diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 819eb38..0d3ddc8 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -410,15 +410,12 @@
 # ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES, which those use to pick which files
 # go into the systemimage.
 
-.PHONY: notice_files
-
 # Create the rule to combine the files into text and html forms
-# $(1) - Plain text output file
-# $(2) - HTML output file
-# $(3) - File title
-# $(4) - Directory to use.  Notice files are all $(4)/src.  Other
+# $(1) - HTML output file
+# $(2) - File title
+# $(3) - Directory to use.  Notice files are all $(3)/src.  Other
 #		 directories in there will be used for scratch
-# $(5) - Dependencies for the output files
+# $(4) - Dependencies for the output files
 #
 # The algorithm here is that we go collect a hash for each of the notice
 # files and write the names of the files that match that hash.  Then
@@ -432,9 +429,9 @@
 # original notice files instead of making rules to copy them somwehere.
 # Then we could traverse that without quite as much bash drama.
 define combine-notice-files
-$(1) $(2): PRIVATE_MESSAGE := $(3)
-$(1) $(2) $(4)/hash-timestamp: PRIVATE_DIR := $(4)
-$(4)/hash-timestamp: $(5) $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/Makefile
+$(1): PRIVATE_MESSAGE := $(2)
+$(1) $(3)/hash-timestamp: PRIVATE_DIR := $(3)
+$(3)/hash-timestamp: $(4) $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/Makefile
 	@echo Finding NOTICE files: $$@
 	$$(hide) rm -rf $$@ $$(PRIVATE_DIR)/hash
 	$$(hide) mkdir -p $$(PRIVATE_DIR)/hash
@@ -444,32 +441,7 @@
 			echo $$$$file >> $$$$hashfile; \
 		done
 	$$(hide) touch $$@
-$(1): $(4)/hash-timestamp
-	@echo Combining NOTICE files: $$@
-	$$(hide) mkdir -p $$(dir $$@)
-	$$(hide) echo $$(PRIVATE_MESSAGE) > $$@
-	$$(hide) find $$(PRIVATE_DIR)/hash -type f | xargs cat | sort | \
-		sed -e "s:$$(PRIVATE_DIR)/src\(.*\)\.txt:  \1:" >> $$@
-	$$(hide) echo >> $$@
-	$$(hide) echo >> $$@
-	$$(hide) echo >> $$@
-	$$(hide) for hashfile in $$$$(find $$(PRIVATE_DIR)/hash -type f); do \
-			echo "============================================================"\
-				>> $$@; \
-			echo "Notices for file(s):" >> $$@; \
-			cat $$$$hashfile | sort | \
-				sed -e "s:$$(PRIVATE_DIR)/src\(.*\)\.txt:  \1:" >> \
-				$$@; \
-			echo "------------------------------------------------------------"\
-				>> $$@; \
-			echo >> $$@; \
-			orig=$$$$(head -n 1 $$$$hashfile); \
-			cat $$$$orig >> $$@; \
-			echo >> $$@; \
-			echo >> $$@; \
-			echo >> $$@; \
-		done
-$(2): $(4)/hash-timestamp
+$(1): $(3)/hash-timestamp
 	@echo Combining NOTICE files: $$@
 	$$(hide) mkdir -p $$(dir $$@)
 	$$(hide) echo "<html><head>" > $$@
@@ -505,30 +477,25 @@
 		done
 	$$(hide) echo "</table>" >> $$@
 	$$(hide) echo "</body></html>" >> $$@
-notice_files: $(1) $(2)
 endef
 
 # TODO These intermediate NOTICE.txt/NOTICE.html files should go into
 # TARGET_OUT_NOTICE_FILES now that the notice files are gathered from
 # the src subdirectory.
 
-target_notice_file_txt := $(TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATES)/NOTICE.txt
 target_notice_file_html := $(TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATES)/NOTICE.html
 target_notice_file_html_gz := $(TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATES)/NOTICE.html.gz
-tools_notice_file_txt := $(HOST_OUT_INTERMEDIATES)/NOTICE.txt
 tools_notice_file_html := $(HOST_OUT_INTERMEDIATES)/NOTICE.html
 
 kernel_notice_file := $(TARGET_OUT_NOTICE_FILES)/src/kernel.txt
 
 $(eval $(call combine-notice-files, \
-			$(target_notice_file_txt), \
 			$(target_notice_file_html), \
 			"Notices for files contained in the filesystem images in this directory:", \
 			$(TARGET_OUT_NOTICE_FILES), \
 			$(ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES) $(kernel_notice_file)))
 
 $(eval $(call combine-notice-files, \
-			$(tools_notice_file_txt), \
 			$(tools_notice_file_html), \
 			"Notices for files contained in the tools directory:", \
 			$(HOST_OUT_NOTICE_FILES), \
diff --git a/core/binary.mk b/core/binary.mk
index e488200..e729164 100644
--- a/core/binary.mk
+++ b/core/binary.mk
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
 # We don't care about installed static libraries, since the
 # libraries have already been linked into the module at that point.
 # We do, however, care about the NOTICE files for any static
-# libraries that we use. (see notice_files.make)
+# libraries that we use. (see notice_files.mk)
 
 installed_static_library_notice_file_targets := \
     $(foreach lib,$(LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES) $(LOCAL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES), \