diff --git a/cc/androidmk.go b/cc/androidmk.go
index a978cb9..cdd8e92 100644
--- a/cc/androidmk.go
+++ b/cc/androidmk.go
@@ -93,11 +93,6 @@
 					fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_USE_VNDK := true")
 					if c.isVndk() && !c.static() {
 						fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_SOONG_VNDK_VERSION := "+c.vndkVersion())
-						// VNDK libraries available to vendor are not installed because
-						// they are packaged in VNDK APEX and installed by APEX packages (apex/apex.go)
-						if !c.isVndkExt() {
-							fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_UNINSTALLABLE_MODULE := true")
-						}
 					}
 				}
 			},
diff --git a/cc/vndk.go b/cc/vndk.go
index 46fd7b1..2997204 100644
--- a/cc/vndk.go
+++ b/cc/vndk.go
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 	if inList(name, vndkMustUseVendorVariantList(mctx.Config())) {
 		m.Properties.MustUseVendorVariant = true
 	}
-	if mctx.DeviceConfig().VndkUseCoreVariant() && !m.mustUseVendorVariant() {
+	if mctx.DeviceConfig().VndkUseCoreVariant() && !inList(name, vndkMustUseVendorVariantList(mctx.Config())) {
 		vndkUsingCoreVariantLibraries := vndkUsingCoreVariantLibraries(mctx.Config())
 		if !inList(name, *vndkUsingCoreVariantLibraries) {
 			*vndkUsingCoreVariantLibraries = append(*vndkUsingCoreVariantLibraries, name)