diff --git a/core/allowed_ndk_types.mk b/core/allowed_ndk_types.mk
index b5a85ca..3d7eac4 100644
--- a/core/allowed_ndk_types.mk
+++ b/core/allowed_ndk_types.mk
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@
     # Else we are a non-static library that uses a static STL, and are
     # incompatible with all other shared libraries that use an STL.
 else
-    my_allowed_ndk_types := native:ndk:none:none native:ndk:system:shared
+    my_allowed_ndk_types := \
+        native:ndk:none:none \
+        native:ndk:system:none \
+        native:ndk:system:shared \
+
     ifeq ($(LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS),APPS)
         # CTS is bad and it should feel bad: http://b/13249737
         my_warn_ndk_types += native:ndk:libc++:static
diff --git a/core/aux_config.mk b/core/aux_config.mk
index 41c14ae..c40b8cc 100644
--- a/core/aux_config.mk
+++ b/core/aux_config.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 # setup AUX globals
 AUX_SHLIB_SUFFIX := .so
-AUX_GLOBAL_ARFLAGS := cqsD
+AUX_GLOBAL_ARFLAGS := crsPD
 AUX_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX := .a
 
 # Load ever-lasting "indexed" version of AUX variant environment; it is treated as READ-ONLY from this
diff --git a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk
index 73b1c04..01cf3f5 100644
--- a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk
+++ b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(strip $(TARGET_$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)ARCH_VARIANT)),)
-TARGET_$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)ARCH_VARIANT := armv5te
+$(error TARGET_$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)ARCH_VARIANT must be set)
 endif
 
 TARGET_ARCH_SPECIFIC_MAKEFILE := $(BUILD_COMBOS)/arch/$(TARGET_$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)ARCH)/$(TARGET_$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)ARCH_VARIANT).mk
diff --git a/core/combo/arch/arm/armv5te-vfp.mk b/core/combo/arch/arm/armv5te-vfp.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 75299ac..0000000
--- a/core/combo/arch/arm/armv5te-vfp.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# At the moment, use the same settings than the one
-# for armv5te, since TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT := armv5te-vfp
-# will only be used to select an optimized VFP-capable assembly
-# interpreter loop for Dalvik.
-#
-include $(BUILD_COMBOS)/arch/arm/armv5te.mk
-
diff --git a/core/combo/arch/arm/armv5te.mk b/core/combo/arch/arm/armv5te.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index bd75695..0000000
--- a/core/combo/arch/arm/armv5te.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Configuration for Linux on ARM.
-# Generating binaries for the ARMv5TE architecture and higher
-#
-
diff --git a/core/combo/select.mk b/core/combo/select.mk
index 94e37c6..5e181b9 100644
--- a/core/combo/select.mk
+++ b/core/combo/select.mk
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 # Set reasonable defaults for the various variables
 
-$(combo_var_prefix)GLOBAL_ARFLAGS := cqsD
+$(combo_var_prefix)GLOBAL_ARFLAGS := crsPD
 
 $(combo_var_prefix)STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX := .a
 
diff --git a/envsetup.sh b/envsetup.sh
index 394df65..576c234 100644
--- a/envsetup.sh
+++ b/envsetup.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
              Selects <product_name> as the product to build, and <build_variant> as the variant to
              build, and stores those selections in the environment to be read by subsequent
              invocations of 'm' etc.
-- tapas:     tapas [<App1> <App2> ...] [arm|x86|mips|armv5|arm64|x86_64|mips64] [eng|userdebug|user]
+- tapas:     tapas [<App1> <App2> ...] [arm|x86|mips|arm64|x86_64|mips64] [eng|userdebug|user]
 - croot:     Changes directory to the top of the tree.
 - m:         Makes from the top of the tree.
 - mm:        Builds all of the modules in the current directory, but not their dependencies.
@@ -661,10 +661,10 @@
 function tapas()
 {
     local showHelp="$(echo $* | xargs -n 1 echo | \grep -E '^(help)$' | xargs)"
-    local arch="$(echo $* | xargs -n 1 echo | \grep -E '^(arm|x86|mips|armv5|arm64|x86_64|mips64)$' | xargs)"
+    local arch="$(echo $* | xargs -n 1 echo | \grep -E '^(arm|x86|mips|arm64|x86_64|mips64)$' | xargs)"
     local variant="$(echo $* | xargs -n 1 echo | \grep -E '^(user|userdebug|eng)$' | xargs)"
     local density="$(echo $* | xargs -n 1 echo | \grep -E '^(ldpi|mdpi|tvdpi|hdpi|xhdpi|xxhdpi|xxxhdpi|alldpi)$' | xargs)"
-    local apps="$(echo $* | xargs -n 1 echo | \grep -E -v '^(user|userdebug|eng|arm|x86|mips|armv5|arm64|x86_64|mips64|ldpi|mdpi|tvdpi|hdpi|xhdpi|xxhdpi|xxxhdpi|alldpi)$' | xargs)"
+    local apps="$(echo $* | xargs -n 1 echo | \grep -E -v '^(user|userdebug|eng|arm|x86|mips|arm64|x86_64|mips64|ldpi|mdpi|tvdpi|hdpi|xhdpi|xxhdpi|xxxhdpi|alldpi)$' | xargs)"
 
