diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index db93912..49db608 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -264,9 +264,6 @@
 
 // Marker interface that identifies dependencies that are excluded from APEX contents.
 //
-// Unless the tag also implements the AlwaysRequireApexVariantTag this will prevent an apex variant
-// from being created for the module.
-//
 // At the moment the sdk.sdkRequirementsMutator relies on the fact that the existing tags which
 // implement this interface do not define dependencies onto members of an sdk_snapshot. If that
 // changes then sdk.sdkRequirementsMutator will need fixing.
@@ -277,17 +274,6 @@
 	ExcludeFromApexContents()
 }
 
-// Marker interface that identifies dependencies that always requires an APEX variant to be created.
-//
-// It is possible for a dependency to require an apex variant but exclude the module from the APEX
-// contents. See sdk.sdkMemberDependencyTag.
-type AlwaysRequireApexVariantTag interface {
-	blueprint.DependencyTag
-
-	// Return true if this tag requires that the target dependency has an apex variant.
-	AlwaysRequireApexVariant() bool
-}
-
 // Interface that identifies dependencies to skip Apex dependency check
 type SkipApexAllowedDependenciesCheck interface {
 	// Returns true to skip the Apex dependency check, which limits the allowed dependency in build.
diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 5f700ee..acf2903 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -973,21 +973,8 @@
 		if !ok || !am.CanHaveApexVariants() {
 			return false
 		}
-		depTag := mctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(child)
 
-		// Check to see if the tag always requires that the child module has an apex variant for every
-		// apex variant of the parent module. If it does not then it is still possible for something
-		// else, e.g. the DepIsInSameApex(...) method to decide that a variant is required.
-		if required, ok := depTag.(android.AlwaysRequireApexVariantTag); ok && required.AlwaysRequireApexVariant() {
-			return true
-		}
-		if !android.IsDepInSameApex(mctx, parent, child) {
-			return false
-		}
-
-		// By default, all the transitive dependencies are collected, unless filtered out
-		// above.
-		return true
+		return android.IsDepInSameApex(mctx, parent, child)
 	}
 
 	android.SetProvider(mctx, android.ApexBundleInfoProvider, android.ApexBundleInfo{})