diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index 6007451..2d32f1c 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -1466,10 +1466,6 @@
 	return c.config.productVariables.ExtraVndkVersions
 }
 
-func (c *deviceConfig) VndkUseCoreVariant() bool {
-	return Bool(c.config.productVariables.VndkUseCoreVariant) && Bool(c.config.productVariables.KeepVndk)
-}
-
 func (c *deviceConfig) SystemSdkVersions() []string {
 	return c.config.productVariables.DeviceSystemSdkVersions
 }
diff --git a/android/variable.go b/android/variable.go
index a3fdafb..779f6a1 100644
--- a/android/variable.go
+++ b/android/variable.go
@@ -362,7 +362,6 @@
 
 	PgoAdditionalProfileDirs []string `json:",omitempty"`
 
-	VndkUseCoreVariant         *bool `json:",omitempty"`
 	VndkSnapshotBuildArtifacts *bool `json:",omitempty"`
 
 	DirectedVendorSnapshot bool            `json:",omitempty"`
diff --git a/cc/androidmk.go b/cc/androidmk.go
index 0c6f97c..e1bc336 100644
--- a/cc/androidmk.go
+++ b/cc/androidmk.go
@@ -261,15 +261,6 @@
 		if library.coverageOutputFile.Valid() {
 			entries.SetString("LOCAL_PREBUILT_COVERAGE_ARCHIVE", library.coverageOutputFile.String())
 		}
-
-		if library.useCoreVariant {
-			entries.SetBool("LOCAL_UNINSTALLABLE_MODULE", true)
-			entries.SetBool("LOCAL_NO_NOTICE_FILE", true)
-			entries.SetBool("LOCAL_VNDK_DEPEND_ON_CORE_VARIANT", true)
-		}
-		if library.checkSameCoreVariant {
-			entries.SetBool("LOCAL_CHECK_SAME_VNDK_VARIANTS", true)
-		}
 	})
 
 	if library.shared() && !library.buildStubs() {
diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index a64775d..cb82f86 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -374,10 +374,6 @@
 	// build system and source tree.
 	Cmake_snapshot_supported *bool
 
-	// Even if DeviceConfig().VndkUseCoreVariant() is set, this module must use vendor variant.
-	// see soong/cc/config/vndk.go
-	MustUseVendorVariant bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
-
 	Installable *bool `android:"arch_variant"`
 
 	// Set by factories of module types that can only be referenced from variants compiled against
@@ -479,10 +475,6 @@
 	// IsLLNDK is set to true for the vendor variant of a cc_library module that has LLNDK stubs.
 	IsLLNDK bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
 
-	// IsVNDKUsingCoreVariant is true for VNDK modules if the global VndkUseCoreVariant option is
-	// set and the module is not listed in VndkMustUseVendorVariantList.
-	IsVNDKUsingCoreVariant bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
-
 	// IsVNDKCore is set if a VNDK module does not set the vndk.support_system_process property.
 	IsVNDKCore bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
 
@@ -548,7 +540,6 @@
 	apexVariationName() string
 	apexSdkVersion() android.ApiLevel
 	bootstrap() bool
-	mustUseVendorVariant() bool
 	nativeCoverage() bool
 	directlyInAnyApex() bool
 	isPreventInstall() bool
@@ -1472,10 +1463,6 @@
 	return c.Properties.SubName
 }
 
-func (c *Module) MustUseVendorVariant() bool {
-	return c.IsVndkSp() || c.Properties.MustUseVendorVariant
-}
-
 func (c *Module) getVndkExtendsModuleName() string {
 	if vndkdep := c.vndkdep; vndkdep != nil {
 		return vndkdep.getVndkExtendsModuleName()
@@ -1768,10 +1755,6 @@
 	return ctx.mod.IsVendorPublicLibrary()
 }
 
-func (ctx *moduleContextImpl) mustUseVendorVariant() bool {
-	return ctx.mod.MustUseVendorVariant()
-}
-
 func (ctx *moduleContextImpl) selectedStl() string {
 	if stl := ctx.mod.stl; stl != nil {
 		return stl.Properties.SelectedStl
@@ -3648,12 +3631,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ctx.DeviceConfig().VndkUseCoreVariant() && ccDep.IsVndk() && !ccDep.MustUseVendorVariant() &&
-		!c.InRamdisk() && !c.InVendorRamdisk() && !c.InRecovery() {
-		// The vendor module is a no-vendor-variant VNDK library.  Depend on the
-		// core module instead.
-		return libName
-	} else if ccDep.InVendorOrProduct() && nonSystemVariantsExist {
+	if ccDep.InVendorOrProduct() && nonSystemVariantsExist {
 		// The vendor and product modules in Make will have been renamed to not conflict with the
 		// core module, so update the dependency name here accordingly.
 		return libName + ccDep.SubName()
@@ -3866,8 +3844,6 @@
 		// TODO(b/114741097): use the correct ndk stl once build errors have been fixed
 		//family, link := getNdkStlFamilyAndLinkType(c)
 		//return fmt.Sprintf("native:ndk:%s:%s", family, link)
-	} else if actx.DeviceConfig().VndkUseCoreVariant() && !c.MustUseVendorVariant() {
-		return "native:platform_vndk"
 	} else {
 		return "native:platform"
 	}
diff --git a/cc/config/Android.bp b/cc/config/Android.bp
index fdc94ad..289409f 100644
--- a/cc/config/Android.bp
+++ b/cc/config/Android.bp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
         "global.go",
         "tidy.go",
         "toolchain.go",
-        "vndk.go",
 
