diff --git a/api/Android.bp b/api/Android.bp
index 53988cd..0084126 100644
--- a/api/Android.bp
+++ b/api/Android.bp
@@ -458,3 +458,12 @@
         targets: ["droid"],
     },
 }
+
+phony_rule {
+    name: "checkapi",
+    phony_deps: [
+        "frameworks-base-api-current-compat",
+        "frameworks-base-api-system-current-compat",
+        "frameworks-base-api-module-lib-current-compat",
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/api/Android.mk b/api/Android.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index ce5f995..0000000
--- a/api/Android.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-.PHONY: checkapi
-checkapi: frameworks-base-api-current-compat frameworks-base-api-system-current-compat frameworks-base-api-module-lib-current-compat