diff --git a/cc/sanitize.go b/cc/sanitize.go
index e7f021a..fb7cb37 100644
--- a/cc/sanitize.go
+++ b/cc/sanitize.go
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
 func sanitizerMutator(t sanitizerType) func(android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	return func(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 		if c, ok := mctx.Module().(*Module); ok && c.sanitize != nil {
-			if d, ok := c.linker.(baseLinkerInterface); ok && d.isDependencyRoot() && c.sanitize.Sanitizer(t) {
+			if c.isDependencyRoot() && c.sanitize.Sanitizer(t) {
 				modules := mctx.CreateVariations(t.String())
 				modules[0].(*Module).sanitize.SetSanitizer(t, true)
 				if mctx.AConfig().EmbeddedInMake() && !c.Host() {