diff --git a/android/neverallow.go b/android/neverallow.go
index 9314483..ee3bf4a 100644
--- a/android/neverallow.go
+++ b/android/neverallow.go
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@
 		"external/icu",
 		"external/okhttp",
 		"external/wycheproof",
+
+		// Not really a core library but still needs access to same capabilities.
+		"development",
 	}
 
 	// Core library constraints. The no_standard_libs can only be used in core
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@
 	// visibility rules.
 	rules := []*rule{
 		neverallow().
-			notIn(append(coreLibraryProjects, "development")...).
+			notIn(coreLibraryProjects...).
 			with("no_standard_libs", "true"),
 	}
 
diff --git a/android/neverallow_test.go b/android/neverallow_test.go
index 00c51ea..c60de21 100644
--- a/android/neverallow_test.go
+++ b/android/neverallow_test.go
@@ -148,6 +148,38 @@
 		},
 		expectedError: "java_device_for_host can only be used in whitelisted projects",
 	},
+	// Libcore rule tests
+	{
+		name: "no_standard_libs: true inside core libraries",
+		fs: map[string][]byte{
+			"libcore/Blueprints": []byte(`
+				java_library {
+					name: "inside_core_libraries",
+					no_standard_libs: true,
+				}`),
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		name: "no_standard_libs: true outside core libraries",
+		fs: map[string][]byte{
+			"Blueprints": []byte(`
+				java_library {
+					name: "outside_core_libraries",
+					no_standard_libs: true,
+				}`),
+		},
+		expectedError: "module \"outside_core_libraries\": violates neverallow",
+	},
+	{
+		name: "no_standard_libs: false",
+		fs: map[string][]byte{
+			"Blueprints": []byte(`
+				java_library {
+					name: "outside_core_libraries",
+					no_standard_libs: false,
+				}`),
+		},
+	},
 }
 
 func TestNeverallow(t *testing.T) {
@@ -227,7 +259,8 @@
 }
 
 type mockJavaLibraryProperties struct {
-	Libs []string
+	Libs             []string
+	No_standard_libs *bool
 }
 
 type mockJavaLibraryModule struct {
diff --git a/cc/binary.go b/cc/binary.go
index d0909f1..1757f1c 100644
--- a/cc/binary.go
+++ b/cc/binary.go
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
 
 	objs.coverageFiles = append(objs.coverageFiles, deps.StaticLibObjs.coverageFiles...)
 	objs.coverageFiles = append(objs.coverageFiles, deps.WholeStaticLibObjs.coverageFiles...)
-	binary.coverageOutputFile = TransformCoverageFilesToLib(ctx, objs, builderFlags, binary.getStem(ctx))
+	binary.coverageOutputFile = TransformCoverageFilesToZip(ctx, objs, binary.getStem(ctx))
 
 	// Need to determine symlinks early since some targets (ie APEX) need this
 	// information but will not call 'install'
diff --git a/cc/builder.go b/cc/builder.go
index 7cf5c29..3a8afc0 100644
--- a/cc/builder.go
+++ b/cc/builder.go
@@ -228,6 +228,14 @@
 		blueprint.RuleParams{
 			Command: "gunzip -c $in > $out",
 		})
+
+	zip = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("zip",
+		blueprint.RuleParams{
+			Command:        "cat $out.rsp | tr ' ' '\\n' | tr -d \\' | sort -u > ${out}.tmp && ${SoongZipCmd} -o ${out} -C $$OUT_DIR -l ${out}.tmp",
+			CommandDeps:    []string{"${SoongZipCmd}"},
+			Rspfile:        "$out.rsp",
+			RspfileContent: "$in",
+		})
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -240,6 +248,8 @@
 		// Darwin doesn't have /proc
 		pctx.StaticVariable("relPwd", "")
 	}
+
+	pctx.HostBinToolVariable("SoongZipCmd", "soong_zip")
 }
 
 type builderFlags struct {
@@ -883,13 +893,18 @@
 	})
 }
 
-func TransformCoverageFilesToLib(ctx android.ModuleContext,
-	inputs Objects, flags builderFlags, baseName string) android.OptionalPath {
+func TransformCoverageFilesToZip(ctx android.ModuleContext,
+	inputs Objects, baseName string) android.OptionalPath {
 
 	if len(inputs.coverageFiles) > 0 {
-		outputFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, baseName+".gcnodir")
+		outputFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, baseName+".zip")
 
-		TransformObjToStaticLib(ctx, inputs.coverageFiles, flags, outputFile, nil)
+		ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
+			Rule:        zip,
+			Description: "zip " + outputFile.Base(),
+			Inputs:      inputs.coverageFiles,
+			Output:      outputFile,
+		})
 
 		return android.OptionalPathForPath(outputFile)
 	}
diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index 725208a..fab5837 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@
 
