diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 08ee18a..d908cd3 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
 // Mark the direct and transitive dependencies of apex bundles so that they
 // can be built for the apex bundles.
 func apexDepsMutator(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
-	if a, ok := mctx.Module().(*apexBundle); ok && !a.vndkApex {
+	if a, ok := mctx.Module().(*apexBundle); ok {
 		apexBundleName := mctx.ModuleName()
 		mctx.WalkDeps(func(child, parent android.Module) bool {
 			depName := mctx.OtherModuleName(child)
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
 func apexMutator(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	if am, ok := mctx.Module().(android.ApexModule); ok && am.CanHaveApexVariants() {
 		am.CreateApexVariations(mctx)
-	} else if a, ok := mctx.Module().(*apexBundle); ok && !a.vndkApex {
+	} else if _, ok := mctx.Module().(*apexBundle); ok {
 		// apex bundle itself is mutated so that it and its modules have same
 		// apex variant.
 		apexBundleName := mctx.ModuleName()
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index b7dd7fb..1a9b95c 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -291,9 +291,6 @@
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("prebuilt_apex", PrebuiltFactory)
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("override_apex", overrideApexFactory)
 
-	ctx.PreArchMutators(android.RegisterDefaultsPreArchMutators)
-	ctx.PostDepsMutators(android.RegisterOverridePostDepsMutators)
-
 	cc.RegisterRequiredBuildComponentsForTest(ctx)
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("cc_test", cc.TestFactory)
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("vndk_prebuilt_shared", cc.VndkPrebuiltSharedFactory)
@@ -306,7 +303,9 @@
 	java.RegisterAppBuildComponents(ctx)
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("java_sdk_library", java.SdkLibraryFactory)
 
+	ctx.PreArchMutators(android.RegisterDefaultsPreArchMutators)
 	ctx.PreDepsMutators(RegisterPreDepsMutators)
+	ctx.PostDepsMutators(android.RegisterOverridePostDepsMutators)
 	ctx.PostDepsMutators(RegisterPostDepsMutators)
 
 	ctx.Register(config)
@@ -600,7 +599,7 @@
 			apex_available: [ "myapex" ],
 		}
 	`)
-	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex", "android_common_myapex_image", []string{
+	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex", []string{
 		"etc/myetc",
 		"javalib/myjar.jar",
 		"lib64/mylib.so",
@@ -765,7 +764,7 @@
 	// Ensure that genstub is invoked with --apex
 	ensureContains(t, "--apex", ctx.ModuleForTests("mylib2", "android_arm64_armv8-a_static_3").Rule("genStubSrc").Args["flags"])
 
-	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex", "android_common_myapex_image", []string{
+	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex", []string{
 		"lib64/mylib.so",
 		"lib64/mylib3.so",
 		"lib64/mylib4.so",
@@ -1604,13 +1603,12 @@
 
 type fileInApex struct {
 	path   string // path in apex
-	src    string // src path
 	isLink bool
 }
 
-func getFiles(t *testing.T, ctx *android.TestContext, moduleName, variant string) []fileInApex {
+func getFiles(t *testing.T, ctx *android.TestContext, moduleName string) []fileInApex {
 	t.Helper()
-	apexRule := ctx.ModuleForTests(moduleName, variant).Rule("apexRule")
+	apexRule := ctx.ModuleForTests(moduleName, "android_common_"+moduleName+"_image").Rule("apexRule")
 	copyCmds := apexRule.Args["copy_commands"]
 	imageApexDir := "/image.apex/"
 	var ret []fileInApex
@@ -1620,7 +1618,7 @@
 			continue
 		}
 		terms := strings.Split(cmd, " ")
-		var dst, src string
+		var dst string
 		var isLink bool
 		switch terms[0] {
 		case "mkdir":
@@ -1629,7 +1627,6 @@
 				t.Fatal("copyCmds contains invalid cp command", cmd)
 			}
 			dst = terms[len(terms)-1]
-			src = terms[len(terms)-2]
 			isLink = false
 		case "ln":
 			if len(terms) != 3 && len(terms) != 4 {
@@ -1637,7 +1634,6 @@
 				t.Fatal("copyCmds contains invalid ln command", cmd)
 			}
 			dst = terms[len(terms)-1]
-			src = terms[len(terms)-2]
 			isLink = true
 		default:
 			t.Fatalf("copyCmds should contain mkdir/cp commands only: %q", cmd)
@@ -1648,18 +1644,17 @@
 				t.Fatal("copyCmds should copy a file to image.apex/", cmd)
 			}
 			dstFile := dst[index+len(imageApexDir):]
-			ret = append(ret, fileInApex{path: dstFile, src: src, isLink: isLink})
+			ret = append(ret, fileInApex{path: dstFile, isLink: isLink})
 		}
 	}
 	return ret
 }
 
