diff --git a/core/tasks/general-tests-shared-libs.mk b/core/tasks/general-tests-shared-libs.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 2405140..0000000
--- a/core/tasks/general-tests-shared-libs.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2024 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.
-
-.PHONY: general-tests-shared-libs
-
-intermediates_dir := $(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,general-tests-shared-libs)
-
-general_tests_shared_libs_zip := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/general-tests_host-shared-libs.zip
-
-# Filter shared entries between general-tests and device-tests's HOST_SHARED_LIBRARY.FILES,
-# to avoid warning about overriding commands.
-my_host_shared_lib_for_general_tests := \
-  $(foreach m,$(filter $(COMPATIBILITY.device-tests.HOST_SHARED_LIBRARY.FILES),\
-	   $(COMPATIBILITY.general-tests.HOST_SHARED_LIBRARY.FILES)),$(call word-colon,2,$(m)))
-my_general_tests_shared_lib_files := \
-  $(filter-out $(COMPATIBILITY.device-tests.HOST_SHARED_LIBRARY.FILES),\
-	 $(COMPATIBILITY.general-tests.HOST_SHARED_LIBRARY.FILES))
-
-my_host_shared_lib_for_general_tests += $(call copy-many-files,$(my_general_tests_shared_lib_files))
-
-$(general_tests_shared_libs_zip) : PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR := $(intermediates_dir)
-$(general_tests_shared_libs_zip) : PRIVATE_HOST_SHARED_LIBS := $(my_host_shared_lib_for_general_tests)
-$(general_tests_shared_libs_zip) : PRIVATE_general_host_shared_libs_zip := $(general_tests_shared_libs_zip)
-$(general_tests_shared_libs_zip) : $(my_host_shared_lib_for_general_tests) $(SOONG_ZIP)
-	rm -rf $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)
-	mkdir -p $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR) $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/tools
-	$(hide) for shared_lib in $(PRIVATE_HOST_SHARED_LIBS); do \
-	  echo $$shared_lib >> $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/shared-libs.list; \
-	done
-	grep $(HOST_OUT_TESTCASES) $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/shared-libs.list > $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/host-shared-libs.list || true
-	$(SOONG_ZIP) -d -o $(PRIVATE_general_host_shared_libs_zip) \
-	  -P host -C $(HOST_OUT) -l $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/host-shared-libs.list
-
-general-tests-shared-libs: $(general_tests_shared_libs_zip)
-$(call dist-for-goals, general-tests-shared-libs, $(general_tests_shared_libs_zip))
-
-$(call declare-1p-container,$(general_tests_shared_libs_zip),)
-$(call declare-container-license-deps,$(general_tests_shared_libs_zip),$(my_host_shared_lib_for_general_tests),$(PRODUCT_OUT)/:/)
-
-intermediates_dir :=
-general_tests_shared_libs_zip :=
diff --git a/core/tasks/general-tests.mk b/core/tasks/general-tests.mk
index 1901ed5..dcfcfad 100644
--- a/core/tasks/general-tests.mk
+++ b/core/tasks/general-tests.mk
@@ -27,19 +27,61 @@
 # Create an artifact to include all test config files in general-tests.
 general_tests_configs_zip := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/general-tests_configs.zip
 
-general_tests_shared_libs_zip := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/general-tests_host-shared-libs.zip
+# Filter shared entries between general-tests and device-tests's HOST_SHARED_LIBRARY.FILES,
+# to avoid warning about overriding commands.