 	TransformObjToStaticLib(ctx, library.objects.objFiles, builderFlags, outputFile, objs.tidyFiles)
 
-	library.coverageOutputFile = TransformCoverageFilesToLib(ctx, library.objects, builderFlags,
+	library.coverageOutputFile = TransformCoverageFilesToZip(ctx, library.objects,
 		ctx.ModuleName()+library.MutatedProperties.VariantName)
 
 	library.wholeStaticMissingDeps = ctx.GetMissingDependencies()
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@
 	objs.sAbiDumpFiles = append(objs.sAbiDumpFiles, deps.StaticLibObjs.sAbiDumpFiles...)
 	objs.sAbiDumpFiles = append(objs.sAbiDumpFiles, deps.WholeStaticLibObjs.sAbiDumpFiles...)
 
-	library.coverageOutputFile = TransformCoverageFilesToLib(ctx, objs, builderFlags, library.getLibName(ctx))
+	library.coverageOutputFile = TransformCoverageFilesToZip(ctx, objs, library.getLibName(ctx))
 	library.linkSAbiDumpFiles(ctx, objs, fileName, ret)
 
 	return ret
diff --git a/java/app_builder.go b/java/app_builder.go
index fa77bbf..348c8b4 100644
--- a/java/app_builder.go
+++ b/java/app_builder.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 var (
 	Signapk = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("signapk",
 		blueprint.RuleParams{
-			Command: `${config.JavaCmd} -Djava.library.path=$$(dirname $signapkJniLibrary) ` +
+			Command: `${config.JavaCmd} ${config.JavaVmFlags} -Djava.library.path=$$(dirname $signapkJniLibrary) ` +
 				`-jar $signapkCmd $flags $certificates $in $out`,
 			CommandDeps: []string{"$signapkCmd", "$signapkJniLibrary"},
 		},
diff --git a/java/builder.go b/java/builder.go
index d257d1d..e1a912b 100644
--- a/java/builder.go
+++ b/java/builder.go
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
 			Command: `rm -rf "$outDir" "$annoDir" "$srcJarDir" && mkdir -p "$outDir" "$annoDir" "$srcJarDir" && ` +
 				`${config.ZipSyncCmd} -d $srcJarDir -l $srcJarDir/list -f "*.java" $srcJars && ` +
 				`(if [ -s $srcJarDir/list ] || [ -s $out.rsp ] ; then ` +
-				`${config.SoongJavacWrapper} ${config.JavacWrapper}${config.JavacCmd} ${config.JavacHeapFlags} ${config.CommonJdkFlags} ` +
+				`${config.SoongJavacWrapper} ${config.JavacWrapper}${config.JavacCmd} ` +
+				`${config.JavacHeapFlags} ${config.JavacVmFlags} ${config.CommonJdkFlags} ` +
 				`$processorpath $processor $javacFlags $bootClasspath $classpath ` +
 				`-source $javaVersion -target $javaVersion ` +
 				`-d $outDir -s $annoDir @$out.rsp @$srcJarDir/list ; fi ) && ` +
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@
 	turbine = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("turbine",
 		blueprint.RuleParams{
 			Command: `rm -rf "$outDir" && mkdir -p "$outDir" && ` +
-				`${config.JavaCmd} -jar ${config.TurbineJar} --output $out.tmp ` +
+				`${config.JavaCmd} ${config.JavaVmFlags} -jar ${config.TurbineJar} --output $out.tmp ` +
 				`--temp_dir "$outDir" --sources @$out.rsp  --source_jars $srcJars ` +
 				`--javacopts ${config.CommonJdkFlags} ` +
 				`$javacFlags -source $javaVersion -target $javaVersion -- $bootClasspath $classpath && ` +
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@
 
 	jarjar = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("jarjar",
 		blueprint.RuleParams{
-			Command:     "${config.JavaCmd} -jar ${config.JarjarCmd} process $rulesFile $in $out",
+			Command:     "${config.JavaCmd} ${config.JavaVmFlags} -jar ${config.JarjarCmd} process $rulesFile $in $out",
 			CommandDeps: []string{"${config.JavaCmd}", "${config.JarjarCmd}", "$rulesFile"},
 		},
 		"rulesFile")
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@
 