-func ensureExactContents(t *testing.T, ctx *android.TestContext, moduleName, variant string, files []string) {
-	t.Helper()
+func ensureExactContents(t *testing.T, ctx *android.TestContext, moduleName string, files []string) {
 	var failed bool
 	var surplus []string
 	filesMatched := make(map[string]bool)
-	for _, file := range getFiles(t, ctx, moduleName, variant) {
+	for _, file := range getFiles(t, ctx, moduleName) {
 		for _, expected := range files {
 			if matched, _ := path.Match(expected, file.path); matched {
 				filesMatched[expected] = true
@@ -1730,7 +1725,7 @@
 		}
 	`+vndkLibrariesTxtFiles("current"))
 
-	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex", "android_common_image", []string{
+	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex", []string{
 		"lib/libvndk.so",
 		"lib/libvndksp.so",
 		"lib64/libvndk.so",
@@ -1790,7 +1785,7 @@
 			"libvndk.arm.so": nil,
 		}))
 
-	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex", "android_common_image", []string{
+	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex", []string{
 		"lib/libvndk.so",
 		"lib/libvndk.arm.so",
 		"lib64/libvndk.so",
@@ -1881,7 +1876,7 @@
 			"libvndk27_x86_64.so": nil,
 		}))
 
-	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex_v27", "android_common_image", []string{
+	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex_v27", []string{
 		"lib/libvndk27_arm.so",
 		"lib64/libvndk27_arm64.so",
 		"etc/*",
@@ -1954,7 +1949,7 @@
 		}`+vndkLibrariesTxtFiles("28", "current"))
 
 	assertApexName := func(expected, moduleName string) {
-		bundle := ctx.ModuleForTests(moduleName, "android_common_image").Module().(*apexBundle)
+		bundle := ctx.ModuleForTests(moduleName, "android_common_"+moduleName+"_image").Module().(*apexBundle)
 		actual := proptools.String(bundle.properties.Apex_name)
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(actual, expected) {
 			t.Errorf("Got '%v', expected '%v'", actual, expected)
@@ -2002,7 +1997,7 @@
 			},
 		}))
 
-	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex", "android_common_image", []string{
+	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex", []string{
 		"lib/libvndk.so",
 		"lib64/libvndk.so",
 		"etc/*",
@@ -2098,7 +2093,7 @@
 		}),
 	)
 
-	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex_v27", "android_common_image", []string{
+	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex_v27", []string{
 		"lib/libvndk27binder32.so",
 		"etc/*",
 	})
@@ -3442,7 +3437,7 @@
 	}))
 
