diff --git a/java/androidmk.go b/java/androidmk.go
index 136bb36..3a6b97a 100644
--- a/java/androidmk.go
+++ b/java/androidmk.go
@@ -472,34 +472,6 @@
 				if ddoc.Javadoc.stubsSrcJar != nil {
 					entries.SetPath("LOCAL_DROIDDOC_STUBS_SRCJAR", ddoc.Javadoc.stubsSrcJar)
 				}
-				apiFilePrefix := "INTERNAL_PLATFORM_"
-				if String(ddoc.properties.Api_tag_name) != "" {
-					apiFilePrefix += String(ddoc.properties.Api_tag_name) + "_"
-				}
-				if ddoc.apiFile != nil {
-					entries.SetPath(apiFilePrefix+"API_FILE", ddoc.apiFile)
-				}
-				if ddoc.dexApiFile != nil {
-					entries.SetPath(apiFilePrefix+"DEX_API_FILE", ddoc.dexApiFile)
-				}
-				if ddoc.privateApiFile != nil {
-					entries.SetPath(apiFilePrefix+"PRIVATE_API_FILE", ddoc.privateApiFile)
-				}
-				if ddoc.privateDexApiFile != nil {
-					entries.SetPath(apiFilePrefix+"PRIVATE_DEX_API_FILE", ddoc.privateDexApiFile)
-				}
-				if ddoc.removedApiFile != nil {
-					entries.SetPath(apiFilePrefix+"REMOVED_API_FILE", ddoc.removedApiFile)
-				}
-				if ddoc.removedDexApiFile != nil {
-					entries.SetPath(apiFilePrefix+"REMOVED_DEX_API_FILE", ddoc.removedDexApiFile)
-				}
-				if ddoc.exactApiFile != nil {
-					entries.SetPath(apiFilePrefix+"EXACT_API_FILE", ddoc.exactApiFile)
-				}
-				if ddoc.proguardFile != nil {
-					entries.SetPath(apiFilePrefix+"PROGUARD_FILE", ddoc.proguardFile)
-				}
 			},
 		},
 		ExtraFooters: []android.AndroidMkExtraFootersFunc{
@@ -567,35 +539,18 @@
 				if dstubs.metadataZip != nil {
 					entries.SetPath("LOCAL_DROIDDOC_METADATA_ZIP", dstubs.metadataZip)
 				}
-				apiFilePrefix := "INTERNAL_PLATFORM_"
-				if String(dstubs.properties.Api_tag_name) != "" {
-					apiFilePrefix += String(dstubs.properties.Api_tag_name) + "_"
-				}
-				if dstubs.apiFile != nil {
-					entries.SetPath(apiFilePrefix+"API_FILE", dstubs.apiFile)
-				}
-				if dstubs.dexApiFile != nil {
-					entries.SetPath(apiFilePrefix+"DEX_API_FILE", dstubs.dexApiFile)
-				}
-				if dstubs.privateApiFile != nil {
-					entries.SetPath(apiFilePrefix+"PRIVATE_API_FILE", dstubs.privateApiFile)
-				}
-				if dstubs.privateDexApiFile != nil {
-					entries.SetPath(apiFilePrefix+"PRIVATE_DEX_API_FILE", dstubs.privateDexApiFile)
-				}
-				if dstubs.removedApiFile != nil {
-					entries.SetPath(apiFilePrefix+"REMOVED_API_FILE", dstubs.removedApiFile)
-				}
-				if dstubs.removedDexApiFile != nil {
-					entries.SetPath(apiFilePrefix+"REMOVED_DEX_API_FILE", dstubs.removedDexApiFile)
-				}
-				if dstubs.exactApiFile != nil {
-					entries.SetPath(apiFilePrefix+"EXACT_API_FILE", dstubs.exactApiFile)
-				}
 			},
 		},
 		ExtraFooters: []android.AndroidMkExtraFootersFunc{
 			func(w io.Writer, name, prefix, moduleDir string, entries *android.AndroidMkEntries) {
+				if dstubs.apiFile != nil {
+					fmt.Fprintf(w, ".PHONY: %s %s.txt\n", dstubs.Name(), dstubs.Name())
+					fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s %s.txt: %s\n", dstubs.Name(), dstubs.Name(), dstubs.apiFile)
+				}
+				if dstubs.removedApiFile != nil {
+					fmt.Fprintf(w, ".PHONY: %s %s.txt\n", dstubs.Name(), dstubs.Name())
+					fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s %s.txt: %s\n", dstubs.Name(), dstubs.Name(), dstubs.removedApiFile)
+				}
 				if dstubs.checkCurrentApiTimestamp != nil {
 					fmt.Fprintln(w, ".PHONY:", dstubs.Name()+"-check-current-api")
 					fmt.Fprintln(w, dstubs.Name()+"-check-current-api:",
diff --git a/java/sdk_library.go b/java/sdk_library.go
index 52c9004..374a5e5 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library.go
@@ -373,13 +373,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-// $(INTERNAL_PLATFORM_<apiTagName>_API_FILE) points to the generated
-// api file for the current source
-// TODO: remove this when apicheck is done in soong
-func (module *SdkLibrary) apiTagName(apiScope *apiScope) string {
-	return strings.Replace(strings.ToUpper(module.BaseModuleName()), ".", "_", -1) + apiScope.apiFileMakeVariableSuffix
-}
-
 func (module *SdkLibrary) latestApiFilegroupName(apiScope *apiScope) string {
 	return ":" + module.BaseModuleName() + ".api." + apiScope.name + ".latest"
 }
@@ -470,9 +463,6 @@
 		Libs                             []string
 		Arg_files                        []string
 		Args                             *string
-		Api_tag_name                     *string
-		Api_filename                     *string
-		Removed_api_filename             *string
 		Java_version                     *string
 		Merge_annotations_dirs           []string
 		Merge_inclusion_annotations_dirs []string
@@ -555,10 +545,6 @@
 	apiDir := module.getApiDir()
 	currentApiFileName = path.Join(apiDir, currentApiFileName)
 	removedApiFileName = path.Join(apiDir, removedApiFileName)
-	// TODO(jiyong): remove these three props
-	props.Api_tag_name = proptools.StringPtr(module.apiTagName(apiScope))
-	props.Api_filename = proptools.StringPtr(currentApiFileName)
-	props.Removed_api_filename = proptools.StringPtr(removedApiFileName)
 
 	// check against the not-yet-release API
 	props.Check_api.Current.Api_file = proptools.StringPtr(currentApiFileName)