 	jetifier = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("jetifier",
 		blueprint.RuleParams{
-			Command:     "${config.JavaCmd} -jar ${config.JetifierJar} -l error -o $out -i $in",
+			Command:     "${config.JavaCmd}  ${config.JavaVmFlags} -jar ${config.JetifierJar} -l error -o $out -i $in",
 			CommandDeps: []string{"${config.JavaCmd}", "${config.JetifierJar}"},
 		},
 	)
diff --git a/java/config/config.go b/java/config/config.go
index f9552d5..6ade649 100644
--- a/java/config/config.go
+++ b/java/config/config.go
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
 		// b/65004097: prevent using java.lang.invoke.StringConcatFactory when using -target 1.9
 		`-XDstringConcat=inline`,
 	}, " "))
+	pctx.StaticVariable("JavaVmFlags", "-XX:OnError=\"cat hs_err_pid%p.log\" -XX:CICompilerCount=6 -XX:+UseDynamicNumberOfGCThreads")
+	pctx.StaticVariable("JavacVmFlags", "-J-XX:OnError=\"cat hs_err_pid%p.log\" -J-XX:CICompilerCount=6 -J-XX:+UseDynamicNumberOfGCThreads")
 
 	pctx.VariableConfigMethod("hostPrebuiltTag", android.Config.PrebuiltOS)
 
diff --git a/java/config/makevars.go b/java/config/makevars.go
index 9c78511..ead298a 100644
--- a/java/config/makevars.go
+++ b/java/config/makevars.go
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 	ctx.Strict("ANDROID_JAVA8_HOME", "prebuilts/jdk/jdk8/${hostPrebuiltTag}")
 	ctx.Strict("ANDROID_JAVA9_HOME", "prebuilts/jdk/jdk9/${hostPrebuiltTag}")
 	ctx.Strict("ANDROID_JAVA_TOOLCHAIN", "${JavaToolchain}")
-	ctx.Strict("JAVA", "${JavaCmd}")
-	ctx.Strict("JAVAC", "${JavacCmd}")
+	ctx.Strict("JAVA", "${JavaCmd} ${JavaVmFlags}")
+	ctx.Strict("JAVAC", "${JavacCmd} ${JavacVmFlags}")
 	ctx.Strict("JAR", "${JarCmd}")
 	ctx.Strict("JAR_ARGS", "${JarArgsCmd}")
 	ctx.Strict("JAVADOC", "${JavadocCmd}")
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
 		ctx.Strict("ERROR_PRONE_CHECKS", "${ErrorProneChecks}")
 	}
 
-	ctx.Strict("TARGET_JAVAC", "${JavacCmd} ${CommonJdkFlags}")
-	ctx.Strict("HOST_JAVAC", "${JavacCmd} ${CommonJdkFlags}")
+	ctx.Strict("TARGET_JAVAC", "${JavacCmd}  ${JavacVmFlags} ${CommonJdkFlags}")
+	ctx.Strict("HOST_JAVAC", "${JavacCmd}  ${JavacVmFlags} ${CommonJdkFlags}")
 
