diff --git a/android/paths.go b/android/paths.go
index 8cc3182..af2f956 100644
--- a/android/paths.go
+++ b/android/paths.go
@@ -950,7 +950,8 @@
 		if ctx.InstallInData() {
 			partition = "data"
 		} else if ctx.InstallInRecovery() {
-			partition = "recovery/root"
+			// the layout of recovery partion is the same as that of system partition
+			partition = "recovery/root/system"
 		} else if ctx.SocSpecific() {
 			partition = ctx.DeviceConfig().VendorPath()
 		} else if ctx.DeviceSpecific() {
diff --git a/cc/binary.go b/cc/binary.go
index 04b912a..4a6eb93 100644
--- a/cc/binary.go
+++ b/cc/binary.go
@@ -357,11 +357,6 @@
 }
 
 func (binary *binaryDecorator) install(ctx ModuleContext, file android.Path) {
-	// <recovery>/bin is a symlink to /system/bin. Recovery binaries are all in /sbin.
-	if ctx.inRecovery() {
-		binary.baseInstaller.dir = "sbin"
-	}
-
 	binary.baseInstaller.install(ctx, file)
 	for _, symlink := range binary.Properties.Symlinks {
 		binary.symlinks = append(binary.symlinks,