diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 882dc9f..8aba47b 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -1350,8 +1350,6 @@
   # Copying baseline ramdisk...
   # Use rsync because "cp -Rf" fails to overwrite broken symlinks on Mac.
   $(hide) rsync -a --exclude=etc --exclude=sdcard $(IGNORE_RECOVERY_SEPOLICY) $(IGNORE_CACHE_LINK) $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_OUT)
-  # Copy adbd from system/bin to recovery/root/sbin
-  $(hide) cp -f $(TARGET_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/adbd $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/sbin/adbd
   # Modifying ramdisk contents...
   $(if $(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES), \
     $(call build-image-kernel-modules,$(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES),$(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT),,$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_recovery)))
@@ -1404,8 +1402,6 @@
       $(hide) $(AVBTOOL) add_hash_footer --image $(1) --partition_size $(BOARD_RECOVERYIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE) --partition_name recovery $(INTERNAL_AVB_RECOVERY_SIGNING_ARGS) $(BOARD_AVB_RECOVERY_ADD_HASH_FOOTER_ARGS)))
 endef
 
-ADBD := $(TARGET_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/adbd
-
 ifeq ($(BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT),true)
 ifeq (true,$(PRODUCTS.$(INTERNAL_PRODUCT).PRODUCT_SUPPORTS_BOOT_SIGNER))
 $(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET) : $(BOOT_SIGNER)
@@ -1416,7 +1412,7 @@
 ifeq (true,$(BOARD_AVB_ENABLE))
 $(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET) : $(AVBTOOL) $(BOARD_AVB_BOOT_KEY_PATH)
 endif
-$(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET): $(MKBOOTFS) $(MKBOOTIMG) $(MINIGZIP) $(ADBD) \
+$(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET): $(MKBOOTFS) $(MKBOOTIMG) $(MINIGZIP) \
 		$(INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET) \
 		$(INTERNAL_RECOVERYIMAGE_FILES) \
 		$(recovery_initrc) $(recovery_sepolicy) $(recovery_kernel) \
@@ -1431,7 +1427,7 @@
 		$(call build-recoveryimage-target, $@)
 endif
 
-$(INSTALLED_RECOVERYIMAGE_TARGET): $(MKBOOTFS) $(MKBOOTIMG) $(MINIGZIP) $(ADBD) \
+$(INSTALLED_RECOVERYIMAGE_TARGET): $(MKBOOTFS) $(MKBOOTIMG) $(MINIGZIP) \
 		$(INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET) \
 		$(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET) \
 		$(INTERNAL_RECOVERYIMAGE_FILES) \