diff --git a/core/board_config.mk b/core/board_config.mk
index 91d4fd6..e0f5325 100644
--- a/core/board_config.mk
+++ b/core/board_config.mk
@@ -621,16 +621,16 @@
 ###########################################
 # Handle BUILD_BROKEN_USES_BUILD_*
 
-$(foreach m,$(filter-out BUILD_COPY_HEADERS,$(DEFAULT_WARNING_BUILD_MODULE_TYPES)),\
+$(foreach m,$(DEFAULT_WARNING_BUILD_MODULE_TYPES),\
   $(if $(filter false,$(BUILD_BROKEN_USES_$(m))),\
     $(KATI_obsolete_var $(m),Please convert to Soong),\
     $(KATI_deprecated_var $(m),Please convert to Soong)))
 
-$(if $(filter false,$(BUILD_BROKEN_USES_BUILD_COPY_HEADERS)),\
-  $(KATI_obsolete_var BUILD_COPY_HEADERS,See $(CHANGES_URL)#copy_headers),\
-  $(KATI_deprecated_var BUILD_COPY_HEADERS,See $(CHANGES_URL)#copy_headers))
+$(if $(filter true,$(BUILD_BROKEN_USES_BUILD_COPY_HEADERS)),\
+  $(KATI_deprecated_var BUILD_COPY_HEADERS,See $(CHANGES_URL)#copy_headers),\
+  $(KATI_obsolete_var BUILD_COPY_HEADERS,See $(CHANGES_URL)#copy_headers))
 
-$(foreach m,$(DEFAULT_ERROR_BUILD_MODULE_TYPES),\
+$(foreach m,$(filter-out BUILD_COPY_HEADERS,$(DEFAULT_ERROR_BUILD_MODULE_TYPES)),\
   $(if $(filter true,$(BUILD_BROKEN_USES_$(m))),\
     $(KATI_deprecated_var $(m),Please convert to Soong),\
     $(KATI_obsolete_var $(m),Please convert to Soong)))
diff --git a/core/deprecation.mk b/core/deprecation.mk
index cc620a3..19bd4cf 100644
--- a/core/deprecation.mk
+++ b/core/deprecation.mk
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
 # relevant BUILD_BROKEN_USES_BUILD_* variables, then these would move to
 # DEFAULT_ERROR_BUILD_MODULE_TYPES.
 DEFAULT_WARNING_BUILD_MODULE_TYPES :=$= \
-  BUILD_COPY_HEADERS \
-  BUILD_HOST_EXECUTABLE \
-  BUILD_HOST_SHARED_LIBRARY \
-  BUILD_HOST_STATIC_LIBRARY \
 
 # These are BUILD_* variables that are errors to reference, but you can set
 # BUILD_BROKEN_USES_BUILD_* in your BoardConfig.mk in order to turn them back
@@ -35,8 +31,12 @@
 DEFAULT_ERROR_BUILD_MODULE_TYPES :=$= \
   BUILD_AUX_EXECUTABLE \
   BUILD_AUX_STATIC_LIBRARY \
+  BUILD_COPY_HEADERS \
+  BUILD_HOST_EXECUTABLE \
   BUILD_HOST_FUZZ_TEST \
   BUILD_HOST_NATIVE_TEST \
+  BUILD_HOST_SHARED_LIBRARY \
+  BUILD_HOST_STATIC_LIBRARY \
   BUILD_HOST_STATIC_TEST_LIBRARY \
   BUILD_HOST_TEST_CONFIG \
   BUILD_NATIVE_BENCHMARK \
diff --git a/core/host_shared_library.mk b/core/host_shared_library.mk
index c22af97..fbe6442 100644
--- a/core/host_shared_library.mk
+++ b/core/host_shared_library.mk
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 ## Copy headers to the install tree
 ###########################################################
 ifdef LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS
-$(call pretty-warning,LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS is deprecated. See $(CHANGES_URL)#copy_headers)
+$(if $(filter true,$(BUILD_BROKEN_USES_BUILD_COPY_HEADERS)),\
+  $(call pretty-warning,LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS is deprecated. See $(CHANGES_URL)#copy_headers),\
+  $(call pretty-error,LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS is obsolete. See $(CHANGES_URL)#copy_headers))
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/copy_headers.mk
 endif
diff --git a/core/host_static_library.mk b/core/host_static_library.mk
index 3dbd144..23d809c 100644
--- a/core/host_static_library.mk
+++ b/core/host_static_library.mk
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 ## Copy headers to the install tree
 ###########################################################
 ifdef LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS
-$(call pretty-warning,LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS is deprecated. See $(CHANGES_URL)#copy_headers)
+$(if $(filter true,$(BUILD_BROKEN_USES_BUILD_COPY_HEADERS)),\
+  $(call pretty-warning,LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS is deprecated. See $(CHANGES_URL)#copy_headers),\
+  $(call pretty-error,LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS is obsolete. See $(CHANGES_URL)#copy_headers))
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/copy_headers.mk
 endif
diff --git a/core/shared_library.mk b/core/shared_library.mk
index ca17151..29d8276 100644
--- a/core/shared_library.mk
+++ b/core/shared_library.mk
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 ## Copy headers to the install tree
 ###########################################################
 ifdef LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS
-$(call pretty-warning,LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS is deprecated. See $(CHANGES_URL)#copy_headers)
+$(if $(filter true,$(BUILD_BROKEN_USES_BUILD_COPY_HEADERS)),\
+  $(call pretty-warning,LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS is deprecated. See $(CHANGES_URL)#copy_headers),\
+  $(call pretty-error,LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS is obsolete. See $(CHANGES_URL)#copy_headers))
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/copy_headers.mk
 endif
diff --git a/core/static_library.mk b/core/static_library.mk
index 78908cf..a450092 100644
--- a/core/static_library.mk
+++ b/core/static_library.mk
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 ## Copy headers to the install tree
 ###########################################################
 ifdef LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS
-$(call pretty-warning,LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS is deprecated. See $(CHANGES_URL)#copy_headers)
+$(if $(filter true,$(BUILD_BROKEN_USES_BUILD_COPY_HEADERS)),\
+  $(call pretty-warning,LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS is deprecated. See $(CHANGES_URL)#copy_headers),\
+  $(call pretty-error,LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS is obsolete. See $(CHANGES_URL)#copy_headers))
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/copy_headers.mk
 endif