diff --git a/apex/androidmk.go b/apex/androidmk.go
index f66ae16..7f03621 100644
--- a/apex/androidmk.go
+++ b/apex/androidmk.go
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 	"android/soong/cc"
 	"android/soong/java"
 	"android/soong/rust"
-
-	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
 )
 
 func (a *apexBundle) AndroidMk() android.AndroidMkData {
@@ -74,12 +72,15 @@
 	return fi.androidMkModuleName + "." + apexBundleName + a.suffix
 }
 
-func (a *apexBundle) androidMkForFiles(w io.Writer, apexBundleName, apexName, moduleDir string,
+func (a *apexBundle) androidMkForFiles(w io.Writer, apexBundleName, moduleDir string,
 	apexAndroidMkData android.AndroidMkData) []string {
 
-	// apexBundleName comes from the 'name' property; apexName comes from 'apex_name' property.
+	// apexBundleName comes from the 'name' property or soong module.
+	// apexName comes from 'name' property of apex_manifest.
 	// An apex is installed to /system/apex/<apexBundleName> and is activated at /apex/<apexName>
 	// In many cases, the two names are the same, but could be different in general.
+	// However, symbol files for apex files are installed under /apex/<apexBundleName> to avoid
+	// conflicts between two apexes with the same apexName.
 
 	moduleNames := []string{}
 	apexType := a.properties.ApexType
@@ -90,11 +91,6 @@
 		return moduleNames
 	}
 
-	// b/162366062. Prevent GKI APEXes to emit make rules to avoid conflicts.
-	if strings.HasPrefix(apexName, "com.android.gki.") && apexType != flattenedApex {
-		return moduleNames
-	}
-
 	seenDataOutPaths := make(map[string]bool)
 
 	for _, fi := range a.filesInfo {
@@ -131,15 +127,15 @@
 		if fi.module != nil && fi.module.Owner() != "" {
 			fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_MODULE_OWNER :=", fi.module.Owner())
 		}
-		// /apex/<apex_name>/{lib|framework|...}
-		pathWhenActivated := filepath.Join("$(PRODUCT_OUT)", "apex", apexName, fi.installDir)
+		// /apex/<apexBundleName>/{lib|framework|...}
+		pathForSymbol := filepath.Join("$(PRODUCT_OUT)", "apex", apexBundleName, fi.installDir)
 		var modulePath string
 		if apexType == flattenedApex {
-			// /system/apex/<name>/{lib|framework|...}
+			// /system/apex/<apexBundleName>/{lib|framework|...}
 			modulePath = filepath.Join(a.installDir.String(), apexBundleName, fi.installDir)
 			fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_MODULE_PATH :=", modulePath)
 			if a.primaryApexType {
-				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_SOONG_SYMBOL_PATH :=", pathWhenActivated)
+				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_SOONG_SYMBOL_PATH :=", pathForSymbol)
 			}
 			android.AndroidMkEmitAssignList(w, "LOCAL_MODULE_SYMLINKS", fi.symlinks)
 			newDataPaths := []android.DataPath{}
@@ -152,8 +148,8 @@
 			}
 			android.AndroidMkEmitAssignList(w, "LOCAL_TEST_DATA", android.AndroidMkDataPaths(newDataPaths))
 		} else {
-			modulePath = pathWhenActivated
-			fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_MODULE_PATH :=", pathWhenActivated)
+			modulePath = pathForSymbol
+			fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_MODULE_PATH :=", modulePath)
 
 			// For non-flattend APEXes, the merged notice file is attached to the APEX itself.
 			// We don't need to have notice file for the individual modules in it. Otherwise,
@@ -311,8 +307,7 @@
 			moduleNames := []string{}
 			apexType := a.properties.ApexType
 			if a.installable() {
-				apexName := proptools.StringDefault(a.properties.Apex_name, name)
-				moduleNames = a.androidMkForFiles(w, name, apexName, moduleDir, data)
+				moduleNames = a.androidMkForFiles(w, name, moduleDir, data)
 			}
 
 			if apexType == flattenedApex {
diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 3cdcd79..b1bd56f 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@
 	// a default one is automatically generated.
 	AndroidManifest *string `android:"path"`
 
-	// Canonical name of this APEX bundle. Used to determine the path to the activated APEX on
-	// device (/apex/<apex_name>). If unspecified, follows the name property.
-	Apex_name *string
-
 	// Determines the file contexts file for setting the security contexts to files in this APEX
 	// bundle. For platform APEXes, this should points to a file under /system/sepolicy Default:
 	// /system/sepolicy/apex/<module_name>_file_contexts.
@@ -1037,7 +1033,7 @@
 	// This is the main part of this mutator. Mark the collected dependencies that they need to
 	// be built for this apexBundle.
 
