diff --git a/CleanSpec.mk b/CleanSpec.mk
index f8c96ff..f562279 100644
--- a/CleanSpec.mk
+++ b/CleanSpec.mk
@@ -787,6 +787,10 @@
 $(call add-clean-step, rm -rf $(OUT_DIR)/target/common/obj/JAVA_LIBRARIES/)
 $(call add-clean-step, find $(OUT_DIR) -type f -name "*.jar" -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f)
 
+# Remove obsolete dexpreopt_config artifacts
+$(call add-clean-step, rm -f $(PRODUCT_OUT)/dexpreopt_config/dexpreopt.config)
+$(call add-clean-step, rm -f $(PRODUCT_OUT)/dexpreopt_config/dexpreopt_soong.config)
+
 # ************************************************
 # NEWER CLEAN STEPS MUST BE AT THE END OF THE LIST
 # ************************************************
diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 9845437..a16365d 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -7055,18 +7055,19 @@
 
 endif
 
-$(DEXPREOPT_CONFIG_ZIP): $(SOONG_ZIP)
-	$(hide) mkdir -p $(dir $@) $(PRODUCT_OUT)/dexpreopt_config
-
+$(DEXPREOPT_CONFIG_ZIP): PRIVATE_DEXPREOPT_CONFIG_ZIP_PARAMS :=
 ifeq (,$(TARGET_BUILD_UNBUNDLED))
 ifneq (,$(DEX_PREOPT_CONFIG_FOR_MAKE))
-	$(hide) cp $(DEX_PREOPT_CONFIG_FOR_MAKE) $(PRODUCT_OUT)/dexpreopt_config
+$(DEXPREOPT_CONFIG_ZIP): PRIVATE_DEXPREOPT_CONFIG_ZIP_PARAMS += -e $(notdir $(DEX_PREOPT_CONFIG_FOR_MAKE)) -f $(DEX_PREOPT_CONFIG_FOR_MAKE)
 endif
 ifneq (,$(DEX_PREOPT_SOONG_CONFIG_FOR_MAKE))
-	$(hide) cp $(DEX_PREOPT_SOONG_CONFIG_FOR_MAKE) $(PRODUCT_OUT)/dexpreopt_config
+$(DEXPREOPT_CONFIG_ZIP): PRIVATE_DEXPREOPT_CONFIG_ZIP_PARAMS += -e $(notdir $(DEX_PREOPT_SOONG_CONFIG_FOR_MAKE)) -f $(DEX_PREOPT_SOONG_CONFIG_FOR_MAKE)
 endif
 endif #!TARGET_BUILD_UNBUNDLED
-	$(hide) $(SOONG_ZIP) -d -o $@ -C $(PRODUCT_OUT)/dexpreopt_config -D $(PRODUCT_OUT)/dexpreopt_config
+
+$(DEXPREOPT_CONFIG_ZIP): $(SOONG_ZIP)
+	$(hide) mkdir -p $(dir $@) $(PRODUCT_OUT)/dexpreopt_config
+	$(hide) $(SOONG_ZIP) -d -o $@ -C $(PRODUCT_OUT)/dexpreopt_config -D $(PRODUCT_OUT)/dexpreopt_config $(PRIVATE_DEXPREOPT_CONFIG_ZIP_PARAMS)
 
 .PHONY: dexpreopt_config_zip
 dexpreopt_config_zip: $(DEXPREOPT_CONFIG_ZIP)