diff --git a/android/register.go b/android/register.go
index 6182159ce..de3135306 100644
--- a/android/register.go
+++ b/android/register.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 
 	"android/soong/shared"
+
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
 )
 
@@ -66,9 +67,6 @@ var moduleTypesForDocs = map[string]reflect.Value{}
 var moduleTypeByFactory = map[reflect.Value]string{}
 
 type singleton struct {
-	// True if this should be registered as a pre-singleton, false otherwise.
-	pre bool
-
 	// True if this should be registered as a parallel singleton.
 	parallel bool
 
@@ -77,11 +75,7 @@ type singleton struct {
 }
 
 func newSingleton(name string, factory SingletonFactory, parallel bool) singleton {
-	return singleton{pre: false, parallel: parallel, name: name, factory: factory}
-}
-
-func newPreSingleton(name string, factory SingletonFactory) singleton {
-	return singleton{pre: true, parallel: false, name: name, factory: factory}
+	return singleton{parallel: parallel, name: name, factory: factory}
 }
 
 func (s singleton) componentName() string {
@@ -90,17 +84,12 @@ func (s singleton) componentName() string {
 
 func (s singleton) register(ctx *Context) {
 	adaptor := SingletonFactoryAdaptor(ctx, s.factory)
-	if s.pre {
-		ctx.RegisterPreSingletonType(s.name, adaptor)
-	} else {
-		ctx.RegisterSingletonType(s.name, adaptor, s.parallel)
-	}
+	ctx.RegisterSingletonType(s.name, adaptor, s.parallel)
 }
 
 var _ sortableComponent = singleton{}
 
 var singletons sortableComponents
-var preSingletons sortableComponents
 
 type mutator struct {
 	name              string
@@ -164,10 +153,6 @@ func RegisterParallelSingletonType(name string, factory SingletonFactory) {
 	registerSingletonType(name, factory, true)
 }
 
-func RegisterPreSingletonType(name string, factory SingletonFactory) {
-	preSingletons = append(preSingletons, newPreSingleton(name, factory))
-}
-
 type Context struct {
 	*blueprint.Context
 	config Config
@@ -253,8 +238,6 @@ func (c *Context) RegisterExistingBazelTargets(topDir string, existingBazelFiles
 // Register the pipeline of singletons, module types, and mutators for
 // generating build.ninja and other files for Kati, from Android.bp files.
 func (ctx *Context) Register() {
-	preSingletons.registerAll(ctx)
-
 	for _, t := range moduleTypes {
 		t.register(ctx)
 	}
@@ -277,17 +260,17 @@ func (ctx *Context) registerSingletonMakeVarsProvider(makevars SingletonMakeVars
 func collateGloballyRegisteredSingletons() sortableComponents {
 	allSingletons := append(sortableComponents(nil), singletons...)
 	allSingletons = append(allSingletons,
-		singleton{pre: false, parallel: true, name: "bazeldeps", factory: BazelSingleton},
+		singleton{parallel: true, name: "bazeldeps", factory: BazelSingleton},
 
 		// Register phony just before makevars so it can write out its phony rules as Make rules
-		singleton{pre: false, parallel: false, name: "phony", factory: phonySingletonFactory},
+		singleton{parallel: false, name: "phony", factory: phonySingletonFactory},
 
 		// Register makevars after other singletons so they can export values through makevars
-		singleton{pre: false, parallel: false, name: "makevars", factory: makeVarsSingletonFunc},
+		singleton{parallel: false, name: "makevars", factory: makeVarsSingletonFunc},
 
 		// Register env and ninjadeps last so that they can track all used environment variables and
 		// Ninja file dependencies stored in the config.
-		singleton{pre: false, parallel: false, name: "ninjadeps", factory: ninjaDepsSingletonFactory},
+		singleton{parallel: false, name: "ninjadeps", factory: ninjaDepsSingletonFactory},
 	)
 
 	return allSingletons
@@ -317,7 +300,6 @@ type RegistrationContext interface {
 	RegisterModuleType(name string, factory ModuleFactory)
 	RegisterSingletonModuleType(name string, factory SingletonModuleFactory)
 	RegisterParallelSingletonModuleType(name string, factory SingletonModuleFactory)
-	RegisterPreSingletonType(name string, factory SingletonFactory)
 	RegisterParallelSingletonType(name string, factory SingletonFactory)
 	RegisterSingletonType(name string, factory SingletonFactory)
 	PreArchMutators(f RegisterMutatorFunc)
@@ -349,9 +331,8 @@ type RegistrationContext interface {
 //	ctx := android.NewTestContext(config)
 //	RegisterBuildComponents(ctx)
 var InitRegistrationContext RegistrationContext = &initRegistrationContext{
-	moduleTypes:       make(map[string]ModuleFactory),
-	singletonTypes:    make(map[string]SingletonFactory),
-	preSingletonTypes: make(map[string]SingletonFactory),
+	moduleTypes:    make(map[string]ModuleFactory),
+	singletonTypes: make(map[string]SingletonFactory),
 }
 
