diff --git a/PREUPLOAD.cfg b/PREUPLOAD.cfg
index 65b2511..f8aa7e9 100644
--- a/PREUPLOAD.cfg
+++ b/PREUPLOAD.cfg
@@ -17,17 +17,12 @@
                tests/
                tools/
 bpfmt = -d
+
 [Hook Scripts]
 checkstyle_hook = ${REPO_ROOT}/prebuilts/checkstyle/checkstyle.py --sha ${PREUPLOAD_COMMIT}
 
-strings_lint_hook = ${REPO_ROOT}/frameworks/base/tools/stringslint/stringslint_sha.sh ${PREUPLOAD_COMMIT}
-
 hidden_api_txt_checksorted_hook = ${REPO_ROOT}/tools/platform-compat/hiddenapi/checksorted_sha.sh ${PREUPLOAD_COMMIT} ${REPO_ROOT}
 
 hidden_api_txt_exclude_hook = ${REPO_ROOT}/frameworks/base/tools/hiddenapi/exclude.sh ${PREUPLOAD_COMMIT} ${REPO_ROOT}
 
 ktlint_hook = ${REPO_ROOT}/prebuilts/ktlint/ktlint.py -f ${PREUPLOAD_FILES}
-
-owners_hook = ${REPO_ROOT}/frameworks/base/tools/aosp/aosp_sha.sh ${PREUPLOAD_COMMIT} "OWNERS$"
-
-shell_hook = ${REPO_ROOT}/frameworks/base/tools/aosp/aosp_sha.sh ${PREUPLOAD_COMMIT} "^packages/Shell/"
diff --git a/tools/stringslint/stringslint.py b/tools/stringslint/stringslint.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 15088fc..0000000
--- a/tools/stringslint/stringslint.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,234 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-# Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 'License');
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an 'AS IS' BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-"""
-Enforces common Android string best-practices.  It ignores lint messages from
-a previous strings file, if provided.
-
-Usage: stringslint.py strings.xml
-Usage: stringslint.py strings.xml old_strings.xml
-
-In general:
-* Errors signal issues that must be fixed before submitting, and are only
-  used when there are no false-positives.
-* Warnings signal issues that might need to be fixed, but need manual
-  inspection due to risk of false-positives.
-* Info signal issues that should be fixed to match best-practices, such
-  as providing comments to aid translation.
-"""
-
-import re, sys, codecs
-import lxml.etree as ET
-
-BLACK, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN, WHITE = range(8)
-
-def format(fg=None, bg=None, bright=False, bold=False, dim=False, reset=False):
-    # manually derived from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#Codes
-    codes = []
-    if reset: codes.append("0")
-    else:
-        if not fg is None: codes.append("3%d" % (fg))
-        if not bg is None:
-            if not bright: codes.append("4%d" % (bg))
-            else: codes.append("10%d" % (bg))
-        if bold: codes.append("1")
-        elif dim: codes.append("2")
-        else: codes.append("22")
-    return "\033[%sm" % (";".join(codes))
-
-warnings = None
-
-def warn(tag, msg, actual, expected, color=YELLOW):
-    global warnings
-    key = "%s:%d" % (tag.attrib["name"], hash(msg))
-    value = "%sLine %d: '%s':%s %s" % (format(fg=color, bold=True),
-                                       tag.sourceline,
-                                       tag.attrib["name"],
-                                       format(reset=True),
-                                       msg)
-    if not actual is None: value += "\n\tActual: %s%s%s" % (format(dim=True),
-                                                            actual,
-                                                            format(reset=True))
-    if not expected is None: value += "\n\tExample: %s%s%s" % (format(dim=True),
-                                                               expected,
-                                                               format(reset=True))
-    warnings[key] = value
-
-
-def error(tag, msg, actual, expected):
-    warn(tag, msg, actual, expected, RED)
-
-def info(tag, msg, actual, expected):
-    warn(tag, msg, actual, expected, CYAN)
-
-# Escaping logic borrowed from https://stackoverflow.com/a/24519338
-ESCAPE_SEQUENCE_RE = re.compile(r'''
-    ( \\U........      # 8-digit hex escapes
-    | \\u....          # 4-digit hex escapes
-    | \\x..            # 2-digit hex escapes
-    | \\[0-7]{1,3}     # Octal escapes
-    | \\N\{[^}]+\}     # Unicode characters by name
-    | \\[\\'"abfnrtv]  # Single-character escapes
-    )''', re.UNICODE | re.VERBOSE)
-
-def decode_escapes(s):
-    def decode_match(match):
-        return codecs.decode(match.group(0), 'unicode-escape')
-
-    s = re.sub(r"\n\s*", " ", s)
-    s = ESCAPE_SEQUENCE_RE.sub(decode_match, s)
-    s = re.sub(r"%(\d+\$)?[a-z]", "____", s)
-    s = re.sub(r"\^\d+", "____", s)
-    s = re.sub(r"<br/?>", "\n", s)
-    s = re.sub(r"</?[a-z]+>", "", s)
-    return s
-
-def sample_iter(tag):
-    if not isinstance(tag, ET._Comment) and re.match("{.*xliff.*}g", tag.tag) and "example" in tag.attrib:
-        yield tag.attrib["example"]
-    elif tag.text:
-        yield decode_escapes(tag.text)
-    for e in tag:
-        for v in sample_iter(e):
-            yield v
-        if e.tail:
-            yield decode_escapes(e.tail)
-
-def lint(path):
-    global warnings
-    warnings = {}
-
-    with open(path) as f:
-        raw = f.read()
-        if len(raw.strip()) == 0:
-            return warnings
-        tree = ET.fromstring(bytes(raw, encoding='utf-8'))
-        root = tree #tree.getroot()
-
-    last_comment = None
-    for child in root:
-        # TODO: handle plurals
-        if isinstance(child, ET._Comment):
-            last_comment = child
-        elif child.tag == "string":
-            # We always consume comment
