diff --git a/java/dex.go b/java/dex.go
index cf0a94c..9ce5053 100644
--- a/java/dex.go
+++ b/java/dex.go
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@
 	proguardDictionary     android.OptionalPath
 	proguardConfiguration  android.OptionalPath
 	proguardUsageZip       android.OptionalPath
-	resourcesInput         android.OptionalPath
-	resourcesOutput        android.OptionalPath
 
 	providesTransitiveHeaderJars
 }
@@ -163,7 +161,7 @@
 		"$r8Template": &remoteexec.REParams{
 			Labels:          map[string]string{"type": "compile", "compiler": "r8"},
 			Inputs:          []string{"$implicits", "${config.R8Jar}"},
-			OutputFiles:     []string{"${outUsage}", "${outConfig}", "${outDict}", "${resourcesOutput}"},
+			OutputFiles:     []string{"${outUsage}", "${outConfig}", "${outDict}"},
 			ExecStrategy:    "${config.RER8ExecStrategy}",
 			ToolchainInputs: []string{"${config.JavaCmd}"},
 			Platform:        map[string]string{remoteexec.PoolKey: "${config.REJavaPool}"},
@@ -183,7 +181,7 @@
 			Platform:     map[string]string{remoteexec.PoolKey: "${config.REJavaPool}"},
 		},
 	}, []string{"outDir", "outDict", "outConfig", "outUsage", "outUsageZip", "outUsageDir",
-		"r8Flags", "zipFlags", "mergeZipsFlags", "resourcesOutput"}, []string{"implicits"})
+		"r8Flags", "zipFlags", "mergeZipsFlags"}, []string{"implicits"})
 
 func (d *dexer) dexCommonFlags(ctx android.ModuleContext,
 	dexParams *compileDexParams) (flags []string, deps android.Paths) {
@@ -350,12 +348,6 @@
 		r8Flags = append(r8Flags, "-ignorewarnings")
 	}
 
-	if d.resourcesInput.Valid() {
-		r8Flags = append(r8Flags, "--resource-input", d.resourcesInput.Path().String())
-		r8Deps = append(r8Deps, d.resourcesInput.Path())
-		r8Flags = append(r8Flags, "--resource-output", d.resourcesOutput.Path().String())
-	}
-
 	return r8Flags, r8Deps
 }
 
@@ -397,8 +389,6 @@
 			android.ModuleNameWithPossibleOverride(ctx), "unused.txt")
 		proguardUsageZip := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "proguard_usage.zip")
 		d.proguardUsageZip = android.OptionalPathForPath(proguardUsageZip)
-		resourcesOutput := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "package-res-shrunken.apk")
-		d.resourcesOutput = android.OptionalPathForPath(resourcesOutput)
 		r8Flags, r8Deps := d.r8Flags(ctx, dexParams.flags)
 		r8Deps = append(r8Deps, commonDeps...)
 		rule := r8
@@ -417,22 +407,17 @@
 			rule = r8RE
 			args["implicits"] = strings.Join(r8Deps.Strings(), ",")
 		}
-		implicitOutputs := android.WritablePaths{
-			proguardDictionary,
-			proguardUsageZip,
-			proguardConfiguration}
-		if d.resourcesInput.Valid() {
-			implicitOutputs = append(implicitOutputs, resourcesOutput)
-			args["resourcesOutput"] = resourcesOutput.String()
-		}
 		ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
-			Rule:            rule,
-			Description:     "r8",
-			Output:          javalibJar,
-			ImplicitOutputs: implicitOutputs,
-			Input:           dexParams.classesJar,
-			Implicits:       r8Deps,
-			Args:            args,
+			Rule:        rule,
+			Description: "r8",
+			Output:      javalibJar,
+			ImplicitOutputs: android.WritablePaths{
+				proguardDictionary,
+				proguardUsageZip,
+				proguardConfiguration},
+			Input:     dexParams.classesJar,
+			Implicits: r8Deps,
+			Args:      args,
 		})
 	} else {
 		d8Flags, d8Deps := d8Flags(dexParams.flags)