diff --git a/tools/product_config/src/com/android/build/config/ConfigBase.java b/tools/product_config/src/com/android/build/config/ConfigBase.java
index eb21219f10..9a8101133f 100644
--- a/tools/product_config/src/com/android/build/config/ConfigBase.java
+++ b/tools/product_config/src/com/android/build/config/ConfigBase.java
@@ -46,15 +46,6 @@ public class ConfigBase {
      */
     protected final TreeMap<String, VarType> mProductVars = new TreeMap();
 
-    /**
-     * Whether a product config variable is a list or single-value variable.
-     */
-    public enum VarType {
-        LIST,
-        SINGLE,
-        UNKNOWN // For non-product vars
-    }
-
     public void setPhase(String phase) {
         mPhase = phase;
     }
@@ -112,7 +103,7 @@ public class ConfigBase {
     public void copyFrom(ConfigBase that) {
         setPhase(that.getPhase());
         setRootNodes(that.getRootNodes());
-        for (Map.Entry<String, ConfigBase.VarType> entry: that.getProductVars().entrySet()) {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, VarType> entry: that.getProductVars().entrySet()) {
             addProductVar(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
         }
         mInitialVariables = new HashMap(that.getInitialVariables());
diff --git a/tools/product_config/src/com/android/build/config/ConvertMakeToGenericConfig.java b/tools/product_config/src/com/android/build/config/ConvertMakeToGenericConfig.java
index 369d4d62cf..ca31cd520b 100644
--- a/tools/product_config/src/com/android/build/config/ConvertMakeToGenericConfig.java
+++ b/tools/product_config/src/com/android/build/config/ConvertMakeToGenericConfig.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class ConvertMakeToGenericConfig {
      * Converts one variable from a MakeConfig Block into a GenericConfig Assignment.
      */
     GenericConfig.Assign convertAssignment(MakeConfig.BlockType blockType, Str inheritedFile,
-            ConfigBase.VarType varType, String varName, Str varVal, Str prevVal) {
+            VarType varType, String varName, Str varVal, Str prevVal) {
         if (prevVal == null) {
             // New variable.
             return new GenericConfig.Assign(varName, varVal);
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class ConvertMakeToGenericConfig {
                 // Product vars have the @inherit processing. Other vars we
                 // will just ignore and put in one section at the end, based
                 // on the difference between the BEFORE and AFTER blocks.
-                if (varType == ConfigBase.VarType.UNKNOWN) {
+                if (varType == VarType.UNKNOWN) {
                     if (blockType == MakeConfig.BlockType.AFTER) {
                         // For UNKNOWN variables, we don't worry about the
                         // intermediate steps, just take the final value.
diff --git a/tools/product_config/src/com/android/build/config/DumpConfigParser.java b/tools/product_config/src/com/android/build/config/DumpConfigParser.java
index 06663ca3ad..6da96c1208 100644
--- a/tools/product_config/src/com/android/build/config/DumpConfigParser.java
+++ b/tools/product_config/src/com/android/build/config/DumpConfigParser.java
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ public class DumpConfigParser {
                     System.out.println("  " + makeConfig.getRootNodes());
                 }
             } else if (matchLineType(line, "var", 2)) {
-                final MakeConfig.VarType type = "list".equals(fields.get(1))
-                        ? MakeConfig.VarType.LIST : MakeConfig.VarType.SINGLE;
+                final VarType type = "list".equals(fields.get(1)) ? VarType.LIST : VarType.SINGLE;
                 makeConfig.addProductVar(fields.get(2), type);
 
                 if (DEBUG) {
diff --git a/tools/product_config/src/com/android/build/config/VarType.java b/tools/product_config/src/com/android/build/config/VarType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43e9366338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/product_config/src/com/android/build/config/VarType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 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.
+ */
+
+package com.android.build.config;
+
+/**
+ * Whether a product config variable is a list or single-value variable.
+ */
+public enum VarType {
+    /**
+     * A product config variable that is a list of space separated strings.
+     * These are defined by _product_single_value_vars in product.mk.
+     */
+    LIST,
+
+    /**
+     * A product config varaible that is a single string.
+     * These are defined by _product_list_vars in product.mk.
+     */
+    SINGLE,
+
+    /**
+     * A variable that is given the special product config handling but is
+     * nonetheless defined by product config makefiles.
+     */
+    UNKNOWN
+}
+