
 # definition files to get the APPS user modules.
-user_MODULES := $(sort $(call get-tagged-modules,user,restricted))
+user_MODULES := $(sort $(call get-tagged-modules,user))
 user_MODULES := $(user_MODULES) $(user_PACKAGES)
 
-eng_MODULES := $(sort $(call get-tagged-modules,eng,restricted))
-debug_MODULES := $(sort $(call get-tagged-modules,debug,restricted))
-tests_MODULES := $(sort $(call get-tagged-modules,tests,restricted))
+eng_MODULES := $(sort $(call get-tagged-modules,eng))
+debug_MODULES := $(sort $(call get-tagged-modules,debug))
+tests_MODULES := $(sort $(call get-tagged-modules,tests))
 
 ifeq ($(strip $(tags_to_install)),)
 $(error ASSERTION FAILED: tags_to_install should not be empty)