+my_host_shared_lib_for_general_tests := \
+  $(foreach m,$(filter $(COMPATIBILITY.device-tests.HOST_SHARED_LIBRARY.FILES),\
+	   $(COMPATIBILITY.general-tests.HOST_SHARED_LIBRARY.FILES)),$(call word-colon,2,$(m)))
+my_general_tests_shared_lib_files := \
+  $(filter-out $(COMPATIBILITY.device-tests.HOST_SHARED_LIBRARY.FILES),\
+	 $(COMPATIBILITY.general-tests.HOST_SHARED_LIBRARY.FILES))
 
-$(general_tests_zip) : $(general_tests_shared_libs_zip)
+my_host_shared_lib_for_general_tests += $(call copy-many-files,$(my_general_tests_shared_lib_files))
+
+my_host_shared_lib_symlinks := \
+    $(filter $(COMPATIBILITY.host-unit-tests.SYMLINKS),\
+	$(COMPATIBILITY.general-tests.SYMLINKS))
+
+my_general_tests_symlinks := \
+    $(filter-out $(COMPATIBILITY.camera-hal-tests.SYMLINKS),\
+    $(filter-out $(COMPATIBILITY.host-unit-tests.SYMLINKS),\
+	 $(COMPATIBILITY.general-tests.SYMLINKS)))
+
+my_symlinks_for_general_tests := $(foreach f,$(my_general_tests_symlinks),\
+	$(strip $(eval _cmf_tuple := $(subst :, ,$(f))) \
+	$(eval _cmf_dep := $(word 1,$(_cmf_tuple))) \
+	$(eval _cmf_src := $(word 2,$(_cmf_tuple))) \
+	$(eval _cmf_dest := $(word 3,$(_cmf_tuple))) \
+	$(call symlink-file,$(_cmf_dep),$(_cmf_src),$(_cmf_dest)) \
+	$(_cmf_dest)))
+
+# In this one directly take the overlap into the zip since we can't rewrite rules
+my_symlinks_for_general_tests += $(foreach f,$(my_host_shared_lib_symlinks),\
+        $(strip $(eval _cmf_tuple := $(subst :, ,$(f))) \
+        $(eval _cmf_dep := $(word 1,$(_cmf_tuple))) \
+        $(eval _cmf_src := $(word 2,$(_cmf_tuple))) \
+        $(eval _cmf_dest := $(word 3,$(_cmf_tuple))) \
+        $(_cmf_dest)))
+
 $(general_tests_zip) : PRIVATE_general_tests_list_zip := $(general_tests_list_zip)
 $(general_tests_zip) : .KATI_IMPLICIT_OUTPUTS := $(general_tests_list_zip) $(general_tests_configs_zip)
 $(general_tests_zip) : PRIVATE_TOOLS := $(general_tests_tools)
 $(general_tests_zip) : PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR := $(intermediates_dir)
+$(general_tests_zip) : PRIVATE_HOST_SHARED_LIBS := $(my_host_shared_lib_for_general_tests)
+$(general_tests_zip) : PRIVATE_SYMLINKS := $(my_symlinks_for_general_tests)
 $(general_tests_zip) : PRIVATE_general_tests_configs_zip := $(general_tests_configs_zip)
-$(general_tests_zip) : $(COMPATIBILITY.general-tests.FILES) $(COMPATIBILITY.general-tests.SOONG_INSTALLED_COMPATIBILITY_SUPPORT_FILES) $(general_tests_tools) $(SOONG_ZIP)
+$(general_tests_zip) : $(COMPATIBILITY.general-tests.FILES) $(my_host_shared_lib_for_general_tests) $(COMPATIBILITY.general-tests.SOONG_INSTALLED_COMPATIBILITY_SUPPORT_FILES) $(general_tests_tools) $(my_symlinks_for_general_tests) $(SOONG_ZIP)
 	rm -rf $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)
 	rm -f $@ $(PRIVATE_general_tests_list_zip)
 	mkdir -p $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR) $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/tools
 	echo $(sort $(COMPATIBILITY.general-tests.FILES) $(COMPATIBILITY.general-tests.SOONG_INSTALLED_COMPATIBILITY_SUPPORT_FILES)) | tr " " "\n" > $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/list
+	for symlink in $(PRIVATE_SYMLINKS); do \
+	  echo $$symlink >> $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/list; \
+	done
+	$(hide) for shared_lib in $(PRIVATE_HOST_SHARED_LIBS); do \
+	  echo $$shared_lib >> $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/shared-libs.list; \
+	done
+	grep $(HOST_OUT_TESTCASES) $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/shared-libs.list > $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/host-shared-libs.list || true
 	grep $(HOST_OUT_TESTCASES) $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/list > $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/host.list || true
 	grep $(TARGET_OUT_TESTCASES) $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/list > $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/target.list || true
 	grep -e .*\\.config$$ $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/host.list > $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/host-test-configs.list || true
@@ -49,6 +91,7 @@
 	  -P host -C $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR) -D $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/tools \
 	  -P host -C $(HOST_OUT) -l $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/host.list \
 	  -P target -C $(PRODUCT_OUT) -l $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/target.list \
+	  -P host -C $(HOST_OUT) -l $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/host-shared-libs.list \
 	  -sha256
 	$(SOONG_ZIP) -d -o $(PRIVATE_general_tests_configs_zip) \
 	  -P host -C $(HOST_OUT) -l $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/host-test-configs.list \
@@ -69,3 +112,8 @@
 general_tests_list_zip :=
 general_tests_configs_zip :=
 general_tests_shared_libs_zip :=
+my_host_shared_lib_for_general_tests :=
+my_symlinks_for_general_tests :=
+my_general_tests_shared_lib_files :=
+my_general_tests_symlinks :=
+my_host_shared_lib_symlinks :=