diff --git a/android/rule_builder.go b/android/rule_builder.go
index 1454357..e505964 100644
--- a/android/rule_builder.go
+++ b/android/rule_builder.go
@@ -336,41 +336,6 @@
 	return outputList
 }
 
-func (r *RuleBuilder) symlinkOutputSet() map[string]WritablePath {
-	symlinkOutputs := make(map[string]WritablePath)
-	for _, c := range r.commands {
-		for _, symlinkOutput := range c.symlinkOutputs {
-			symlinkOutputs[symlinkOutput.String()] = symlinkOutput
-		}
-	}
-	return symlinkOutputs
-}
-
-// SymlinkOutputs returns the list of paths that the executor (Ninja) would
-// verify, after build edge completion, that:
-//
-// 1) Created output symlinks match the list of paths in this list exactly (no more, no fewer)
-// 2) Created output files are *not* declared in this list.
-//
-// These symlink outputs are expected to be a subset of outputs or implicit
-// outputs, or they would fail validation at build param construction time
-// later, to support other non-rule-builder approaches for constructing
-// statements.
-func (r *RuleBuilder) SymlinkOutputs() WritablePaths {
-	symlinkOutputs := r.symlinkOutputSet()
-
-	var symlinkOutputList WritablePaths
-	for _, symlinkOutput := range symlinkOutputs {
-		symlinkOutputList = append(symlinkOutputList, symlinkOutput)
-	}
-
-	sort.Slice(symlinkOutputList, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return symlinkOutputList[i].String() < symlinkOutputList[j].String()
-	})
-
-	return symlinkOutputList
-}
-
 func (r *RuleBuilder) depFileSet() map[string]WritablePath {
 	depFiles := make(map[string]WritablePath)
 	for _, c := range r.commands {
@@ -775,7 +740,6 @@
 		Validations:     r.Validations(),
 		Output:          output,
 		ImplicitOutputs: implicitOutputs,
-		SymlinkOutputs:  r.SymlinkOutputs(),
 		Depfile:         depFile,
 		Deps:            depFormat,
 		Description:     desc,
@@ -789,17 +753,16 @@
 type RuleBuilderCommand struct {
 	rule *RuleBuilder
 
-	buf            strings.Builder
-	inputs         Paths
-	implicits      Paths
-	orderOnlys     Paths
-	validations    Paths
-	outputs        WritablePaths
-	symlinkOutputs WritablePaths
-	depFiles       WritablePaths
-	tools          Paths
-	packagedTools  []PackagingSpec
-	rspFiles       []rspFileAndPaths
+	buf           strings.Builder
+	inputs        Paths
+	implicits     Paths
+	orderOnlys    Paths
+	validations   Paths
+	outputs       WritablePaths
+	depFiles      WritablePaths
+	tools         Paths
+	packagedTools []PackagingSpec
+	rspFiles      []rspFileAndPaths
 }
 
 type rspFileAndPaths struct {
@@ -1223,42 +1186,6 @@
 	return c
 }
 
-// ImplicitSymlinkOutput declares the specified path as an implicit output that
-// will be a symlink instead of a regular file. Does not modify the command
-// line.
-func (c *RuleBuilderCommand) ImplicitSymlinkOutput(path WritablePath) *RuleBuilderCommand {
-	checkPathNotNil(path)
-	c.symlinkOutputs = append(c.symlinkOutputs, path)
-	return c.ImplicitOutput(path)
-}
-
-// ImplicitSymlinkOutputs declares the specified paths as implicit outputs that
-// will be a symlinks instead of regular files. Does not modify the command
-// line.
-func (c *RuleBuilderCommand) ImplicitSymlinkOutputs(paths WritablePaths) *RuleBuilderCommand {
-	for _, path := range paths {
-		c.ImplicitSymlinkOutput(path)
-	}
-	return c
-}
-
-// SymlinkOutput declares the specified path as an output that will be a symlink
-// instead of a regular file. Modifies the command line.
-func (c *RuleBuilderCommand) SymlinkOutput(path WritablePath) *RuleBuilderCommand {
-	checkPathNotNil(path)
-	c.symlinkOutputs = append(c.symlinkOutputs, path)
-	return c.Output(path)
-}
-
-// SymlinkOutputsl declares the specified paths as outputs that will be symlinks
-// instead of regular files. Modifies the command line.
-func (c *RuleBuilderCommand) SymlinkOutputs(paths WritablePaths) *RuleBuilderCommand {
-	for _, path := range paths {
-		c.SymlinkOutput(path)
-	}
-	return c
-}
-
 // ImplicitDepFile adds the specified depfile path to the paths returned by RuleBuilder.DepFiles without modifying
 // the command line, and causes RuleBuilder.Build file to set the depfile flag for ninja.  If multiple depfiles
 // are added to commands in a single RuleBuilder then RuleBuilder.Build will add an extra command to merge the