         "bionic.go",
 
diff --git a/cc/config/vndk.go b/cc/config/vndk.go
deleted file mode 100644
index dd612ce..0000000
--- a/cc/config/vndk.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-// 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.
-
-package config
-
-// List of VNDK libraries that have different core variant and vendor variant.
-// For these libraries, the vendor variants must be installed even if the device
-// has VndkUseCoreVariant set.
-// Note that AIDL-generated modules must use vendor variants by default.
-var VndkMustUseVendorVariantList = []string{
-	"android.hardware.nfc@1.2",
-	"libbinder",
-	"libcrypto",
-	"libexpat",
-	"libgatekeeper",
-	"libgui",
-	"libhidlcache",
-	"libkeymaster_messages",
-	"libkeymaster_portable",
-	"libmedia_omx",
-	"libpuresoftkeymasterdevice",
-	"libselinux",
-	"libsoftkeymasterdevice",
-	"libsqlite",
-	"libssl",
-	"libstagefright_bufferpool@2.0",
-	"libstagefright_bufferqueue_helper",
-	"libstagefright_foundation",
-	"libstagefright_omx",
-	"libstagefright_omx_utils",
-	"libstagefright_xmlparser",
-	"libui",
-	"libxml2",
-}
diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index b9018a7..b9c1466 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -419,11 +419,6 @@
 
 	postInstallCmds []string
 
-	// If useCoreVariant is true, the vendor variant of a VNDK library is
-	// not installed.
-	useCoreVariant       bool
-	checkSameCoreVariant bool
-
 	skipAPIDefine bool
 
 	// Decorated interfaces
@@ -1767,27 +1762,6 @@
 				}
 			}
 
-			// In some cases we want to use core variant for VNDK-Core libs.
-			// Skip product variant since VNDKs use only the vendor variant.
-			if ctx.isVndk() && !ctx.isVndkSp() && !ctx.IsVndkExt() && !ctx.inProduct() {
-				mayUseCoreVariant := true
-
-				if ctx.mustUseVendorVariant() {
-					mayUseCoreVariant = false
-				}
-
-				if ctx.Config().CFIEnabledForPath(ctx.ModuleDir()) {
-					mayUseCoreVariant = false
-				}
-
-				if mayUseCoreVariant {
-					library.checkSameCoreVariant = true
-					if ctx.DeviceConfig().VndkUseCoreVariant() {
-						library.useCoreVariant = true
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
 			// do not install vndk libs
 			// vndk libs are packaged into VNDK APEX
 			if ctx.isVndk() && !ctx.IsVndkExt() && !ctx.Config().IsVndkDeprecated() && !ctx.inProduct() {
diff --git a/cc/linkable.go b/cc/linkable.go
index 5579aae..fecc6a2 100644
--- a/cc/linkable.go
+++ b/cc/linkable.go
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@
 	// IsVndkSp returns true if this is a VNDK-SP module.
 	IsVndkSp() bool
 
-	MustUseVendorVariant() bool
 	IsVndk() bool
 	IsVndkExt() bool
 	IsVndkPrivate() bool
diff --git a/cc/vndk.go b/cc/vndk.go
index 548992d..ea55835 100644
--- a/cc/vndk.go
+++ b/cc/vndk.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 	"strings"
 
 	"android/soong/android"
-	"android/soong/cc/config"
 	"android/soong/etc"
 
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
@@ -219,11 +218,10 @@
 type moduleListerFunc func(ctx android.SingletonContext) (moduleNames, fileNames []string)
 
 var (
-	vndkSPLibraries               = vndkModuleLister(func(m *Module) bool { return m.VendorProperties.IsVNDKSP })
-	vndkCoreLibraries             = vndkModuleLister(func(m *Module) bool { return m.VendorProperties.IsVNDKCore })
-	vndkPrivateLibraries          = vndkModuleLister(func(m *Module) bool { return m.VendorProperties.IsVNDKPrivate })
-	vndkProductLibraries          = vndkModuleLister(func(m *Module) bool { return m.VendorProperties.IsVNDKProduct })
-	vndkUsingCoreVariantLibraries = vndkModuleLister(func(m *Module) bool { return m.VendorProperties.IsVNDKUsingCoreVariant })
+	vndkSPLibraries      = vndkModuleLister(func(m *Module) bool { return m.VendorProperties.IsVNDKSP })
+	vndkCoreLibraries    = vndkModuleLister(func(m *Module) bool { return m.VendorProperties.IsVNDKCore })
+	vndkPrivateLibraries = vndkModuleLister(func(m *Module) bool { return m.VendorProperties.IsVNDKPrivate })
+	vndkProductLibraries = vndkModuleLister(func(m *Module) bool { return m.VendorProperties.IsVNDKProduct })
 )
 