-	apexVariationName := proptools.StringDefault(a.properties.Apex_name, mctx.ModuleName()) // could be com.android.foo
+	apexVariationName := mctx.ModuleName() // could be com.android.foo
 	a.properties.ApexVariationName = apexVariationName
 	apexInfo := android.ApexInfo{
 		ApexVariationName: apexVariationName,
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index e558fee..8b69f2c 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -4105,52 +4105,11 @@
 	ensureListEmpty(t, requireNativeLibs)
 }
 
-func TestApexName(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := testApex(t, `
-		apex {
-			name: "myapex",
-			key: "myapex.key",
-			apex_name: "com.android.myapex",
-			native_shared_libs: ["mylib"],
-			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",
-			apex_available: [
-				"//apex_available:platform",
-				"myapex",
-			],
-		}
-	`)
-
-	module := ctx.ModuleForTests("myapex", "android_common_com.android.myapex_image")
-	apexBundle := module.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_MODULE := mylib.myapex\n")
-	ensureNotContains(t, androidMk, "LOCAL_MODULE := mylib.com.android.myapex\n")
-}
-
 func TestOverrideApexManifestDefaultVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testApex(t, `
 		apex {
 			name: "myapex",
 			key: "myapex.key",
-			apex_name: "com.android.myapex",
 			native_shared_libs: ["mylib"],
 			updatable: false,
 		}
@@ -4175,7 +4134,7 @@
 		"OVERRIDE_APEX_MANIFEST_DEFAULT_VERSION": "1234",
 	}))
 
-	module := ctx.ModuleForTests("myapex", "android_common_com.android.myapex_image")
+	module := ctx.ModuleForTests("myapex", "android_common_myapex_image")
 	apexManifestRule := module.Rule("apexManifestRule")
 	ensureContains(t, apexManifestRule.Args["default_version"], "1234")
 }
diff --git a/apex/builder.go b/apex/builder.go
index 49223a0..93ff80d 100644
--- a/apex/builder.go
+++ b/apex/builder.go
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
 func (a *apexBundle) buildUnflattenedApex(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	apexType := a.properties.ApexType
 	suffix := apexType.suffix()
-	apexName := proptools.StringDefault(a.properties.Apex_name, a.BaseModuleName())
+	apexName := a.BaseModuleName()
 
 	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 	// Step 1: copy built files to appropriate directories under the image directory
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
 	// TODO(jiyong): use the RuleBuilder
 	var copyCommands []string
 	var implicitInputs []android.Path
-	pathWhenActivated := android.PathForModuleInPartitionInstall(ctx, "apex", apexName)
+	apexDir := android.PathForModuleInPartitionInstall(ctx, "apex", apexName)
 	for _, fi := range a.filesInfo {
 		destPath := imageDir.Join(ctx, fi.path()).String()
 		// Prepare the destination path
@@ -491,12 +491,12 @@
 					fmt.Sprintf("unzip -qDD -d %s %s", destPathDir,
 						fi.module.(*java.AndroidAppSet).PackedAdditionalOutputs().String()))
 				if installSymbolFiles {
-					installedPath = ctx.InstallFileWithExtraFilesZip(pathWhenActivated.Join(ctx, fi.installDir),
+					installedPath = ctx.InstallFileWithExtraFilesZip(apexDir.Join(ctx, fi.installDir),
 						fi.stem(), fi.builtFile, fi.module.(*java.AndroidAppSet).PackedAdditionalOutputs())
 				}
 			} else {
 				if installSymbolFiles {
-					installedPath = ctx.InstallFile(pathWhenActivated.Join(ctx, fi.installDir), fi.stem(), fi.builtFile)
+					installedPath = ctx.InstallFile(apexDir.Join(ctx, fi.installDir), fi.stem(), fi.builtFile)
 				}
 			}
 			implicitInputs = append(implicitInputs, fi.builtFile)
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
 				symlinkDest := imageDir.Join(ctx, symlinkPath).String()
 				copyCommands = append(copyCommands, "ln -sfn "+filepath.Base(destPath)+" "+symlinkDest)
 				if installSymbolFiles {
-					installedSymlink := ctx.InstallSymlink(pathWhenActivated.Join(ctx, filepath.Dir(symlinkPath)), filepath.Base(symlinkPath), installedPath)
+					installedSymlink := ctx.InstallSymlink(apexDir.Join(ctx, filepath.Dir(symlinkPath)), filepath.Base(symlinkPath), installedPath)
 					implicitInputs = append(implicitInputs, installedSymlink)
 				}
 			}
@@ -537,8 +537,8 @@
 	}
 	implicitInputs = append(implicitInputs, a.manifestPbOut)
 	if installSymbolFiles {
-		installedManifest := ctx.InstallFile(pathWhenActivated, "apex_manifest.pb", a.manifestPbOut)
-		installedKey := ctx.InstallFile(pathWhenActivated, "apex_pubkey", a.publicKeyFile)
+		installedManifest := ctx.InstallFile(apexDir, "apex_manifest.pb", a.manifestPbOut)
+		installedKey := ctx.InstallFile(apexDir, "apex_pubkey", a.publicKeyFile)
 		implicitInputs = append(implicitInputs, installedManifest, installedKey)
 	}