 	// java_sdk_library installs both impl jar and permission XML
-	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex", "android_common_myapex_image", []string{
+	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex", []string{
 		"javalib/foo.jar",
 		"etc/permissions/foo.xml",
 	})
@@ -3600,13 +3595,13 @@
 	}
 
 	ctx, _ := testApex(t, bp, withUnbundledBuild)
-	files := getFiles(t, ctx, "myapex", "android_common_myapex_image")
+	files := getFiles(t, ctx, "myapex")
 	ensureRealfileExists(t, files, "javalib/myjar.jar")
 	ensureRealfileExists(t, files, "lib64/mylib.so")
 	ensureRealfileExists(t, files, "lib64/myotherlib.so")
 
 	ctx, _ = testApex(t, bp)
-	files = getFiles(t, ctx, "myapex", "android_common_myapex_image")
+	files = getFiles(t, ctx, "myapex")
 	ensureRealfileExists(t, files, "javalib/myjar.jar")
 	ensureRealfileExists(t, files, "lib64/mylib.so")
 	ensureSymlinkExists(t, files, "lib64/myotherlib.so") // this is symlink
diff --git a/apex/vndk_test.go b/apex/vndk_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d8224d..0000000
--- a/apex/vndk_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-package apex
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
-
-	"android/soong/android"
-)
-
-func TestVndkApexUsesVendorVariant(t *testing.T) {
-	bp := `
-		apex_vndk {
-			name: "myapex",
-			key: "mykey",
-		}
-		apex_key {
-			name: "mykey",
-		}
-		cc_library {
-			name: "libfoo",
-			vendor_available: true,
-			vndk: {
-				enabled: true,
-			},
-			system_shared_libs: [],
-			stl: "none",
-			notice: "custom_notice",
-		}
-		` + vndkLibrariesTxtFiles("current")
-
-	ensureFileSrc := func(t *testing.T, files []fileInApex, path, src string) {
-		t.Helper()
-		for _, f := range files {
-			if f.path == path {
-				ensureContains(t, f.src, src)
-				return
-			}
-		}
-		t.Fail()
-	}
-
-	t.Run("VNDK lib doesn't have an apex variant", func(t *testing.T) {
-		ctx, _ := testApex(t, bp)
-
-		// libfoo doesn't have apex variants
-		for _, variant := range ctx.ModuleVariantsForTests("libfoo") {
-			ensureNotContains(t, variant, "_myapex")
-		}
-
-		// VNDK APEX doesn't create apex variant
-		files := getFiles(t, ctx, "myapex", "android_common_image")
-		ensureFileSrc(t, files, "lib/libfoo.so", "libfoo/android_vendor.VER_arm_armv7-a-neon_shared/libfoo.so")
-	})
-
-	t.Run("VNDK APEX gathers only vendor variants even if product variants are available", func(t *testing.T) {
-		ctx, _ := testApex(t, bp, func(fs map[string][]byte, config android.Config) {
-			// Now product variant is available
-			config.TestProductVariables.ProductVndkVersion = proptools.StringPtr("current")
-		})
-
-		files := getFiles(t, ctx, "myapex", "android_common_image")
-		ensureFileSrc(t, files, "lib/libfoo.so", "libfoo/android_vendor.VER_arm_armv7-a-neon_shared/libfoo.so")
-	})
-
-	t.Run("VNDK APEX supports coverage variants", func(t *testing.T) {
-		ctx, _ := testApex(t, bp+`
-			cc_library {
-				name: "libprofile-extras",
-				vendor_available: true,
-				native_coverage: false,
-				system_shared_libs: [],
-				stl: "none",
-				notice: "custom_notice",
-			}
-		`, func(fs map[string][]byte, config android.Config) {
-			config.TestProductVariables.NativeCoverage = proptools.BoolPtr(true)
-		})
-
-		files := getFiles(t, ctx, "myapex", "android_common_image")
-		ensureFileSrc(t, files, "lib/libfoo.so", "libfoo/android_vendor.VER_arm_armv7-a-neon_shared/libfoo.so")
-
-		files = getFiles(t, ctx, "myapex", "android_common_cov_image")
-		ensureFileSrc(t, files, "lib/libfoo.so", "libfoo/android_vendor.VER_arm_armv7-a-neon_shared_cov/libfoo.so")
-	})
-}