diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index 0aa101458..15740abe2 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -525,8 +525,6 @@ type DepsContext interface {
 // feature represents additional (optional) steps to building cc-related modules, such as invocation
 // of clang-tidy.
 type feature interface {
-	begin(ctx BaseModuleContext)
-	deps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps
 	flags(ctx ModuleContext, flags Flags) Flags
 	props() []interface{}
 }
@@ -1898,21 +1896,12 @@ func (c *Module) begin(ctx BaseModuleContext) {
 	if c.coverage != nil {
 		c.coverage.begin(ctx)
 	}
-	if c.sabi != nil {
-		c.sabi.begin(ctx)
-	}
-	if c.vndkdep != nil {
-		c.vndkdep.begin(ctx)
-	}
 	if c.lto != nil {
 		c.lto.begin(ctx)
 	}
 	if c.pgo != nil {
 		c.pgo.begin(ctx)
 	}
-	for _, feature := range c.features {
-		feature.begin(ctx)
-	}
 	if ctx.useSdk() && c.IsSdkVariant() {
 		version, err := nativeApiLevelFromUser(ctx, ctx.sdkVersion())
 		if err != nil {
@@ -1936,24 +1925,9 @@ func (c *Module) deps(ctx DepsContext) Deps {
 	if c.stl != nil {
 		deps = c.stl.deps(ctx, deps)
 	}
-	if c.sanitize != nil {
-		deps = c.sanitize.deps(ctx, deps)
-	}
 	if c.coverage != nil {
 		deps = c.coverage.deps(ctx, deps)
 	}
-	if c.sabi != nil {
-		deps = c.sabi.deps(ctx, deps)
-	}
-	if c.vndkdep != nil {
-		deps = c.vndkdep.deps(ctx, deps)
-	}
-	if c.lto != nil {
-		deps = c.lto.deps(ctx, deps)
-	}
-	for _, feature := range c.features {
-		deps = feature.deps(ctx, deps)
-	}
 
 	deps.WholeStaticLibs = android.LastUniqueStrings(deps.WholeStaticLibs)
 	deps.StaticLibs = android.LastUniqueStrings(deps.StaticLibs)
diff --git a/cc/lto.go b/cc/lto.go
index a3b28d9a2..fccb5972a 100644
--- a/cc/lto.go
+++ b/cc/lto.go
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ func (lto *lto) begin(ctx BaseModuleContext) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (lto *lto) deps(ctx BaseModuleContext, deps Deps) Deps {
-	return deps
-}
-
 func (lto *lto) useClangLld(ctx BaseModuleContext) bool {
 	if lto.Properties.Use_clang_lld != nil {
 		return Bool(lto.Properties.Use_clang_lld)
diff --git a/cc/sabi.go b/cc/sabi.go
index 1f331cb3d..5fd6f5da3 100644
--- a/cc/sabi.go
+++ b/cc/sabi.go
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@ func (sabi *sabi) props() []interface{} {
 	return []interface{}{&sabi.Properties}
 }
 
-func (sabi *sabi) begin(ctx BaseModuleContext) {}
-
-func (sabi *sabi) deps(ctx BaseModuleContext, deps Deps) Deps {
-	return deps
-}
-
 func (sabi *sabi) flags(ctx ModuleContext, flags Flags) Flags {
 	// Filter out flags which libTooling don't understand.
 	// This is here for legacy reasons and future-proof, in case the version of libTooling and clang
diff --git a/cc/sanitize.go b/cc/sanitize.go
index b0eb0c6ab..cdd7dfbf3 100644
--- a/cc/sanitize.go
+++ b/cc/sanitize.go
@@ -499,14 +499,6 @@ func (sanitize *sanitize) begin(ctx BaseModuleContext) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (sanitize *sanitize) deps(ctx BaseModuleContext, deps Deps) Deps {
-	if !sanitize.Properties.SanitizerEnabled { // || c.static() {
-		return deps
-	}
-
-	return deps
-}
-
 func toDisableImplicitIntegerChange(flags []string) bool {
 	// Returns true if any flag is fsanitize*integer, and there is
 	// no explicit flag about sanitize=implicit-integer-sign-change.
diff --git a/cc/tidy.go b/cc/tidy.go
index 616cf8ab4..b2382e88a 100644
--- a/cc/tidy.go
+++ b/cc/tidy.go
@@ -61,13 +61,6 @@ func (tidy *tidyFeature) props() []interface{} {
 	return []interface{}{&tidy.Properties}
 }
 
-func (tidy *tidyFeature) begin(ctx BaseModuleContext) {
-}
-
-func (tidy *tidyFeature) deps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
-	return deps
-}
-
 func (tidy *tidyFeature) flags(ctx ModuleContext, flags Flags) Flags {
 	CheckBadTidyFlags(ctx, "tidy_flags", tidy.Properties.Tidy_flags)
 	CheckBadTidyChecks(ctx, "tidy_checks", tidy.Properties.Tidy_checks)
diff --git a/cc/vndk.go b/cc/vndk.go
index 0b4007605..499d4282c 100644
--- a/cc/vndk.go
+++ b/cc/vndk.go
@@ -100,12 +100,6 @@ func (vndk *vndkdep) props() []interface{} {
 	return []interface{}{&vndk.Properties}
 }
 
-func (vndk *vndkdep) begin(ctx BaseModuleContext) {}
-
-func (vndk *vndkdep) deps(ctx BaseModuleContext, deps Deps) Deps {
-	return deps
-}
-
 func (vndk *vndkdep) isVndk() bool {
 	return Bool(vndk.Properties.Vndk.Enabled)
 }