diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 5600779..4898317 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 define all-java-files-under
 $(patsubst ./%,%, \
   $(shell cd $(LOCAL_PATH) ; \
-          find $(1) -name "*.java" -and -not -name ".*") \
+          find -L $(1) -name "*.java" -and -not -name ".*") \
  )
 endef
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
 define all-c-files-under
 $(patsubst ./%,%, \
   $(shell cd $(LOCAL_PATH) ; \
-          find $(1) -name "*.c" -and -not -name ".*") \
+          find -L $(1) -name "*.c" -and -not -name ".*") \
  )
 endef
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 define all-Iaidl-files-under
 $(patsubst ./%,%, \
   $(shell cd $(LOCAL_PATH) ; \
-          find $(1) -name "I*.aidl" -and -not -name ".*") \
+          find -L $(1) -name "I*.aidl" -and -not -name ".*") \
  )
 endef
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 define all-logtags-files-under
 $(patsubst ./%,%, \
   $(shell cd $(LOCAL_PATH) ; \
-          find $(1) -name "*.logtags" -and -not -name ".*") \
+          find -L $(1) -name "*.logtags" -and -not -name ".*") \
   )
 endef
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 define all-proto-files-under
 $(patsubst ./%,%, \
   $(shell cd $(LOCAL_PATH) ; \
-          find $(1) -name "*.proto" -and -not -name ".*") \
+          find -L $(1) -name "*.proto" -and -not -name ".*") \
   )
 endef
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
 define all-renderscript-files-under
 $(patsubst ./%,%, \
   $(shell cd $(LOCAL_PATH) ; \
-          find $(1) -name "*.rs" -and -not -name ".*") \
+          find -L $(1) -name "*.rs" -and -not -name ".*") \
   )
 endef
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 define all-html-files-under
 $(patsubst ./%,%, \
   $(shell cd $(LOCAL_PATH) ; \
-          find $(1) -name "*.html" -and -not -name ".*") \
+          find -L $(1) -name "*.html" -and -not -name ".*") \
  )
 endef
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 ###########################################################
 
 define find-subdir-files
-$(patsubst ./%,%,$(shell cd $(LOCAL_PATH) ; find $(1)))
+$(patsubst ./%,%,$(shell cd $(LOCAL_PATH) ; find -L $(1)))
 endef
 
 ###########################################################
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
 
 define find-subdir-subdir-files
 $(filter-out $(patsubst %,$(1)/%,$(3)),$(patsubst ./%,%,$(shell cd \
-            $(LOCAL_PATH) ; find $(1) -maxdepth 1 -name $(2))))
+            $(LOCAL_PATH) ; find -L $(1) -maxdepth 1 -name $(2))))
 endef
 
 ###########################################################
diff --git a/core/main.mk b/core/main.mk
index 87488f4..ffc1501 100644
--- a/core/main.mk
+++ b/core/main.mk
@@ -738,7 +738,6 @@
 .PHONY: files
 files: prebuilt \
         $(modules_to_install) \
-        $(modules_to_check) \
         $(INSTALLED_ANDROID_INFO_TXT_TARGET)
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/core/product_config.mk b/core/product_config.mk
index 75df954..e05907d 100644
--- a/core/product_config.mk
+++ b/core/product_config.mk
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 else
 # Import just the current product.
 ifndef current_product_makefile
-$(error Cannot locate config makefile for product "$(TARGET_PRODUCT)")
+$(error Can not locate config makefile for product "$(TARGET_PRODUCT)")
 endif
 ifneq (1,$(words $(current_product_makefile)))
 $(error Product "$(TARGET_PRODUCT)" ambiguous: matches $(current_product_makefile))