diff --git a/android/bazel_handler.go b/android/bazel_handler.go
index d1df479..3be9805 100644
--- a/android/bazel_handler.go
+++ b/android/bazel_handler.go
@@ -188,26 +188,26 @@
 	LabelToPythonBinary map[string]string
 }
 
-func (m MockBazelContext) QueueBazelRequest(label string, requestType cqueryRequest, cfgKey configKey) {
+func (m MockBazelContext) QueueBazelRequest(_ string, _ cqueryRequest, _ configKey) {
 	panic("unimplemented")
 }
 
-func (m MockBazelContext) GetOutputFiles(label string, cfgKey configKey) ([]string, error) {
+func (m MockBazelContext) GetOutputFiles(label string, _ configKey) ([]string, error) {
 	result, _ := m.LabelToOutputFiles[label]
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-func (m MockBazelContext) GetCcInfo(label string, cfgKey configKey) (cquery.CcInfo, error) {
+func (m MockBazelContext) GetCcInfo(label string, _ configKey) (cquery.CcInfo, error) {
 	result, _ := m.LabelToCcInfo[label]
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-func (m MockBazelContext) GetPythonBinary(label string, cfgKey configKey) (string, error) {
+func (m MockBazelContext) GetPythonBinary(label string, _ configKey) (string, error) {
 	result, _ := m.LabelToPythonBinary[label]
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-func (m MockBazelContext) InvokeBazel(config Config) error {
+func (m MockBazelContext) InvokeBazel(_ Config) error {
 	panic("unimplemented")
 }
 
@@ -261,23 +261,23 @@
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("no bazel response found for %v", key)
 }
 
-func (n noopBazelContext) QueueBazelRequest(label string, requestType cqueryRequest, cfgKey configKey) {
+func (n noopBazelContext) QueueBazelRequest(_ string, _ cqueryRequest, _ configKey) {
 	panic("unimplemented")
 }
 
-func (n noopBazelContext) GetOutputFiles(label string, cfgKey configKey) ([]string, error) {
+func (n noopBazelContext) GetOutputFiles(_ string, _ configKey) ([]string, error) {
 	panic("unimplemented")
 }
 
-func (n noopBazelContext) GetCcInfo(label string, cfgKey configKey) (cquery.CcInfo, error) {
+func (n noopBazelContext) GetCcInfo(_ string, _ configKey) (cquery.CcInfo, error) {
 	panic("unimplemented")
 }
 
-func (n noopBazelContext) GetPythonBinary(label string, cfgKey configKey) (string, error) {
+func (n noopBazelContext) GetPythonBinary(_ string, _ configKey) (string, error) {
 	panic("unimplemented")
 }
 
-func (n noopBazelContext) InvokeBazel(config Config) error {
+func (n noopBazelContext) InvokeBazel(_ Config) error {
 	panic("unimplemented")
 }
 
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
 	p := bazelPaths{
 		soongOutDir: c.soongOutDir,
 	}
-	missingEnvVars := []string{}
+	var missingEnvVars []string
 	if len(c.Getenv("BAZEL_HOME")) > 1 {
 		p.homeDir = c.Getenv("BAZEL_HOME")
 	} else {
@@ -380,10 +380,8 @@
 	extraFlags          []string
 }
 
-func (r *mockBazelRunner) issueBazelCommand(paths *bazelPaths,
-	runName bazel.RunName,
-	command bazelCommand,
-	extraFlags ...string) (string, string, error) {
+func (r *mockBazelRunner) issueBazelCommand(_ *bazelPaths, _ bazel.RunName,
+	command bazelCommand, extraFlags ...string) (string, string, error) {
 	r.commands = append(r.commands, command)
 	r.extraFlags = append(r.extraFlags, strings.Join(extraFlags, " "))
 	if ret, ok := r.bazelCommandResults[command]; ok {
@@ -411,26 +409,30 @@
 		command.command,
 	}
 	cmdFlags = append(cmdFlags, command.expression)
-	cmdFlags = append(cmdFlags, "--profile="+shared.BazelMetricsFilename(paths, runName))
+	cmdFlags = append(cmdFlags,
+		// TODO(asmundak): is it needed in every build?
+		"--profile="+shared.BazelMetricsFilename(paths, runName),
 
