diff --git a/android/androidmk_test.go b/android/androidmk_test.go
index ae2187f48..72b8654a7 100644
--- a/android/androidmk_test.go
+++ b/android/androidmk_test.go
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ type customModule struct {
 	data       AndroidMkData
 	distFiles  TaggedDistFiles
 	outputFile OptionalPath
-
-	// The paths that will be used as the default dist paths if no tag is
-	// specified.
-	defaultDistPaths Paths
 }
 
 const (
@@ -51,6 +47,7 @@ const (
 func (m *customModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx ModuleContext) {
 
 	m.base().licenseMetadataFile = PathForOutput(ctx, "meta_lic")
+	var defaultDistPaths Paths
 
 	// If the dist_output_file: true then create an output file that is stored in
 	// the OutputFile property of the AndroidMkEntry.
@@ -62,7 +59,7 @@ func (m *customModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx ModuleContext) {
 		// property in AndroidMkEntry when determining the default dist paths.
 		// Setting this first allows it to be overridden based on the
 		// default_dist_files setting replicating that previous behavior.
-		m.defaultDistPaths = Paths{path}
+		defaultDistPaths = Paths{path}
 	}
 
 	// Based on the setting of the default_dist_files property possibly create a
@@ -71,29 +68,40 @@ func (m *customModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx ModuleContext) {
 	defaultDistFiles := proptools.StringDefault(m.properties.Default_dist_files, defaultDistFiles_Tagged)
 	switch defaultDistFiles {
 	case defaultDistFiles_None:
-		// Do nothing
+		m.setOutputFiles(ctx, defaultDistPaths)
 
 	case defaultDistFiles_Default:
 		path := PathForTesting("default-dist.out")
-		m.defaultDistPaths = Paths{path}
+		defaultDistPaths = Paths{path}
+		m.setOutputFiles(ctx, defaultDistPaths)
 		m.distFiles = MakeDefaultDistFiles(path)
 
 	case defaultDistFiles_Tagged:
 		// Module types that set AndroidMkEntry.DistFiles to the result of calling
 		// GenerateTaggedDistFiles(ctx) relied on no tag being treated as "" which
-		// meant that the default dist paths would be whatever was returned by
-		// OutputFiles(""). In order to preserve that behavior when treating no tag
-		// as being equal to DefaultDistTag this ensures that
-		// OutputFiles(DefaultDistTag) will return the same as OutputFiles("").
-		m.defaultDistPaths = PathsForTesting("one.out")
+		// meant that the default dist paths would be the same as empty-string-tag
+		// output files. In order to preserve that behavior when treating no tag
+		// as being equal to DefaultDistTag this ensures that DefaultDistTag output
+		// will be the same as empty-string-tag output.
+		defaultDistPaths = PathsForTesting("one.out")
+		m.setOutputFiles(ctx, defaultDistPaths)
 
 		// This must be called after setting defaultDistPaths/outputFile as
-		// GenerateTaggedDistFiles calls into OutputFiles(tag) which may use those
-		// fields.
+		// GenerateTaggedDistFiles calls into outputFiles property which may use
+		// those fields.
 		m.distFiles = m.GenerateTaggedDistFiles(ctx)
 	}
 }
 
+func (m *customModule) setOutputFiles(ctx ModuleContext, defaultDistPaths Paths) {
+	ctx.SetOutputFiles(PathsForTesting("one.out"), "")
+	ctx.SetOutputFiles(PathsForTesting("two.out", "three/four.out"), ".multiple")
+	ctx.SetOutputFiles(PathsForTesting("another.out"), ".another-tag")
+	if defaultDistPaths != nil {
+		ctx.SetOutputFiles(defaultDistPaths, DefaultDistTag)
+	}
+}
+
 func (m *customModule) AndroidMk() AndroidMkData {
 	return AndroidMkData{
 		Custom: func(w io.Writer, name, prefix, moduleDir string, data AndroidMkData) {
@@ -102,25 +110,6 @@ func (m *customModule) AndroidMk() AndroidMkData {
 	}
 }
 
-func (m *customModule) OutputFiles(tag string) (Paths, error) {
-	switch tag {
-	case DefaultDistTag:
-		if m.defaultDistPaths != nil {
-			return m.defaultDistPaths, nil
-		} else {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("default dist tag is not available")
-		}
-	case "":
-		return PathsForTesting("one.out"), nil
-	case ".multiple":
-		return PathsForTesting("two.out", "three/four.out"), nil
-	case ".another-tag":
-		return PathsForTesting("another.out"), nil
-	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported module reference tag %q", tag)
-	}
-}
-
 func (m *customModule) AndroidMkEntries() []AndroidMkEntries {
 	return []AndroidMkEntries{
 		{
diff --git a/android/paths_test.go b/android/paths_test.go
index 93b9b9a16..941f0ca78 100644
--- a/android/paths_test.go
+++ b/android/paths_test.go
@@ -1183,9 +1183,6 @@ type pathForModuleSrcOutputFileProviderModule struct {
 		Outs   []string
 		Tagged []string
 	}
-
-	outs   Paths
-	tagged Paths
 }
 
 func pathForModuleSrcOutputFileProviderModuleFactory() Module {
@@ -1196,24 +1193,17 @@ func pathForModuleSrcOutputFileProviderModuleFactory() Module {
 }
 
 func (p *pathForModuleSrcOutputFileProviderModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx ModuleContext) {
+	var outs, taggedOuts Paths
 	for _, out := range p.props.Outs {
-		p.outs = append(p.outs, PathForModuleOut(ctx, out))
+		outs = append(outs, PathForModuleOut(ctx, out))
 	}
 
 	for _, tagged := range p.props.Tagged {
-		p.tagged = append(p.tagged, PathForModuleOut(ctx, tagged))
+		taggedOuts = append(taggedOuts, PathForModuleOut(ctx, tagged))
 	}
-}
 
-func (p *pathForModuleSrcOutputFileProviderModule) OutputFiles(tag string) (Paths, error) {
-	switch tag {
-	case "":
-		return p.outs, nil
-	case ".tagged":
-		return p.tagged, nil
-	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported tag %q", tag)
-	}
+	ctx.SetOutputFiles(outs, "")
+	ctx.SetOutputFiles(taggedOuts, ".tagged")
 }
 
 type pathForModuleSrcTestCase struct {
diff --git a/android/prebuilt_test.go b/android/prebuilt_test.go
index d775ac356..6e4fc0c2f 100644
--- a/android/prebuilt_test.go
+++ b/android/prebuilt_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package android
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
@@ -494,7 +493,6 @@ type prebuiltModule struct {
 	properties struct {
 		Srcs []string `android:"path,arch_variant"`
 	}
-	src Path
 }
 
 func newPrebuiltModule() Module {
@@ -510,24 +508,17 @@ func (p *prebuiltModule) Name() string {
 }
 
 func (p *prebuiltModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx ModuleContext) {
+	var src Path
 	if len(p.properties.Srcs) >= 1 {
-		p.src = p.prebuilt.SingleSourcePath(ctx)
+		src = p.prebuilt.SingleSourcePath(ctx)
 	}
+	ctx.SetOutputFiles(Paths{src}, "")
 }
 
 func (p *prebuiltModule) Prebuilt() *Prebuilt {
 	return &p.prebuilt
 }
 
-func (p *prebuiltModule) OutputFiles(tag string) (Paths, error) {
-	switch tag {
-	case "":
-		return Paths{p.src}, nil
-	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported module reference tag %q", tag)
-	}
-}
-
 type sourceModuleProperties struct {
 	Deps []string `android:"path,arch_variant"`
 }