diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 8f460b440f..72929bf77c 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -1571,7 +1571,6 @@ ifndef TARGET_BUILD_APPS
 # TODO These intermediate NOTICE.txt/NOTICE.html files should go into
 # TARGET_OUT_NOTICE_FILES now that the notice files are gathered from
 # the src subdirectory.
-target_notice_file_txt := $(TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATES)/NOTICE.txt
 kernel_notice_file := $(TARGET_OUT_NOTICE_FILES)/src/kernel.txt
 winpthreads_notice_file := $(TARGET_OUT_NOTICE_FILES)/src/winpthreads.txt
 
@@ -6827,7 +6826,6 @@ endif
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/sdk_font.mk
 
 deps := \
-	$(target_notice_file_txt) \
 	$(OUT_DOCS)/offline-sdk-timestamp \
 	$(SDK_METADATA_FILES) \
 	$(SYMBOLS_ZIP) \
@@ -6887,8 +6885,6 @@ $(INTERNAL_SDK_TARGET): $(deps)
 	        -v "DLL_EXTENSION=$(HOST_SHLIB_SUFFIX)" \
 	        -v "FONT_OUT=$(SDK_FONT_TEMP)" \
 	        -o $(PRIVATE_DIR) && \
-	    cp -f $(target_notice_file_txt) \
-	            $(PRIVATE_DIR)/system-images/android-$(PLATFORM_VERSION)/$(TARGET_CPU_ABI)/NOTICE.txt && \
 	    HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES=$(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES) HOST_OS=$(HOST_OS) \
 	        development/build/tools/sdk_clean.sh $(PRIVATE_DIR) && \
 	    chmod -R ug+rwX $(PRIVATE_DIR) && \