diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index efc12b35d..9d06e1c8f 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -1049,16 +1049,6 @@ func apexMutator(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	if a, ok := mctx.Module().(*apexBundle); ok && !a.vndkApex {
 		apexBundleName := mctx.ModuleName()
 		mctx.CreateVariations(apexBundleName)
-		if strings.HasPrefix(apexBundleName, "com.android.art") {
-			// Create an alias from the platform variant. This is done to make
-			// test_for dependencies work for modules that are split by the APEX
-			// mutator, since test_for dependencies always go to the platform variant.
-			// This doesn't happen for normal APEXes that are disjunct, so only do
-			// this for the overlapping ART APEXes.
-			// TODO(b/183882457): Remove this if the test_for functionality is
-			// refactored to depend on the proper APEX variants instead of platform.
-			mctx.CreateAliasVariation("", apexBundleName)
-		}
 	} else if o, ok := mctx.Module().(*OverrideApex); ok {
 		apexBundleName := o.GetOverriddenModuleName()
 		if apexBundleName == "" {
@@ -1066,10 +1056,6 @@ func apexMutator(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 			return
 		}
 		mctx.CreateVariations(apexBundleName)
-		if strings.HasPrefix(apexBundleName, "com.android.art") {
-			// TODO(b/183882457): See note for CreateAliasVariation above.
-			mctx.CreateAliasVariation("", apexBundleName)
-		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 7fd0a654d..0caad13dc 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -6913,56 +6913,6 @@ func TestIndirectTestFor(t *testing.T) {
 	ensureLinkedLibIs("myprivlib", "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared", "out/soong/.intermediates/mylib/", "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared/mylib.so")
 }
 
-func TestTestForForLibInOtherApex(t *testing.T) {
-	// This case is only allowed for known overlapping APEXes, i.e. the ART APEXes.
-	_ = testApex(t, `
-		apex {
-			name: "com.android.art",
-			key: "myapex.key",
-			native_shared_libs: ["mylib"],
-			updatable: false,
-		}
-
-		apex {
-			name: "com.android.art.debug",
-			key: "myapex.key",
-			native_shared_libs: ["mylib", "mytestlib"],
-			updatable: false,
-		}
-
-		apex_key {
-			name: "myapex.key",
-			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
-			private_key: "testkey.pem",
-		}
-
-		cc_library {
-			name: "mylib",
-			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
-			system_shared_libs: [],
-			stl: "none",
-			stubs: {
-				versions: ["1"],
-			},
-			apex_available: ["com.android.art", "com.android.art.debug"],
-		}
-
-		cc_library {
-			name: "mytestlib",
-			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
-			system_shared_libs: [],
-			shared_libs: ["mylib"],
-			stl: "none",
-			apex_available: ["com.android.art.debug"],
-			test_for: ["com.android.art"],
-		}
-	`,
-		android.MockFS{
-			"system/sepolicy/apex/com.android.art-file_contexts":       nil,
-			"system/sepolicy/apex/com.android.art.debug-file_contexts": nil,
-		}.AddToFixture())
-}
-
 // TODO(jungjw): Move this to proptools
 func intPtr(i int) *int {
 	return &i