diff --git a/init/reboot.cpp b/init/reboot.cpp
index cb54d34..0e61348 100644
--- a/init/reboot.cpp
+++ b/init/reboot.cpp
@@ -669,13 +669,6 @@
                                   "bootloader_message: "
                                << err;
                 }
-            } else if (reboot_target == "recovery") {
-                const std::vector<std::string> options = {};
-                std::string err;
-                if (!write_bootloader_message(options, &err)) {
-                    LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to set bootloader message: " << err;
-                    return false;
-                }
             } else if (reboot_target == "sideload" || reboot_target == "sideload-auto-reboot" ||
                        reboot_target == "fastboot") {
                 std::string arg = reboot_target == "sideload-auto-reboot" ? "sideload_auto_reboot"
diff --git a/rootdir/update_and_install_ld_config.mk b/rootdir/update_and_install_ld_config.mk
index c949a4f..ee29afc 100644
--- a/rootdir/update_and_install_ld_config.mk
+++ b/rootdir/update_and_install_ld_config.mk
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 # $(2): output file with the filtered list of lib names
 $(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): private-filter-out-private-libs = \
   paste -sd ":" $(1) > $(2) && \
-  cat $(PRIVATE_VNDK_PRIVATE_LIBRARIES_FILE) | xargs -n 1 -I privatelib bash -c "sed -i.bak 's/privatelib//' $(2)" && \
+  while read -r privatelib; do sed -i.bak "s/$$privatelib//" $(2) ; done < $(PRIVATE_VNDK_PRIVATE_LIBRARIES_FILE) && \
   sed -i.bak -e 's/::\+/:/g ; s/^:\+// ; s/:\+$$//' $(2) && \
   rm -f $(2).bak
 $(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): PRIVATE_LLNDK_LIBRARIES_FILE := $(llndk_libraries_file)
@@ -139,8 +139,9 @@
 endif
 
 	$(hide) echo -n > $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/private_llndk && \
-	cat $(PRIVATE_VNDK_PRIVATE_LIBRARIES_FILE) | \
-	xargs -n 1 -I privatelib bash -c "(grep privatelib $(PRIVATE_LLNDK_LIBRARIES_FILE) || true) >> $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/private_llndk" && \
+	while read -r privatelib; \
+	do (grep $$privatelib $(PRIVATE_LLNDK_LIBRARIES_FILE) || true) >> $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/private_llndk ; \
+	done < $(PRIVATE_VNDK_PRIVATE_LIBRARIES_FILE) && \
 	paste -sd ":" $(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/private_llndk | \
 	sed -i.bak -e "s?%PRIVATE_LLNDK_LIBRARIES%?$$(cat -)?g" $@