diff --git a/microdroid/Android.bp b/microdroid/Android.bp
index de06d01..1092476 100644
--- a/microdroid/Android.bp
+++ b/microdroid/Android.bp
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
 
 avb_add_hash_footer {
     name: "microdroid_kernel_signed",
-    src: "empty_kernel",
+    src: ":empty_file",
     filename: "microdroid_kernel",
     partition_name: "boot",
     private_key: ":microdroid_sign_key",
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
 
 prebuilt_etc {
     name: "microdroid_kernel",
-    src: "empty_kernel",
+    src: ":empty_file",
     relative_install_path: "fs",
     arch: {
         arm64: {
diff --git a/microdroid/empty_kernel b/microdroid/empty_kernel
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
--- a/microdroid/empty_kernel
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/tests/hostside/AndroidTest.xml b/tests/hostside/AndroidTest.xml
index 429d910..18728ad 100644
--- a/tests/hostside/AndroidTest.xml
+++ b/tests/hostside/AndroidTest.xml
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
         <option name="force-root" value="false"/>
     </target_preparer>
 
-    <target_preparer class="com.android.microdroid.test.preparer.DisableMicrodroidDebugPolicyPreparer" />
-
     <test class="com.android.compatibility.common.tradefed.testtype.JarHostTest" >
         <option name="jar" value="MicrodroidHostTestCases.jar" />
     </test>
diff --git a/vmbase/example/Android.bp b/vmbase/example/Android.bp
index 26be51b..dc9a090 100644
--- a/vmbase/example/Android.bp
+++ b/vmbase/example/Android.bp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
         "libvirtio_drivers",
         "libvmbase",
     ],
-    apex_available: ["com.android.virt"],
 }
 
 cc_binary {
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@
         "image.ld",
         ":vmbase_sections",
     ],
-    apex_available: ["com.android.virt"],
 }
 
 raw_binary {