diff --git a/android/androidmk.go b/android/androidmk.go
index aa411d1..a7b69f6 100644
--- a/android/androidmk.go
+++ b/android/androidmk.go
@@ -560,6 +560,8 @@
 		a.SetPaths("LOCAL_SOONG_INSTALL_SYMLINKS", base.katiSymlinks.InstallPaths().Paths())
 	}
 
+	a.SetBoolIfTrue("LOCAL_UNINSTALLABLE_MODULE", base.commonProperties.SkipInstall)
+
 	if am, ok := mod.(ApexModule); ok {
 		a.SetBoolIfTrue("LOCAL_NOT_AVAILABLE_FOR_PLATFORM", am.NotAvailableForPlatform())
 	}
diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index 358818f..a0ac5b8 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
 			// Do not install the module for platform, but still allow it to output
 			// uninstallable AndroidMk entries in certain cases when they have side
 			// effects.  TODO(jiyong): move this routine to somewhere else
-			mod.MakeUninstallable()
+			mod.SkipInstall()
 		}
 		if !platformVariation {
 			mctx.SetVariationProvider(mod, ApexInfoProvider, apexInfos[i-1])
diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index 773d77b..b45ed95 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -505,8 +505,8 @@
 	PartitionTag(DeviceConfig) string
 	HideFromMake()
 	IsHideFromMake() bool
+	SkipInstall()
 	IsSkipInstall() bool
-	MakeUninstallable()
 	ReplacedByPrebuilt()
 	IsReplacedByPrebuilt() bool
 	ExportedToMake() bool
@@ -1964,15 +1964,6 @@
 	return m.commonProperties.SkipInstall
 }
 
-// Similar to HideFromMake, but if the AndroidMk entry would set
-// LOCAL_UNINSTALLABLE_MODULE then this variant may still output that entry
-// rather than leaving it out altogether. That happens in cases where it would
-// have other side effects, in particular when it adds a NOTICE file target,
-// which other install targets might depend on.
-func (m *ModuleBase) MakeUninstallable() {
-	m.HideFromMake()
-}
-
 func (m *ModuleBase) ReplacedByPrebuilt() {
 	m.commonProperties.ReplacedByPrebuilt = true
 	m.HideFromMake()
diff --git a/android/packaging_test.go b/android/packaging_test.go
index 91ac1f3..f32d1c3 100644
--- a/android/packaging_test.go
+++ b/android/packaging_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package android
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@
 		Deps         []string
 		Skip_install *bool
 	}
+
+	builtFile Path
 }
 
 // dep tag used in this test. All dependencies are considered as installable.
@@ -48,13 +51,21 @@
 }
 
 func (m *componentTestModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx ModuleContext) {
-	builtFile := PathForModuleOut(ctx, m.Name())
+	m.builtFile = PathForModuleOut(ctx, m.Name())
 	dir := ctx.Target().Arch.ArchType.Multilib
 	installDir := PathForModuleInstall(ctx, dir)
 	if proptools.Bool(m.props.Skip_install) {
 		m.SkipInstall()
 	}
-	ctx.InstallFile(installDir, m.Name(), builtFile)
+	ctx.InstallFile(installDir, m.Name(), m.builtFile)
+}
+
+func (m *componentTestModule) AndroidMkEntries() []AndroidMkEntries {
+	return []AndroidMkEntries{
+		{
+			OutputFile: OptionalPathForPath(m.builtFile),
+		},
+	}
 }
 
 // Module that itself is a package
@@ -251,6 +262,35 @@
 		`, []string{"lib32/foo", "lib64/foo", "lib64/bar"})
 }
 
+func TestSkipInstallProducesLocalUninstallableModule(t *testing.T) {
+	result := GroupFixturePreparers(
+		PrepareForTestWithArchMutator,
+		FixtureRegisterWithContext(func(ctx RegistrationContext) {
+			ctx.RegisterModuleType("component", componentTestModuleFactory)
+			ctx.RegisterModuleType("package_module", packageTestModuleFactory)
+		}),
+		FixtureWithRootAndroidBp(`
+component {
+	name: "foo",
+	skip_install: true,
+}
+
+package_module {
+	name: "package",
+	deps: ["foo"],
+}
+`),
+	).RunTest(t)
+	module := result.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_arm64_armv8-a").Module().(*componentTestModule)
+	entries := AndroidMkEntriesForTest(t, result.TestContext, module)
+	builder := &strings.Builder{}
+	entries[0].write(builder)
+	androidMkString := builder.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(androidMkString, "LOCAL_UNINSTALLABLE_MODULE := true") {
+		t.Errorf("Expected android mk entries to contain \"LOCAL_UNINSTALLABLE_MODULE := true\", got: \n%s", androidMkString)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPackagingBaseSingleTarget(t *testing.T) {
 	multiTarget := false
 	runPackagingTest(t, multiTarget,