-	// Set default platforms to canonicalized values for mixed builds requests.
-	// If these are set in the bazelrc, they will have values that are
-	// non-canonicalized to @sourceroot labels, and thus be invalid when
-	// referenced from the buildroot.
-	//
-	// The actual platform values here may be overridden by configuration
-	// transitions from the buildroot.
-	cmdFlags = append(cmdFlags,
-		fmt.Sprintf("--platforms=%s", "//build/bazel/platforms:android_target"))
-	cmdFlags = append(cmdFlags,
-		fmt.Sprintf("--extra_toolchains=%s", "//prebuilts/clang/host/linux-x86:all"))
-	// This should be parameterized on the host OS, but let's restrict to linux
-	// to keep things simple for now.
-	cmdFlags = append(cmdFlags,
-		fmt.Sprintf("--host_platform=%s", "//build/bazel/platforms:linux_x86_64"))
+		// Set default platforms to canonicalized values for mixed builds requests.
+		// If these are set in the bazelrc, they will have values that are
+		// non-canonicalized to @sourceroot labels, and thus be invalid when
+		// referenced from the buildroot.
+		//
+		// The actual platform values here may be overridden by configuration
+		// transitions from the buildroot.
+		fmt.Sprintf("--platforms=%s", "//build/bazel/platforms:android_target"),
+		fmt.Sprintf("--extra_toolchains=%s", "//prebuilts/clang/host/linux-x86:all"),
 
-	// Explicitly disable downloading rules (such as canonical C++ and Java rules) from the network.
-	cmdFlags = append(cmdFlags, "--experimental_repository_disable_download")
+		// This should be parameterized on the host OS, but let's restrict to linux
+		// to keep things simple for now.
+		fmt.Sprintf("--host_platform=%s", "//build/bazel/platforms:linux_x86_64"),
+
+		// Explicitly disable downloading rules (such as canonical C++ and Java rules) from the network.
+		"--experimental_repository_disable_download",
+
+		// Suppress noise
+		"--ui_event_filters=-INFO",
+		"--noshow_progress")
 	cmdFlags = append(cmdFlags, extraFlags...)
 
 	bazelCmd := exec.Command(paths.bazelPath, cmdFlags...)
@@ -697,8 +699,6 @@
 func (context *bazelContext) InvokeBazel(config Config) error {
 	context.results = make(map[cqueryKey]string)
 
-	var cqueryOutput string
-	var cqueryErr string
 	var err error
 
 	soongInjectionPath := absolutePath(context.paths.injectedFilesDir())
@@ -715,45 +715,27 @@
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(soongInjectionPath, "WORKSPACE.bazel"), []byte{}, 0666)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(soongInjectionPath, "WORKSPACE.bazel"), []byte{}, 0666); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(
-		filepath.Join(mixedBuildsPath, "main.bzl"),
-		context.mainBzlFileContents(), 0666)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(mixedBuildsPath, "main.bzl"), context.mainBzlFileContents(), 0666); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(
-		filepath.Join(mixedBuildsPath, "BUILD.bazel"),
-		context.mainBuildFileContents(), 0666)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(mixedBuildsPath, "BUILD.bazel"), context.mainBuildFileContents(), 0666); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	cqueryFileRelpath := filepath.Join(context.paths.injectedFilesDir(), "buildroot.cquery")
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(
-		absolutePath(cqueryFileRelpath),
-		context.cqueryStarlarkFileContents(), 0666)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err = ioutil.WriteFile(absolutePath(cqueryFileRelpath), context.cqueryStarlarkFileContents(), 0666); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	buildrootLabel := "@soong_injection//mixed_builds:buildroot"
-	cqueryOutput, cqueryErr, err = context.issueBazelCommand(
-		context.paths,
-		bazel.CqueryBuildRootRunName,
-		bazelCommand{"cquery", fmt.Sprintf("deps(%s, 2)", buildrootLabel)},
-		"--output=starlark",
-		"--starlark:file="+absolutePath(cqueryFileRelpath))
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(soongInjectionPath, "cquery.out"),
-		[]byte(cqueryOutput), 0666)
+	const buildrootLabel = "@soong_injection//mixed_builds:buildroot"
+	cqueryCmd := bazelCommand{"cquery", fmt.Sprintf("deps(%s, 2)", buildrootLabel)}
+	cqueryOutput, cqueryErr, err := context.issueBazelCommand(context.paths, bazel.CqueryBuildRootRunName, cqueryCmd,
+		"--output=starlark", "--starlark:file="+absolutePath(cqueryFileRelpath))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(soongInjectionPath, "cquery.out"), []byte(cqueryOutput), 0666)
 	}
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -765,7 +747,6 @@
 			cqueryResults[splitLine[0]] = splitLine[1]
 		}
 	}
-
 	for val := range context.requests {
 		if cqueryResult, ok := cqueryResults[getCqueryId(val)]; ok {
 			context.results[val] = cqueryResult
@@ -777,37 +758,27 @@
 
