diff --git a/core/binary.mk b/core/binary.mk
index 43063a8cc4..a420c02d83 100644
--- a/core/binary.mk
+++ b/core/binary.mk
@@ -1535,11 +1535,10 @@ my_tidy_checks := $(subst $(space),,$(my_tidy_checks))
 
 # Add dependency of clang-tidy and clang-tidy.sh
 ifneq ($(my_tidy_checks),)
-  my_clang_tidy_programs := $(PATH_TO_CLANG_TIDY) $(PATH_TO_CLANG_TIDY_SHELL)
-  $(cpp_objects): $(intermediates)/%.o: $(my_clang_tidy_programs)
-  $(c_objects): $(intermediates)/%.o: $(my_clang_tidy_programs)
-  $(gen_cpp_objects): $(intermediates)/%.o: $(my_clang_tidy_programs)
-  $(gen_c_objects): $(intermediates)/%.o: $(my_clang_tidy_programs)
+  $(cpp_objects): $(intermediates)/%.o: $(PATH_TO_CLANG_TIDY)
+  $(c_objects): $(intermediates)/%.o: $(PATH_TO_CLANG_TIDY)
+  $(gen_cpp_objects): $(intermediates)/%.o: $(PATH_TO_CLANG_TIDY)
+  $(gen_c_objects): $(intermediates)/%.o: $(PATH_TO_CLANG_TIDY)
 endif
 
 # Move -l* entries from ldflags to ldlibs, and everything else to ldflags
diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 205a05591c..d86eba4be5 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -1137,10 +1137,9 @@ define transform-cpp-to-o-compiler-args
 	$(PRIVATE_CPPFLAGS_NO_OVERRIDE)
 endef
 
-# PATH_TO_CLANG_TIDY_SHELL is defined in build/soong
+# PATH_TO_CLANG_TIDY is defined in build/soong
 define call-clang-tidy
-CLANG_TIDY=$(PATH_TO_CLANG_TIDY) \
-  $(PATH_TO_CLANG_TIDY_SHELL) \
+$(PATH_TO_CLANG_TIDY) \
   $(PRIVATE_TIDY_FLAGS) \
   -checks=$(PRIVATE_TIDY_CHECKS)
 endef