-            comment = last_comment
-            last_comment = None
-
-            # Prepare string for analysis
-            text = "".join(child.itertext())
-            sample = "".join(sample_iter(child)).strip().strip("'\"")
-
-            # Validate comment
-            if comment is None:
-                info(child, "Missing string comment to aid translation",
-                     None, None)
-                continue
-            if "do not translate" in comment.text.lower():
-                continue
-            if "translatable" in child.attrib and child.attrib["translatable"].lower() == "false":
-                continue
-
-            misspelled_attributes = [
-              ("translateable", "translatable"),
-            ]
-            for misspelling, expected in misspelled_attributes:
-                if misspelling in child.attrib:
-                    error(child, "Misspelled <string> attribute.", misspelling, expected)
-
-            limit = re.search("CHAR[ _-]LIMIT=(\d+|NONE|none)", comment.text)
-            if limit is None:
-                info(child, "Missing CHAR LIMIT to aid translation",
-                     repr(comment), "<!-- Description of string [CHAR LIMIT=32] -->")
-            elif re.match("\d+", limit.group(1)):
-                limit = int(limit.group(1))
-                if len(sample) > limit:
-                    warn(child, "Expanded string length is larger than CHAR LIMIT",
-                        sample, None)
-
-            # Look for common mistakes/substitutions
-            if "'" in text:
-                error(child, "Turned quotation mark glyphs are more polished",
-                     text, "This doesn\u2019t need to \u2018happen\u2019 today")
-            if '"' in text and not text.startswith('"') and text.endswith('"'):
-                error(child, "Turned quotation mark glyphs are more polished",
-                     text, "This needs to \u201chappen\u201d today")
-            if "..." in text:
-                error(child, "Ellipsis glyph is more polished",
-                     text, "Loading\u2026")
-            if "wi-fi" in text.lower():
-                error(child, "Non-breaking glyph is more polished",
-                     text, "Wi\u2011Fi")
-            if "wifi" in text.lower():
-                error(child, "Using non-standard spelling",
-                     text, "Wi\u2011Fi")
-            if re.search("\d-\d", text):
-                warn(child, "Ranges should use en dash glyph",
-                     text, "You will find this material in chapters 8\u201312")
-            if "--" in text:
-                warn(child, "Phrases should use em dash glyph",
-                     text, "Upon discovering errors\u2014all 124 of them\u2014they recalled.")
-            if ".  " in text:
-                warn(child, "Only use single space between sentences",
-                     text, "First idea. Second idea.")
-            if re.match(r"^[A-Z\s]{5,}$", text):
-                warn(child, "Actions should use android:textAllCaps in layout; ignore if acronym",
-                     text, "Refresh data")
-            if " phone " in text and "product" not in child.attrib:
-                warn(child, "Strings mentioning phones should have variants for tablets",
-                     text, None)
-
-            # When more than one substitution, require indexes
-            if len(re.findall("%[^%]", text)) > 1:
-                if len(re.findall("%[^\d]", text)) > 0:
-                    error(child, "Substitutions must be indexed",
-                         text, "Add %1$s to %2$s")
-
-            # Require xliff substitutions
-            for gc in child.iter():
-                badsub = False
-                if gc.tail and re.search("%[^%]", gc.tail): badsub = True
-                if re.match("{.*xliff.*}g", gc.tag):
-                    if "id" not in gc.attrib:
-                        error(child, "Substitutions must define id attribute",
-                             None, "<xliff:g id=\"domain\" example=\"example.com\">%1$s</xliff:g>")
-                    if "example" not in gc.attrib:
-                        error(child, "Substitutions must define example attribute",
-                             None, "<xliff:g id=\"domain\" example=\"example.com\">%1$s</xliff:g>")
-                else:
-                    if gc.text and re.search("%[^%]", gc.text): badsub = True
-                if badsub:
-                    error(child, "Substitutions must be inside xliff tags",
-                         text, "<xliff:g id=\"domain\" example=\"example.com\">%1$s</xliff:g>")
-
-    return warnings
-
-if len(sys.argv) > 2:
-    before = lint(sys.argv[2])
-else:
-    before = {}
-after = lint(sys.argv[1])
-
-for b in before:
-    if b in after:
-        del after[b]
-
-if len(after) > 0:
-    for a in sorted(after.keys()):
-        print(after[a])
-        print()
-    sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/tools/stringslint/stringslint_sha.sh b/tools/stringslint/stringslint_sha.sh
index bd05698..009a1f2 100755
--- a/tools/stringslint/stringslint_sha.sh
+++ b/tools/stringslint/stringslint_sha.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-LOCAL_DIR="$( dirname ${BASH_SOURCE} )"
-git show --name-only --pretty=format: $1 | grep values/strings.xml | while read file; do
-    python3 $LOCAL_DIR/stringslint.py <(git show $1:$file) <(git show $1^:$file)
-done
+
+# NOTE: this script has been deprecated and replaced by AyeAye checks directly in Gerrit