diff --git a/android/module_context.go b/android/module_context.go
index 1620390..fd804d0 100644
--- a/android/module_context.go
+++ b/android/module_context.go
@@ -655,19 +655,21 @@
 			orderOnlyDeps = InstallPaths(deps).Paths()
 		}
 
-		if m.Config().KatiEnabled() {
-			// When creating the install rule in Soong but embedding in Make, write the rule to a
-			// makefile instead of directly to the ninja file so that main.mk can add the
-			// dependencies from the `required` property that are hard to resolve in Soong.
-			m.katiInstalls = append(m.katiInstalls, katiInstall{
-				from:          srcPath,
-				to:            fullInstallPath,
-				implicitDeps:  implicitDeps,
-				orderOnlyDeps: orderOnlyDeps,
-				executable:    executable,
-				extraFiles:    extraZip,
-			})
-		} else {
+		// When creating the install rule in Soong but embedding in Make, write the rule to a
+		// makefile instead of directly to the ninja file so that main.mk can add the
+		// dependencies from the `required` property that are hard to resolve in Soong.
+		// In soong-only builds, the katiInstall will still be created for semi-legacy code paths
+		// such as module-info.json or compliance, but it will not be used for actually installing
+		// the file.
+		m.katiInstalls = append(m.katiInstalls, katiInstall{
+			from:          srcPath,
+			to:            fullInstallPath,
+			implicitDeps:  implicitDeps,
+			orderOnlyDeps: orderOnlyDeps,
+			executable:    executable,
+			extraFiles:    extraZip,
+		})
+		if !m.Config().KatiEnabled() {
 			rule := CpWithBash
 			if executable {
 				rule = CpExecutableWithBash
@@ -717,15 +719,17 @@
 	}
 	if m.requiresFullInstall() {
 
-		if m.Config().KatiEnabled() {
-			// When creating the symlink rule in Soong but embedding in Make, write the rule to a
-			// makefile instead of directly to the ninja file so that main.mk can add the
-			// dependencies from the `required` property that are hard to resolve in Soong.
-			m.katiSymlinks = append(m.katiSymlinks, katiInstall{
-				from: srcPath,
-				to:   fullInstallPath,
-			})
-		} else {
+		// When creating the symlink rule in Soong but embedding in Make, write the rule to a
+		// makefile instead of directly to the ninja file so that main.mk can add the
+		// dependencies from the `required` property that are hard to resolve in Soong.
+		// In soong-only builds, the katiInstall will still be created for semi-legacy code paths
+		// such as module-info.json or compliance, but it will not be used for actually installing
+		// the file.
+		m.katiSymlinks = append(m.katiSymlinks, katiInstall{
+			from: srcPath,
+			to:   fullInstallPath,
+		})
+		if !m.Config().KatiEnabled() {
 			// The symlink doesn't need updating when the target is modified, but we sometimes
 			// have a dependency on a symlink to a binary instead of to the binary directly, and
 			// the mtime of the symlink must be updated when the binary is modified, so use a
@@ -768,15 +772,17 @@
 	m.module.base().hooks.runInstallHooks(m, nil, fullInstallPath, true)
 
 	if m.requiresFullInstall() {
-		if m.Config().KatiEnabled() {
-			// When creating the symlink rule in Soong but embedding in Make, write the rule to a
-			// makefile instead of directly to the ninja file so that main.mk can add the
-			// dependencies from the `required` property that are hard to resolve in Soong.
-			m.katiSymlinks = append(m.katiSymlinks, katiInstall{
-				absFrom: absPath,
-				to:      fullInstallPath,
-			})
-		} else {
+		// When creating the symlink rule in Soong but embedding in Make, write the rule to a
+		// makefile instead of directly to the ninja file so that main.mk can add the
+		// dependencies from the `required` property that are hard to resolve in Soong.
+		// In soong-only builds, the katiInstall will still be created for semi-legacy code paths
+		// such as module-info.json or compliance, but it will not be used for actually installing
+		// the file.
+		m.katiSymlinks = append(m.katiSymlinks, katiInstall{
+			absFrom: absPath,
+			to:      fullInstallPath,
+		})
+		if !m.Config().KatiEnabled() {
 			m.Build(pctx, BuildParams{
 				Rule:        Symlink,
 				Description: "install symlink " + fullInstallPath.Base() + " -> " + absPath,