diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 1a7911a..92f9b9c 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -7318,29 +7318,6 @@
   $(call dist-for-goals,droidcore-unbundled apps_only,$(LLVM_COVERAGE_TOOLS_ZIP))
 endif
 
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------
-# A zip of the Android Apps. Not keeping full path so that we don't
-# include product names when distributing
-#
-name := $(TARGET_PRODUCT)
-ifeq ($(TARGET_BUILD_TYPE),debug)
-  name := $(name)_debug
-endif
-name := $(name)-apps
-
-APPS_ZIP := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/$(name).zip
-$(APPS_ZIP): $(FULL_SYSTEMIMAGE_DEPS)
-	@echo "Package apps: $@"
-	$(hide) rm -rf $@
-	$(hide) mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	$(hide) apps_to_zip=`find $(TARGET_OUT_APPS) $(TARGET_OUT_APPS_PRIVILEGED) -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 3 -name "*.apk"`; \
-	if [ -z "$$apps_to_zip" ]; then \
-	    echo "No apps to zip up. Generating empty apps archive." ; \
-	    a=$$(mktemp /tmp/XXXXXXX) && touch $$a && zip $@ $$a && zip -d $@ $$a; \
-	else \
-	    zip -qjX $@ $$apps_to_zip; \
-	fi
-
 ifeq (true,$(EMMA_INSTRUMENT))
 #------------------------------------------------------------------
 # An archive of classes for use in generating code-coverage reports
diff --git a/core/main.mk b/core/main.mk
index c10fbbb..41a36ca 100644
--- a/core/main.mk
+++ b/core/main.mk
@@ -1621,7 +1621,6 @@
 
   ifneq ($(ANDROID_BUILD_EMBEDDED),true)
     $(call dist-for-goals-with-filenametag, droidcore, \
-      $(APPS_ZIP) \
       $(INTERNAL_EMULATOR_PACKAGE_TARGET) \
     )
   endif