diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index e0f6da8..19f2491 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
 # Recovery image
 
 # If neither TARGET_NO_KERNEL nor TARGET_NO_RECOVERY are true
-ifeq (,$(filter true, $(TARGET_NO_KERNEL) $(TARGET_NO_RECOVERY) $(BUILD_TINY_ANDROID)))
+ifeq (,$(filter true, $(TARGET_NO_KERNEL) $(TARGET_NO_RECOVERY)))
 
 INSTALLED_RECOVERYIMAGE_TARGET := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/recovery.img
 
diff --git a/core/binary.mk b/core/binary.mk
index 791623b..57c85c2 100644
--- a/core/binary.mk
+++ b/core/binary.mk
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 endif
 
 # Add in libcompiler-rt for all regular device builds
-ifeq (,$(LOCAL_SDK_VERSION)$(LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE)$(BUILD_TINY_ANDROID))
+ifeq (,$(LOCAL_SDK_VERSION)$(LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE)$(WITHOUT_LIBCOMPILER_RT))
   LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += $(COMPILER_RT_CONFIG_EXTRA_STATIC_LIBRARIES)
 endif
 
diff --git a/core/main.mk b/core/main.mk
index 87488f4..9f9fd86 100644
--- a/core/main.mk
+++ b/core/main.mk
@@ -453,25 +453,6 @@
 endif
 
 else	# !SDK_ONLY
-ifeq ($(BUILD_TINY_ANDROID), true)
-
-# TINY_ANDROID is a super-minimal build configuration, handy for board
-# bringup and very low level debugging
-
-subdirs := \
-	bionic \
-	system/core \
-	system/extras/ext4_utils \
-	system/extras/su \
-	build/libs \
-	build/target \
-	build/tools/acp \
-	external/gcc-demangle \
-	external/mksh \
-	external/openssl \
-	external/yaffs2 \
-	external/zlib
-else	# !BUILD_TINY_ANDROID
 #
 # Typical build; include any Android.mk files we can find.
 #
@@ -479,8 +460,6 @@
 
 FULL_BUILD := true
 
-endif	# !BUILD_TINY_ANDROID
-
 endif	# !SDK_ONLY
 
 # Before we go and include all of the module makefiles, stash away
@@ -777,10 +756,6 @@
 .PHONY: bootimage
 bootimage: $(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET)
 
-ifeq ($(BUILD_TINY_ANDROID), true)
-INSTALLED_RECOVERYIMAGE_TARGET :=
-endif
-
 # Build files and then package it into the rom formats
 .PHONY: droidcore
 droidcore: files \
diff --git a/core/tasks/apicheck.mk b/core/tasks/apicheck.mk
index 8d9928e..63fd4d4 100644
--- a/core/tasks/apicheck.mk
+++ b/core/tasks/apicheck.mk
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 # api compatibility or added apis illegally.
 #
 
-# skip api check for TINY_ANDROID and PDK buid
-ifeq (,$(filter true, $(BUILD_TINY_ANDROID) $(TARGET_BUILD_PDK)))
+# skip api check for PDK buid
+ifeq (,$(filter true, $(WITHOUT_CHECK_API) $(TARGET_BUILD_PDK)))
 
 .PHONY: checkapi