 	ctx.Strict("JLINK", "${JlinkCmd}")
 	ctx.Strict("JMOD", "${JmodCmd}")
diff --git a/java/droiddoc.go b/java/droiddoc.go
index c4624d8..d88effd 100644
--- a/java/droiddoc.go
+++ b/java/droiddoc.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 			Command: `rm -rf "$outDir" "$srcJarDir" "$stubsDir" && ` +
 				`mkdir -p "$outDir" "$srcJarDir" "$stubsDir" && ` +
 				`${config.ZipSyncCmd} -d $srcJarDir -l $srcJarDir/list -f "*.java" $srcJars && ` +
-				`${config.JavaCmd} -jar ${config.MetalavaJar} -encoding UTF-8 -source $javaVersion @$out.rsp @$srcJarDir/list ` +
+				`${config.JavaCmd}  ${config.JavaVmFlags} -jar ${config.MetalavaJar} -encoding UTF-8 -source $javaVersion @$out.rsp @$srcJarDir/list ` +
 				`$bootclasspathArgs $classpathArgs $sourcepathArgs --no-banner --color --quiet --format=v2 ` +
 				`$opts && ` +
 				`${config.SoongZipCmd} -write_if_changed -jar -o $out -C $stubsDir -D $stubsDir && ` +
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 		blueprint.RuleParams{
 			Command: `( rm -rf "$srcJarDir" && mkdir -p "$srcJarDir" && ` +
 				`${config.ZipSyncCmd} -d $srcJarDir -l $srcJarDir/list -f "*.java" $srcJars && ` +
-				`${config.JavaCmd} -jar ${config.MetalavaJar} -encoding UTF-8 -source $javaVersion @$out.rsp @$srcJarDir/list ` +
+				`${config.JavaCmd}  ${config.JavaVmFlags} -jar ${config.MetalavaJar} -encoding UTF-8 -source $javaVersion @$out.rsp @$srcJarDir/list ` +
 				`$bootclasspathArgs $classpathArgs $sourcepathArgs --no-banner --color --quiet --format=v2 ` +
 				`$opts && touch $out && rm -rf "$srcJarDir") || ` +
 				`( echo -e "$msg" ; exit 38 )`,
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 			Command: `rm -rf "$outDir" "$srcJarDir" "$stubsDir" && ` +
 				`mkdir -p "$outDir" "$srcJarDir" "$stubsDir" && ` +
 				`${config.ZipSyncCmd} -d $srcJarDir -l $srcJarDir/list -f "*.java" $srcJars && ` +
-				`${config.JavaCmd} -jar ${config.DokkaJar} $srcJarDir ` +
+				`${config.JavaCmd} ${config.JavaVmFlags} -jar ${config.DokkaJar} $srcJarDir ` +
 				`$classpathArgs -format dac -dacRoot /reference/kotlin -output $outDir $opts && ` +
 				`${config.SoongZipCmd} -write_if_changed -d -o $docZip -C $outDir -D $outDir && ` +
 				`${config.SoongZipCmd} -write_if_changed -jar -o $out -C $stubsDir -D $stubsDir && ` +
diff --git a/java/jacoco.go b/java/jacoco.go
index 8b6d4ac..bce9822 100644
--- a/java/jacoco.go
+++ b/java/jacoco.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 	jacoco = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("jacoco", blueprint.RuleParams{
 		Command: `rm -rf $tmpDir && mkdir -p $tmpDir && ` +
 			`${config.Zip2ZipCmd} -i $in -o $strippedJar $stripSpec && ` +
-			`${config.JavaCmd} -jar ${config.JacocoCLIJar} ` +
+			`${config.JavaCmd} ${config.JavaVmFlags} -jar ${config.JacocoCLIJar} ` +
 			`  instrument --quiet --dest $tmpDir $strippedJar && ` +
 			`${config.Ziptime} $tmpJar && ` +
 			`${config.MergeZipsCmd} --ignore-duplicates -j $out $tmpJar $in`,
diff --git a/java/testing.go b/java/testing.go
index e1b06a0..a9d4670 100644
--- a/java/testing.go
+++ b/java/testing.go
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 				name: "%s",
 				srcs: ["a.java"],
 				no_standard_libs: true,
-				sdk_version: "core_current",
 				system_modules: "core-platform-api-stubs-system-modules",
 			}
 		`, extra)
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@
 			name: "framework",
 			srcs: ["a.java"],
 			no_standard_libs: true,
-			sdk_version: "core_current",
 			system_modules: "core-platform-api-stubs-system-modules",
 			aidl: {
 				export_include_dirs: ["framework/aidl"],
@@ -82,7 +80,6 @@
 			name: "android.hidl.base-V1.0-java",
 			srcs: ["a.java"],
 			no_standard_libs: true,
-			sdk_version: "core_current",
 			system_modules: "core-platform-api-stubs-system-modules",
 			installable: true,
 		}
@@ -91,7 +88,6 @@
 			name: "android.hidl.manager-V1.0-java",
 			srcs: ["a.java"],
 			no_standard_libs: true,
-			sdk_version: "core_current",
 			system_modules: "core-platform-api-stubs-system-modules",
 			installable: true,
 		}
@@ -100,7 +96,6 @@
 			name: "org.apache.http.legacy",
 			srcs: ["a.java"],
 			no_standard_libs: true,
-			sdk_version: "core_current",
 			system_modules: "core-platform-api-stubs-system-modules",
 			installable: true,
 		}
diff --git a/ui/build/paths/config.go b/ui/build/paths/config.go
index 54006d2..a50a880 100644
--- a/ui/build/paths/config.go
+++ b/ui/build/paths/config.go
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
 	// We need bzip2 here even though we provide a bzip2 binary because
 	// GNU tar seems to avoid calling ours.
 	"bzip2":    Allowed,
-	"date":     Allowed,
 	"dd":       Allowed,
 	"diff":     Allowed,
 	"egrep":    Allowed,
@@ -132,6 +131,7 @@
 	"cp":        LinuxOnlyPrebuilt,
 	"comm":      LinuxOnlyPrebuilt,
 	"cut":       LinuxOnlyPrebuilt,
+	"date":      LinuxOnlyPrebuilt,
 	"dirname":   LinuxOnlyPrebuilt,
 	"du":        LinuxOnlyPrebuilt,
 	"echo":      LinuxOnlyPrebuilt,