 	// Issue an aquery command to retrieve action information about the bazel build tree.
 	//
-	var aqueryOutput string
-	var coverageFlags []string
+	// Use jsonproto instead of proto; actual proto parsing would require a dependency on Bazel's
+	// proto sources, which would add a number of unnecessary dependencies.
+	extraFlags := []string{"--output=jsonproto", "--include_file_write_contents"}
 	if Bool(config.productVariables.ClangCoverage) {
-		coverageFlags = append(coverageFlags, "--collect_code_coverage")
-		if len(config.productVariables.NativeCoveragePaths) > 0 ||
-			len(config.productVariables.NativeCoverageExcludePaths) > 0 {
-			includePaths := JoinWithPrefixAndSeparator(config.productVariables.NativeCoveragePaths, "+", ",")
-			excludePaths := JoinWithPrefixAndSeparator(config.productVariables.NativeCoverageExcludePaths, "-", ",")
-			if len(includePaths) > 0 && len(excludePaths) > 0 {
-				includePaths += ","
-			}
-			coverageFlags = append(coverageFlags, fmt.Sprintf(`--instrumentation_filter=%s`,
-				includePaths+excludePaths))
+		extraFlags = append(extraFlags, "--collect_code_coverage")
+		paths := make([]string, 0, 2)
+		if p := config.productVariables.NativeCoveragePaths; len(p) > 0 {
+			paths = append(paths, JoinWithPrefixAndSeparator(p, "+", ","))
+		}
+		if p := config.productVariables.NativeCoverageExcludePaths; len(p) > 0 {
+			paths = append(paths, JoinWithPrefixAndSeparator(p, "-", ","))
+		}
+		if len(paths) > 0 {
+			extraFlags = append(extraFlags, "--instrumentation_filter="+strings.Join(paths, ","))
 		}
 	}
-
-	extraFlags := append([]string{"--output=jsonproto", "--include_file_write_contents"}, coverageFlags...)
-
-	aqueryOutput, _, err = context.issueBazelCommand(
-		context.paths,
-		bazel.AqueryBuildRootRunName,
-		bazelCommand{"aquery", fmt.Sprintf("deps(%s)", buildrootLabel)},
-		// Use jsonproto instead of proto; actual proto parsing would require a dependency on Bazel's
-		// proto sources, which would add a number of unnecessary dependencies.
-		extraFlags...)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	aqueryCmd := bazelCommand{"aquery", fmt.Sprintf("deps(%s)", buildrootLabel)}
+	if aqueryOutput, _, err := context.issueBazelCommand(context.paths, bazel.AqueryBuildRootRunName, aqueryCmd,
+		extraFlags...); err == nil {
+		context.buildStatements, context.depsets, err = bazel.AqueryBuildStatements([]byte(aqueryOutput))
 	}
-
-	context.buildStatements, context.depsets, err = bazel.AqueryBuildStatements([]byte(aqueryOutput))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -815,12 +786,8 @@
 	// Issue a build command of the phony root to generate symlink forests for dependencies of the
 	// Bazel build. This is necessary because aquery invocations do not generate this symlink forest,
 	// but some of symlinks may be required to resolve source dependencies of the build.
-	_, _, err = context.issueBazelCommand(
-		context.paths,
-		bazel.BazelBuildPhonyRootRunName,
-		bazelCommand{"build", "@soong_injection//mixed_builds:phonyroot"})
-
-	if err != nil {
+	buildCmd := bazelCommand{"build", "@soong_injection//mixed_builds:phonyroot"}
+	if _, _, err = context.issueBazelCommand(context.paths, bazel.BazelBuildPhonyRootRunName, buildCmd); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}