diff --git a/android/neverallow.go b/android/neverallow.go
index 6f9ae58..7512da7 100644
--- a/android/neverallow.go
+++ b/android/neverallow.go
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if !n.appliesToProperties(ctx, properties) {
+		if !n.appliesToProperties(properties) {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -269,12 +269,8 @@
 	}
 }
 
-type ValueMatcherContext interface {
-	Config() Config
-}
-
 type ValueMatcher interface {
-	Test(ValueMatcherContext, string) bool
+	Test(string) bool
 	String() string
 }
 
@@ -282,7 +278,7 @@
 	expected string
 }
 
-func (m *equalMatcher) Test(ctx ValueMatcherContext, value string) bool {
+func (m *equalMatcher) Test(value string) bool {
 	return m.expected == value
 }
 
@@ -293,7 +289,7 @@
 type anyMatcher struct {
 }
 
-func (m *anyMatcher) Test(ctx ValueMatcherContext, value string) bool {
+func (m *anyMatcher) Test(value string) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
@@ -307,7 +303,7 @@
 	prefix string
 }
 
-func (m *startsWithMatcher) Test(ctx ValueMatcherContext, value string) bool {
+func (m *startsWithMatcher) Test(value string) bool {
 	return strings.HasPrefix(value, m.prefix)
 }
 
@@ -319,7 +315,7 @@
 	re *regexp.Regexp
 }
 
-func (m *regexMatcher) Test(ctx ValueMatcherContext, value string) bool {
+func (m *regexMatcher) Test(value string) bool {
 	return m.re.MatchString(value)
 }
 
@@ -331,7 +327,7 @@
 	allowed []string
 }
 
-func (m *notInListMatcher) Test(ctx ValueMatcherContext, value string) bool {
+func (m *notInListMatcher) Test(value string) bool {
 	return !InList(value, m.allowed)
 }
 
@@ -341,7 +337,7 @@
 
 type isSetMatcher struct{}
 
-func (m *isSetMatcher) Test(ctx ValueMatcherContext, value string) bool {
+func (m *isSetMatcher) Test(value string) bool {
 	return value != ""
 }
 
@@ -351,19 +347,6 @@
 
 var isSetMatcherInstance = &isSetMatcher{}
 
-type sdkVersionMatcher struct {
-	condition   func(ctx ValueMatcherContext, spec SdkSpec) bool
-	description string
-}
-
-func (m *sdkVersionMatcher) Test(ctx ValueMatcherContext, value string) bool {
-	return m.condition(ctx, SdkSpecFromWithConfig(ctx.Config(), value))
-}
-
-func (m *sdkVersionMatcher) String() string {
-	return ".sdk-version(" + m.description + ")"
-}
-
 type ruleProperty struct {
 	fields  []string // e.x.: Vndk.Enabled
 	matcher ValueMatcher
@@ -606,10 +589,9 @@
 	return (len(r.moduleTypes) == 0 || InList(moduleType, r.moduleTypes)) && !InList(moduleType, r.unlessModuleTypes)
 }
 
-func (r *rule) appliesToProperties(ctx ValueMatcherContext,
-	properties []interface{}) bool {
-	includeProps := hasAllProperties(ctx, properties, r.props)
-	excludeProps := hasAnyProperty(ctx, properties, r.unlessProps)
+func (r *rule) appliesToProperties(properties []interface{}) bool {
+	includeProps := hasAllProperties(properties, r.props)
+	excludeProps := hasAnyProperty(properties, r.unlessProps)
 	return includeProps && !excludeProps
 }
 
@@ -629,16 +611,6 @@
 	return &notInListMatcher{allowed}
 }
 
-func LessThanSdkVersion(sdk string) ValueMatcher {
-	return &sdkVersionMatcher{
-		condition: func(ctx ValueMatcherContext, spec SdkSpec) bool {
-			return spec.ApiLevel.LessThan(
-				SdkSpecFromWithConfig(ctx.Config(), sdk).ApiLevel)
-		},
-		description: "lessThan=" + sdk,
-	}
-}
-
 // assorted utils
 
 func cleanPaths(paths []string) []string {
@@ -657,28 +629,25 @@
 	return names
 }
 
-func hasAnyProperty(ctx ValueMatcherContext, properties []interface{},
-	props []ruleProperty) bool {
+func hasAnyProperty(properties []interface{}, props []ruleProperty) bool {
 	for _, v := range props {
-		if hasProperty(ctx, properties, v) {
+		if hasProperty(properties, v) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
 	return false
 }
 
-func hasAllProperties(ctx ValueMatcherContext, properties []interface{},
-	props []ruleProperty) bool {
+func hasAllProperties(properties []interface{}, props []ruleProperty) bool {
 	for _, v := range props {
-		if !hasProperty(ctx, properties, v) {
+		if !hasProperty(properties, v) {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
 	return true
 }
 
-func hasProperty(ctx ValueMatcherContext, properties []interface{},
-	prop ruleProperty) bool {
+func hasProperty(properties []interface{}, prop ruleProperty) bool {
 	for _, propertyStruct := range properties {
 		propertiesValue := reflect.ValueOf(propertyStruct).Elem()
 		for _, v := range prop.fields {
@@ -692,7 +661,7 @@
 		}
 
 		check := func(value string) bool {
-			return prop.matcher.Test(ctx, value)
+			return prop.matcher.Test(value)
 		}
 
 		if matchValue(propertiesValue, check) {