diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 314ba0a..2d16fdf 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -903,6 +903,18 @@
 endef
 
 ###########################################################
+# Declares the rule to build all license metadata.
+###########################################################
+define build-all-license-metadata-rule
+$(strip $(eval _all := $(call all-license-metadata)))
+
+.PHONY: alllicensemetadata
+alllicensemetadata: $(_all)
+	@echo Building all $(words $(_all)) license metadata files
+endef
+
+
+###########################################################
 ## Declares a license metadata build rule for ALL_MODULES
 ###########################################################
 define build-license-metadata
@@ -917,7 +929,8 @@
   $(foreach t,$(sort $(ALL_NON_MODULES)),$(eval $(call non-module-license-metadata-rule,$(t)))) \
   $(foreach m,$(sort $(ALL_MODULES)),$(eval $(call license-metadata-rule,$(m)))) \
   $(eval $(call report-missing-licenses-rule)) \
-  $(eval $(call report-all-notice-library-names-rule)))
+  $(eval $(call report-all-notice-library-names-rule)) \
+  $(eval $(call build-all-license-metadata-rule)))
 endef
 
 ###########################################################
@@ -3061,6 +3074,8 @@
 # $(3): full path to destination
 define symlink-file
 $(eval $(_symlink-file))
+$(eval $(call declare-license-metadata,$(3),,,,,,))
+$(eval $(call declare-license-deps,$(3),$(1)))
 endef
 
 define _symlink-file
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/common.py b/tools/releasetools/common.py
index 9feb8af..c2c6df1 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/common.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/common.py
@@ -471,10 +471,6 @@
   def oem_props(self):
     return self._oem_props
 
-  @property
-  def avb_enabled(self):
-    return self.get("avb_enable") == "true"
-
   def __getitem__(self, key):
     return self.info_dict[key]
 
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/validate_target_files.py b/tools/releasetools/validate_target_files.py
index 282dc99..beb9e75 100755
--- a/tools/releasetools/validate_target_files.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/validate_target_files.py
@@ -131,8 +131,10 @@
     logging.warning('Skipped due to target using non-sparse images')
     return
 
-  # Verify IMAGES/system.img.
-  CheckAllFiles('system')
+  # Verify IMAGES/system.img if applicable.
+  # Some targets, e.g., gki_arm64, gki_x86_64, etc., are system.img-less.
+  if 'IMAGES/system.img' in input_zip.namelist():
+    CheckAllFiles('system')
 
   # Verify IMAGES/vendor.img if applicable.
   if 'VENDOR/' in input_zip.namelist():
@@ -259,9 +261,6 @@
 
 def ValidatePartitionFingerprints(input_tmp, info_dict):
   build_info = common.BuildInfo(info_dict)
-  if not build_info.avb_enabled:
-    logging.info("AVB not enabled, skipping partition fingerprint checks")
-    return
   # Expected format:
   #  Prop: com.android.build.vendor.fingerprint -> 'generic/aosp_cf_x86_64_phone/vsoc_x86_64:S/AOSP.MASTER/7335886:userdebug/test-keys'
   #  Prop: com.android.build.vendor_boot.fingerprint -> 'generic/aosp_cf_x86_64_phone/vsoc_x86_64:S/AOSP.MASTER/7335886:userdebug/test-keys'
@@ -398,7 +397,7 @@
           verity_key_mincrypt, stdoutdata.rstrip())
 
   # Handle the case of Verified Boot 2.0 (AVB).
-  if info_dict.get("avb_enable") == "true":
+  if info_dict.get("avb_building_vbmeta_image") == "true":
     logging.info('Verifying Verified Boot 2.0 (AVB) images...')
 
     key = options['verity_key']