diff --git a/target/board/go_defaults.prop b/target/board/go_defaults.prop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93071cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/board/go_defaults.prop
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
diff --git a/target/board/go_defaults_512.prop b/target/board/go_defaults_512.prop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8eea9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/board/go_defaults_512.prop
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# 512MB specific properties.
+
+# lmkd can kill more now.
+ro.lmk.medium=700
+
+# madvise random in ART to reduce page cache thrashing.
+dalvik.vm.madvise-random=true
diff --git a/target/board/go_defaults_common.prop b/target/board/go_defaults_common.prop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0c0ef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/board/go_defaults_common.prop
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# Sets Android Go recommended default values for propreties.
+
+# Set lowram options
+ro.config.low_ram=true
+ro.lmk.critical_upgrade=true
+ro.lmk.upgrade_pressure=40
+ro.lmk.downgrade_pressure=60
+ro.lmk.kill_heaviest_task=false
+ro.statsd.enable=false
+
+# set threshold to filter unused apps
+pm.dexopt.downgrade_after_inactive_days=10
+
+# set the compiler filter for shared apks to quicken.
+# Rationale: speed has a lot of dex code expansion, it uses more ram and space
+# compared to quicken. Using quicken for shared APKs on Go devices may save RAM.
+# Note that this is a trade-off: here we trade clean pages for dirty pages,
+# extra cpu and battery. That's because the quicken files will be jit-ed in all
+# the processes that load of shared apk and the code cache is not shared.
+# Some notable apps that will be affected by this are gms and chrome.
+# b/65591595.
+pm.dexopt.shared=quicken
+
+# Default heap sizes. Allow up to 256m for large heaps to make sure a single app
+# doesn't take all of the RAM.
+dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit=128m
+dalvik.vm.heapsize=256m
diff --git a/target/product/go_defaults.mk b/target/product/go_defaults.mk
index faa1852..7bb6d91 100644
--- a/target/product/go_defaults.mk
+++ b/target/product/go_defaults.mk
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@
 # Inherit common Android Go defaults.
 $(call inherit-product, build/target/product/go_defaults_common.mk)
 
+# Add the system properties.
+TARGET_SYSTEM_PROP += \
+    build/make/target/board/go_defaults.prop
diff --git a/target/product/go_defaults_512.mk b/target/product/go_defaults_512.mk
index 56ab29b..5542818 100644
--- a/target/product/go_defaults_512.mk
+++ b/target/product/go_defaults_512.mk
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@
 # Inherit common Android Go defaults.
 $(call inherit-product, build/target/product/go_defaults_common.mk)
 
-# 512MB specific properties.
-
-# lmkd can kill more now.
-PRODUCT_PROPERTY_OVERRIDES += \
-     ro.lmk.medium=700 \
-
-# madvise random in ART to reduce page cache thrashing.
-PRODUCT_PROPERTY_OVERRIDES += \
-     dalvik.vm.madvise-random=true
+# Add the system properties.
+TARGET_SYSTEM_PROP += \
+    build/make/target/board/go_defaults_512.prop
diff --git a/target/product/go_defaults_common.mk b/target/product/go_defaults_common.mk
index fbb9567..7e71e26 100644
--- a/target/product/go_defaults_common.mk
+++ b/target/product/go_defaults_common.mk
@@ -14,18 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-# Sets Android Go recommended default values for propreties.
-
-# Set lowram options
-PRODUCT_PROPERTY_OVERRIDES += \
-     ro.config.low_ram=true \
-     ro.lmk.critical_upgrade=true \
-     ro.lmk.upgrade_pressure=40
-
-# set threshold to filter unused apps
-PRODUCT_PROPERTY_OVERRIDES += \
-     pm.dexopt.downgrade_after_inactive_days=10
-
+# Sets Android Go recommended default product options.
 
 # Speed profile services and wifi-service to reduce RAM and storage.
 PRODUCT_SYSTEM_SERVER_COMPILER_FILTER := speed-profile
@@ -39,19 +28,14 @@
 PRODUCT_USE_PROFILE_FOR_BOOT_IMAGE := true
 PRODUCT_DEX_PREOPT_BOOT_IMAGE_PROFILE_LOCATION := frameworks/base/config/boot-image-profile.txt
 
-# set the compiler filter for shared apks to quicken.
-# Rationale: speed has a lot of dex code expansion, it uses more ram and space
-# compared to quicken. Using quicken for shared APKs on Go devices may save RAM.
-# Note that this is a trade-off: here we trade clean pages for dirty pages,
-# extra cpu and battery. That's because the quicken files will be jit-ed in all
-# the processes that load of shared apk and the code cache is not shared.
-# Some notable apps that will be affected by this are gms and chrome.
-# b/65591595.
-PRODUCT_PROPERTY_OVERRIDES += \
-     pm.dexopt.shared=quicken
+# Do not generate libartd.
+PRODUCT_ART_TARGET_INCLUDE_DEBUG_BUILD := false
 
-# Default heap sizes. Allow up to 256m for large heaps to make sure a single app
-# doesn't take all of the RAM.
-PRODUCT_PROPERTY_OVERRIDES += dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit=128m
-PRODUCT_PROPERTY_OVERRIDES += dalvik.vm.heapsize=256m
+# Strip the local variable table and the local variable type table to reduce
+# the size of the system image. This has no bearing on stack traces, but will
+# leave less information available via JDWP.
+PRODUCT_MINIMIZE_JAVA_DEBUG_INFO := true
 
+# Add the system properties.
+TARGET_SYSTEM_PROP += \
+    build/make/target/board/go_defaults_common.prop