 // vndkModuleLister takes a predicate that operates on a Module and returns a moduleListerFunc
@@ -266,22 +264,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-var vndkMustUseVendorVariantListKey = android.NewOnceKey("vndkMustUseVendorVariantListKey")
-
-func vndkMustUseVendorVariantList(cfg android.Config) []string {
-	return cfg.Once(vndkMustUseVendorVariantListKey, func() interface{} {
-		return config.VndkMustUseVendorVariantList
-	}).([]string)
-}
-
-// test may call this to override global configuration(config.VndkMustUseVendorVariantList)
-// when it is called, it must be before the first call to vndkMustUseVendorVariantList()
-func setVndkMustUseVendorVariantListForTest(config android.Config, mustUseVendorVariantList []string) {
-	config.Once(vndkMustUseVendorVariantListKey, func() interface{} {
-		return mustUseVendorVariantList
-	})
-}
-
 func processVndkLibrary(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext, m *Module) {
 	if m.InProduct() {
 		// We may skip the steps for the product variants because they
@@ -301,13 +283,6 @@
 		mctx.PropertyErrorf("vndk.enabled", "This library provides stubs. Shouldn't be VNDK. Consider making it as LLNDK")
 	}
 
-	if inList(name, vndkMustUseVendorVariantList(mctx.Config())) {
-		m.Properties.MustUseVendorVariant = true
-	}
-	if mctx.DeviceConfig().VndkUseCoreVariant() && !m.Properties.MustUseVendorVariant {
-		m.VendorProperties.IsVNDKUsingCoreVariant = true
-	}
-
 	if m.vndkdep.isVndkSp() {
 		m.VendorProperties.IsVNDKSP = true
 	} else {
@@ -356,8 +331,7 @@
 		if lib.buildStubs() {
 			return false
 		}
-		useCoreVariant := mctx.DeviceConfig().VndkUseCoreVariant() && !m.MustUseVendorVariant()
-		return lib.shared() && m.InVendor() && m.IsVndk() && !m.IsVndkExt() && !useCoreVariant
+		return lib.shared() && m.InVendor() && m.IsVndk() && !m.IsVndkExt()
 	}
 	return false
 }
@@ -400,7 +374,6 @@
 	ctx.RegisterParallelSingletonModuleType("vndkcore_libraries_txt", vndkCoreLibrariesTxtFactory)
 	ctx.RegisterParallelSingletonModuleType("vndkprivate_libraries_txt", vndkPrivateLibrariesTxtFactory)
 	ctx.RegisterParallelSingletonModuleType("vndkproduct_libraries_txt", vndkProductLibrariesTxtFactory)
-	ctx.RegisterParallelSingletonModuleType("vndkcorevariant_libraries_txt", vndkUsingCoreVariantLibrariesTxtFactory)
 }
 
 type vndkLibrariesTxt struct {
@@ -453,13 +426,6 @@
 	return newVndkLibrariesTxt(vndkProductLibraries, "VNDK_PRODUCT_LIBRARIES")
 }
 
-// vndkcorevariant_libraries_txt is a singleton module whose content is a list of VNDK libraries
-// that are using the core variant, generated by Soong but can be referenced by other modules.
-// For example, apex_vndk can depend on these files as prebuilt.
-func vndkUsingCoreVariantLibrariesTxtFactory() android.SingletonModule {
-	return newVndkLibrariesTxt(vndkUsingCoreVariantLibraries, "VNDK_USING_CORE_VARIANT_LIBRARIES")
-}
-
 func newVndkLibrariesWithMakeVarFilter(lister moduleListerFunc, makeVarName string, filter string) android.SingletonModule {
 	m := &vndkLibrariesTxt{
 		lister:               lister,
diff --git a/rust/rust.go b/rust/rust.go
index 93853e5..5790dd6 100644
--- a/rust/rust.go
+++ b/rust/rust.go
@@ -341,10 +341,6 @@
 	return Bool(mod.Properties.Bootstrap)
 }
 
-func (mod *Module) MustUseVendorVariant() bool {
-	return true
-}
-
 func (mod *Module) SubName() string {
 	return mod.Properties.SubName
 }