diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index c2378fc..70a1b18 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -1326,7 +1326,6 @@
 			apex {
 				name: "myapex",
 				key: "myapex.key",
-				use_vendor: true,
 				native_shared_libs: ["mylib"],
 				updatable: false,
 				`+tc.minSdkVersion+`
@@ -1363,7 +1362,6 @@
 				symbol_file: "",
 			}
 			`,
-				setUseVendorAllowListForTest([]string{"myapex"}),
 				withUnbundledBuild,
 			)
 
@@ -1377,13 +1375,13 @@
 			ensureListEmpty(t, names(apexManifestRule.Args["provideNativeLibs"]))
 			ensureListContains(t, names(apexManifestRule.Args["requireNativeLibs"]), "libbar.so")
 
-			mylibLdFlags := ctx.ModuleForTests("mylib", "android_vendor.29_arm64_armv8-a_shared_"+tc.apexVariant).Rule("ld").Args["libFlags"]
-			ensureContains(t, mylibLdFlags, "libbar/android_vendor.29_arm64_armv8-a_shared_"+tc.shouldLink+"/libbar.so")
+			mylibLdFlags := ctx.ModuleForTests("mylib", "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_"+tc.apexVariant).Rule("ld").Args["libFlags"]
+			ensureContains(t, mylibLdFlags, "libbar/android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_"+tc.shouldLink+"/libbar.so")
 			for _, ver := range tc.shouldNotLink {
-				ensureNotContains(t, mylibLdFlags, "libbar/android_vendor.29_arm64_armv8-a_shared_"+ver+"/libbar.so")
+				ensureNotContains(t, mylibLdFlags, "libbar/android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_"+ver+"/libbar.so")
 			}
 
-			mylibCFlags := ctx.ModuleForTests("mylib", "android_vendor.29_arm64_armv8-a_static_"+tc.apexVariant).Rule("cc").Args["cFlags"]
+			mylibCFlags := ctx.ModuleForTests("mylib", "android_arm64_armv8-a_static_"+tc.apexVariant).Rule("cc").Args["cFlags"]
 			ver := tc.shouldLink
 			if tc.shouldLink == "current" {
 				ver = strconv.Itoa(android.FutureApiLevelInt)
@@ -2375,119 +2373,6 @@
 	})
 }
 
-func TestUseVendor(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := testApex(t, `
-		apex {
-			name: "myapex",
-			key: "myapex.key",
-			native_shared_libs: ["mylib"],
-			use_vendor: true,
-			updatable: false,
-		}
-
-		apex_key {
-			name: "myapex.key",
-			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
-			private_key: "testkey.pem",
-		}
-
-		cc_library {
-			name: "mylib",
-			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
-			shared_libs: ["mylib2"],
-			system_shared_libs: [],
-			vendor_available: true,
-			stl: "none",
-			apex_available: [ "myapex" ],
-		}
-
-		cc_library {
-			name: "mylib2",
-			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
-			system_shared_libs: [],
-			vendor_available: true,
-			stl: "none",
-			apex_available: [ "myapex" ],
-		}
-	`,
-		setUseVendorAllowListForTest([]string{"myapex"}),
-	)
-
-	inputsList := []string{}
-	for _, i := range ctx.ModuleForTests("myapex", "android_common_myapex_image").Module().BuildParamsForTests() {
-		for _, implicit := range i.Implicits {
-			inputsList = append(inputsList, implicit.String())
-		}
-	}
-	inputsString := strings.Join(inputsList, " ")
-
-	// ensure that the apex includes vendor variants of the direct and indirect deps
-	ensureContains(t, inputsString, "android_vendor.29_arm64_armv8-a_shared_apex10000/mylib.so")
-	ensureContains(t, inputsString, "android_vendor.29_arm64_armv8-a_shared_apex10000/mylib2.so")
-
-	// ensure that the apex does not include core variants
-	ensureNotContains(t, inputsString, "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_apex10000/mylib.so")
-	ensureNotContains(t, inputsString, "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_apex10000/mylib2.so")
-}
-
-func TestUseVendorNotAllowedForSystemApexes(t *testing.T) {
-	testApexError(t, `module "myapex" .*: use_vendor: not allowed`, `
-		apex {
-			name: "myapex",
-			key: "myapex.key",
-			use_vendor: true,
-		}
-		apex_key {
-			name: "myapex.key",
-			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
-			private_key: "testkey.pem",
-		}
-	`,
-		setUseVendorAllowListForTest([]string{""}),
-	)
-	// no error with allow list
-	testApex(t, `
-		apex {
-			name: "myapex",
-			key: "myapex.key",
-			use_vendor: true,
-			updatable: false,
-		}
-		apex_key {
-			name: "myapex.key",
-			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
-			private_key: "testkey.pem",
-		}
-	`,
-		setUseVendorAllowListForTest([]string{"myapex"}),
-	)
-}
-
-func TestUseVendorFailsIfNotVendorAvailable(t *testing.T) {
-	testApexError(t, `dependency "mylib" of "myapex" missing variant:\n.*image:vendor`, `
-		apex {
-			name: "myapex",
-			key: "myapex.key",
-			native_shared_libs: ["mylib"],
-			use_vendor: true,
-			updatable: false,
-		}
-
-		apex_key {
-			name: "myapex.key",
-			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
-			private_key: "testkey.pem",
-		}
-
-		cc_library {
-			name: "mylib",
-			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
-			system_shared_libs: [],
-			stl: "none",
-		}
-	`)
-}
-
 func TestVendorApex(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testApex(t, `
 		apex {
@@ -2662,41 +2547,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-func TestAndroidMk_UseVendorRequired(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := testApex(t, `
-		apex {
-			name: "myapex",
-			key: "myapex.key",
-			use_vendor: true,
-			native_shared_libs: ["mylib"],
-			updatable: false,
-		}
-
-		apex_key {
-			name: "myapex.key",
-			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
-			private_key: "testkey.pem",
-		}
-
-		cc_library {
-			name: "mylib",
-			vendor_available: true,
-			apex_available: ["myapex"],
-		}
-	`,
-		setUseVendorAllowListForTest([]string{"myapex"}),
-	)
-
-	apexBundle := ctx.ModuleForTests("myapex", "android_common_myapex_image").Module().(*apexBundle)
-	data := android.AndroidMkDataForTest(t, ctx, apexBundle)
-	name := apexBundle.BaseModuleName()
-	prefix := "TARGET_"
-	var builder strings.Builder
-	data.Custom(&builder, name, prefix, "", data)
-	androidMk := builder.String()
-	ensureContains(t, androidMk, "LOCAL_REQUIRED_MODULES += libc libm libdl\n")
-}
-
 func TestAndroidMk_VendorApexRequired(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testApex(t, `
 		apex {