diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index 0ff78a5..c88c29a 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -111,9 +111,6 @@
 		Check_all_apis *bool
 	}
 
-	// Order symbols in .bss section by their sizes.  Only useful for shared libraries.
-	Sort_bss_symbols_by_size *bool
-
 	// Inject boringssl hash into the shared library.  This is only intended for use by external/boringssl.
 	Inject_bssl_hash *bool `android:"arch_variant"`
 
@@ -1342,19 +1339,6 @@
 	linkerDeps = append(linkerDeps, deps.SharedLibsDeps...)
 	linkerDeps = append(linkerDeps, deps.LateSharedLibsDeps...)
 	linkerDeps = append(linkerDeps, objs.tidyFiles...)
-
-	if Bool(library.Properties.Sort_bss_symbols_by_size) && !library.buildStubs() {
-		unsortedOutputFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "unsorted", fileName)
-		transformObjToDynamicBinary(ctx, objs.objFiles, sharedLibs,
-			deps.StaticLibs, deps.LateStaticLibs, deps.WholeStaticLibs,
-			linkerDeps, deps.CrtBegin, deps.CrtEnd, false, builderFlags, unsortedOutputFile, implicitOutputs)
-
-		symbolOrderingFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "unsorted", fileName+".symbol_order")
-		symbolOrderingFlag := library.baseLinker.sortBssSymbolsBySize(ctx, unsortedOutputFile, symbolOrderingFile, builderFlags)
-		builderFlags.localLdFlags += " " + symbolOrderingFlag
-		linkerDeps = append(linkerDeps, symbolOrderingFile)
-	}
-
 	transformObjToDynamicBinary(ctx, objs.objFiles, sharedLibs,
 		deps.StaticLibs, deps.LateStaticLibs, deps.WholeStaticLibs,
 		linkerDeps, deps.CrtBegin, deps.CrtEnd, false, builderFlags, outputFile, implicitOutputs)
diff --git a/cc/linker.go b/cc/linker.go
index 5bd21ed..1d8c649 100644
--- a/cc/linker.go
+++ b/cc/linker.go
@@ -594,28 +594,3 @@
 		},
 	})
 }
-
-// Rule to generate .bss symbol ordering file.
-
-var (
-	_                   = pctx.SourcePathVariable("genSortedBssSymbolsPath", "build/soong/scripts/gen_sorted_bss_symbols.sh")
-	genSortedBssSymbols = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("gen_sorted_bss_symbols",
-		blueprint.RuleParams{
-			Command:     "CLANG_BIN=${clangBin} $genSortedBssSymbolsPath ${in} ${out}",
-			CommandDeps: []string{"$genSortedBssSymbolsPath", "${clangBin}/llvm-nm"},
-		},
-		"clangBin")
-)
-
-func (linker *baseLinker) sortBssSymbolsBySize(ctx ModuleContext, in android.Path, symbolOrderingFile android.ModuleOutPath, flags builderFlags) string {
-	ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
-		Rule:        genSortedBssSymbols,
-		Description: "generate bss symbol order " + symbolOrderingFile.Base(),
-		Output:      symbolOrderingFile,
-		Input:       in,
-		Args: map[string]string{
-			"clangBin": "${config.ClangBin}",
-		},
-	})
-	return "-Wl,--symbol-ordering-file," + symbolOrderingFile.String()
-}
diff --git a/scripts/gen_sorted_bss_symbols.sh b/scripts/gen_sorted_bss_symbols.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a9b61a1..0000000
--- a/scripts/gen_sorted_bss_symbols.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-
-# Copyright 2019 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-#
-# 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.
-
-# Script to generate a symbol ordering file that sorts bss section symbols by
-# their sizes.
-# Inputs:
-#  Environment:
-#   CLANG_BIN: path to the clang bin directory
-#  Arguments:
-#   $1: Input ELF file
-#   $2: Output symbol ordering file
-
-set -o pipefail
-
-${CLANG_BIN}/llvm-nm --size-sort $1 | awk '{if ($2 == "b" || $2 == "B") print $3}' > $2