 // Make sure the TestContext implements RegistrationContext.
@@ -360,7 +341,6 @@ var _ RegistrationContext = (*TestContext)(nil)
 type initRegistrationContext struct {
 	moduleTypes        map[string]ModuleFactory
 	singletonTypes     map[string]SingletonFactory
-	preSingletonTypes  map[string]SingletonFactory
 	moduleTypesForDocs map[string]reflect.Value
 }
 
@@ -406,14 +386,6 @@ func (ctx *initRegistrationContext) RegisterParallelSingletonType(name string, f
 	ctx.registerSingletonType(name, factory, true)
 }
 
-func (ctx *initRegistrationContext) RegisterPreSingletonType(name string, factory SingletonFactory) {
-	if _, present := ctx.preSingletonTypes[name]; present {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("pre singleton type %q is already registered", name))
-	}
-	ctx.preSingletonTypes[name] = factory
-	RegisterPreSingletonType(name, factory)
-}
-
 func (ctx *initRegistrationContext) PreArchMutators(f RegisterMutatorFunc) {
 	PreArchMutators(f)
 }
diff --git a/android/testing.go b/android/testing.go
index 32357db80..da3b75aa2 100644
--- a/android/testing.go
+++ b/android/testing.go
@@ -186,12 +186,12 @@ type TestContext struct {
 	bp2buildPreArch, bp2buildMutators     []RegisterMutatorFunc
 	NameResolver                          *NameResolver
 
-	// The list of pre-singletons and singletons registered for the test.
-	preSingletons, singletons sortableComponents
+	// The list of singletons registered for the test.
+	singletons sortableComponents
 
-	// The order in which the pre-singletons, mutators and singletons will be run in this test
+	// The order in which the mutators and singletons will be run in this test
 	// context; for debugging.
-	preSingletonOrder, mutatorOrder, singletonOrder []string
+	mutatorOrder, singletonOrder []string
 }
 
 func (ctx *TestContext) PreArchMutators(f RegisterMutatorFunc) {
@@ -397,9 +397,6 @@ type registrationSorter struct {
 	// Used to ensure that this is only created once.
 	once sync.Once
 
-	// The order of pre-singletons
-	preSingletonOrder registeredComponentOrder
-
 	// The order of mutators
 	mutatorOrder registeredComponentOrder
 
@@ -412,9 +409,6 @@ type registrationSorter struct {
 // Only the first call has any effect.
 func (s *registrationSorter) populate() {
 	s.once.Do(func() {
-		// Create an ordering from the globally registered pre-singletons.
-		s.preSingletonOrder = registeredComponentOrderFromExistingOrder("pre-singleton", preSingletons)
-
 		// Created an ordering from the globally registered mutators.
 		globallyRegisteredMutators := collateGloballyRegisteredMutators()
 		s.mutatorOrder = registeredComponentOrderFromExistingOrder("mutator", globallyRegisteredMutators)
@@ -441,11 +435,6 @@ func globallyRegisteredComponentsOrder() *registrationSorter {
 func (ctx *TestContext) Register() {
 	globalOrder := globallyRegisteredComponentsOrder()
 
-	// Ensure that the pre-singletons used in the test are in the same order as they are used at
-	// runtime.
-	globalOrder.preSingletonOrder.enforceOrdering(ctx.preSingletons)
-	ctx.preSingletons.registerAll(ctx.Context)
-
 	mutators := collateRegisteredMutators(ctx.preArch, ctx.preDeps, ctx.postDeps, ctx.finalDeps)
 	// Ensure that the mutators used in the test are in the same order as they are used at runtime.
 	globalOrder.mutatorOrder.enforceOrdering(mutators)
@@ -456,7 +445,6 @@ func (ctx *TestContext) Register() {
 	ctx.singletons.registerAll(ctx.Context)
 
 	// Save the sorted components order away to make them easy to access while debugging.
-	ctx.preSingletonOrder = componentsToNames(preSingletons)
 	ctx.mutatorOrder = componentsToNames(mutators)
 	ctx.singletonOrder = componentsToNames(singletons)
 }
@@ -503,10 +491,6 @@ func (ctx *TestContext) RegisterParallelSingletonType(name string, factory Singl
 	ctx.singletons = append(ctx.singletons, newSingleton(name, factory, true))
 }
 
-func (ctx *TestContext) RegisterPreSingletonType(name string, factory SingletonFactory) {
-	ctx.preSingletons = append(ctx.preSingletons, newPreSingleton(name, factory))
-}
-
 // ModuleVariantForTests selects a specific variant of the module with the given
 // name by matching the variations map against the variations of each module
 // variant. A module variant matches the map if every variation that exists in