diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 557b9b74c..d181fe705 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package apex
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
@@ -1002,10 +1001,8 @@ func (a *apexBundle) ApexInfoMutator(mctx android.TopDownMutatorContext) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		//TODO: b/296491928 Vendor APEX should use libbinder.ndk instead of libbinder once VNDK is fully deprecated.
 		if useVndk && mctx.Config().IsVndkDeprecated() && child.Name() == "libbinder" {
-			log.Print("Libbinder is linked from Vendor APEX ", a.Name(), " with module ", parent.Name())
-			return false
+			mctx.ModuleErrorf("Module %s in the vendor APEX %s should not use libbinder. Use libbinder_ndk instead.", parent.Name(), a.Name())
 		}
 
 		// By default, all the transitive dependencies are collected, unless filtered out
@@ -2180,10 +2177,6 @@ func (a *apexBundle) depVisitor(vctx *visitorContext, ctx android.ModuleContext,
 				return false
 			}
 
-			//TODO: b/296491928 Vendor APEX should use libbinder.ndk instead of libbinder once VNDK is fully deprecated.
-			if ch.InVendorOrProduct() && ctx.Config().IsVndkDeprecated() && child.Name() == "libbinder" {
-				return false
-			}
 			af := apexFileForNativeLibrary(ctx, ch, vctx.handleSpecialLibs)
 			af.transitiveDep = true