diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 92f9b9c..80eaf2c 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -1797,6 +1797,7 @@
 INTERNAL_VENDOR_KERNEL_RAMDISK_TARGET := $(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,vendor_kernel_boot)/vendor_kernel_ramdisk.cpio$(RAMDISK_EXT)
 
 $(INTERNAL_VENDOR_KERNEL_RAMDISK_TARGET): $(MKBOOTFS) $(INTERNAL_VENDOR_KERNEL_RAMDISK_FILES) | $(COMPRESSION_COMMAND_DEPS)
+	$(hide) : $(words $(INTERNAL_VENDOR_KERNEL_RAMDISK_FILES))
 	$(MKBOOTFS) -d $(TARGET_OUT) $(TARGET_VENDOR_KERNEL_RAMDISK_OUT) | $(COMPRESSION_COMMAND) > $@
 
 INSTALLED_VENDOR_KERNEL_RAMDISK_TARGET := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/vendor_kernel_ramdisk.img
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/fsverity_metadata_generator.py b/tools/releasetools/fsverity_metadata_generator.py
index 50e23e7..e531cca 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/fsverity_metadata_generator.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/fsverity_metadata_generator.py
@@ -230,12 +230,6 @@
   if not output_file:
     output_file = input_file + '.fsv_meta'
 
-  if output_file != args.input + '.fsv_meta':
-    sys.exit('When generating .fsv_meta files for symlinks, we assume that all fsv_meta files '
-      'are named the same as the file they protect, just with the .fsv_meta suffix appended. '
-      'We require that all .fsv_meta files follow this convention regardless of if it\'s a link or '
-      'not. However {args.input} had a different output file: {args.output}')
-
   # remove the output file first, as switching between a file and a symlink can be complicated
   try:
     os.remove(output_file)