diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index 8f72239..66c0e6d 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@
 }
 
 func (c *config) HostToolPath(ctx PathContext, tool string) Path {
-	path := pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, ctx.Config().BuildArch, "bin", false, tool)
+	path := pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, ctx.Config().BuildArch, "bin", tool)
 	return path
 }
 
@@ -798,12 +798,12 @@
 	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
 		ext = ".dylib"
 	}
-	path := pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, ctx.Config().BuildArch, "lib64", false, lib+ext)
+	path := pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, ctx.Config().BuildArch, "lib64", lib+ext)
 	return path
 }
 
 func (c *config) HostJavaToolPath(ctx PathContext, tool string) Path {
-	path := pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, ctx.Config().BuildArch, "framework", false, tool)
+	path := pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, ctx.Config().BuildArch, "framework", tool)
 	return path
 }
 
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@
 	if ctx.Config().BuildArch.Multilib == "lib64" {
 		libDir = "lib64"
 	}
-	return pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, ctx.Config().BuildArch, libDir, false, lib+".so")
+	return pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, ctx.Config().BuildArch, libDir, lib+".so")
 }
 
 // PrebuiltOS returns the name of the host OS used in prebuilts directories.
diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index ce6c78d..b73f449 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -380,7 +380,6 @@
 	Device() bool
 	Darwin() bool
 	Windows() bool
-	Debug() bool
 	PrimaryArch() bool
 }
 
@@ -2675,7 +2674,6 @@
 	target        Target
 	multiTargets  []Target
 	targetPrimary bool
-	debug         bool
 
 	walkPath []Module
 	tagPath  []blueprint.DependencyTag
@@ -3306,10 +3304,6 @@
 	return b.os == Windows
 }
 
-func (b *baseModuleContext) Debug() bool {
-	return b.debug
-}
-
 func (b *baseModuleContext) PrimaryArch() bool {
 	if len(b.config.Targets[b.target.Os]) <= 1 {
 		return true
diff --git a/android/paths.go b/android/paths.go
index 8c0c6c4..7658299 100644
--- a/android/paths.go
+++ b/android/paths.go
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
 
 // PathForGoBinary returns the path to the installed location of a bootstrap_go_binary module.
 func PathForGoBinary(ctx PathContext, goBinary bootstrap.GoBinaryTool) Path {
-	goBinaryInstallDir := pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, ctx.Config().BuildArch, "bin", false)
+	goBinaryInstallDir := pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, ctx.Config().BuildArch, "bin")
 	rel := Rel(ctx, goBinaryInstallDir.String(), goBinary.InstallPath())
 	return goBinaryInstallDir.Join(ctx, rel)
 }
@@ -1684,19 +1684,19 @@
 func PathForModuleInstall(ctx ModuleInstallPathContext, pathComponents ...string) InstallPath {
 	os, arch := osAndArch(ctx)
 	partition := modulePartition(ctx, os)
-	return pathForInstall(ctx, os, arch, partition, ctx.Debug(), pathComponents...)
+	return pathForInstall(ctx, os, arch, partition, pathComponents...)
 }
 
 // PathForHostDexInstall returns an InstallPath representing the install path for the
 // module appended with paths...
 func PathForHostDexInstall(ctx ModuleInstallPathContext, pathComponents ...string) InstallPath {
-	return pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, ctx.Config().BuildArch, "", ctx.Debug(), pathComponents...)
+	return pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, ctx.Config().BuildArch, "", pathComponents...)
 }
 
 // PathForModuleInPartitionInstall is similar to PathForModuleInstall but partition is provided by the caller
 func PathForModuleInPartitionInstall(ctx ModuleInstallPathContext, partition string, pathComponents ...string) InstallPath {
 	os, arch := osAndArch(ctx)
-	return pathForInstall(ctx, os, arch, partition, ctx.Debug(), pathComponents...)
+	return pathForInstall(ctx, os, arch, partition, pathComponents...)
 }
 
 func osAndArch(ctx ModuleInstallPathContext) (OsType, ArchType) {
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@
 	return os, arch
 }
 
-func pathForInstall(ctx PathContext, os OsType, arch ArchType, partition string, debug bool,
+func pathForInstall(ctx PathContext, os OsType, arch ArchType, partition string,
 	pathComponents ...string) InstallPath {
 
 	var partitionPaths []string
@@ -1742,9 +1742,6 @@
 		}
 		partitionPaths = []string{"host", osName + "-" + archName, partition}
 	}
-	if debug {
-		partitionPaths = append([]string{"debug"}, partitionPaths...)
-	}
 
 	partitionPath, err := validatePath(partitionPaths...)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/android/rule_builder.go b/android/rule_builder.go
index 245b759..5c6dffe 100644
--- a/android/rule_builder.go
+++ b/android/rule_builder.go
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@
 
 func sboxPathForToolRel(ctx BuilderContext, path Path) string {
 	// Errors will be handled in RuleBuilder.Build where we have a context to report them
-	toolDir := pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, ctx.Config().BuildArch, "", false)
+	toolDir := pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, ctx.Config().BuildArch, "")
 	relOutSoong, isRelOutSoong, _ := maybeRelErr(toolDir.String(), path.String())
 	if isRelOutSoong {
 		// The tool is in the Soong output directory, it will be copied to __SBOX_OUT_DIR__/tools/out
diff --git a/android/test_suites.go b/android/test_suites.go
index 63a709f..9ded998 100644
--- a/android/test_suites.go
+++ b/android/test_suites.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 	for _, module := range SortedKeys(files) {
 		installedPaths = append(installedPaths, files[module]...)
 	}
-	testCasesDir := pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, X86, "testcases", false)
+	testCasesDir := pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, X86, "testcases")
 
 	outputFile := PathForOutput(ctx, "packaging", "robolectric-tests.zip")
 	rule := NewRuleBuilder(pctx, ctx)
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 		FlagWithArg("-P ", "host/testcases").
 		FlagWithArg("-C ", testCasesDir.String()).
 		FlagWithRspFileInputList("-r ", outputFile.ReplaceExtension(ctx, "rsp"), installedPaths.Paths()).
-        Flag("-sha256")
+		Flag("-sha256")
 	rule.Build("robolectric_tests_zip", "robolectric-tests.zip")
 
 	return outputFile