     if [ "$showHelp" != "" ]; then
       $(gettop)/build/make/tapasHelp.sh
@@ -688,7 +688,6 @@
     case $arch in
       x86)    product=aosp_x86;;
       mips)   product=aosp_mips;;
-      armv5)  product=generic_armv5;;
       arm64)  product=aosp_arm64;;
       x86_64) product=aosp_x86_64;;
       mips64)  product=aosp_mips64;;
diff --git a/tapasHelp.sh b/tapasHelp.sh
index 058ac1d..38b3e34 100755
--- a/tapasHelp.sh
+++ b/tapasHelp.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 cd ../..
 TOP="${PWD}"
 
-message='usage: tapas [<App1> <App2> ...] [arm|x86|mips|armv5|arm64|x86_64|mips64] [eng|userdebug|user]
+message='usage: tapas [<App1> <App2> ...] [arm|x86|mips|arm64|x86_64|mips64] [eng|userdebug|user]
 
 tapas selects individual apps to be built by the Android build system. Unlike
 "lunch", "tapas" does not request the building of images for a device.
diff --git a/target/board/generic_armv5/AndroidBoard.mk b/target/board/generic_armv5/AndroidBoard.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 7daff27..0000000
--- a/target/board/generic_armv5/AndroidBoard.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
--include build/target/board/generic/AndroidBoard.mk
diff --git a/target/board/generic_armv5/BoardConfig.mk b/target/board/generic_armv5/BoardConfig.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 016937a..0000000
--- a/target/board/generic_armv5/BoardConfig.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-include build/target/board/generic/BoardConfig.mk
-
-TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT := armv5te
-TARGET_CPU_ABI := armeabi
-TARGET_CPU_ABI2 :=
-
-WITH_DEXPREOPT := false
diff --git a/target/board/generic_armv5/README.txt b/target/board/generic_armv5/README.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 25d590a..0000000
--- a/target/board/generic_armv5/README.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-The "generic_armv5" product defines a non-hardware-specific target
-without a kernel or bootloader.
-
-It is not a product "base class"; no other products inherit
-from it or use it in any way.
diff --git a/target/board/generic_armv5/device.mk b/target/board/generic_armv5/device.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c4aaf2..0000000
--- a/target/board/generic_armv5/device.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-include build/target/board/generic/device.mk
diff --git a/target/board/generic_armv5/system.prop b/target/board/generic_armv5/system.prop
deleted file mode 100644
index 137a0f9..0000000
--- a/target/board/generic_armv5/system.prop
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#
-# system.prop for generic sdk
-#
-
-rild.libpath=/system/lib/libreference-ril.so
-rild.libargs=-d /dev/ttyS0
diff --git a/target/product/AndroidProducts.mk b/target/product/AndroidProducts.mk
index 9e2adee..85330b3 100644
--- a/target/product/AndroidProducts.mk
+++ b/target/product/AndroidProducts.mk
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 PRODUCT_MAKEFILES := \
     $(LOCAL_DIR)/aosp_arm.mk \
     $(LOCAL_DIR)/full.mk \
-    $(LOCAL_DIR)/generic_armv5.mk \
     $(LOCAL_DIR)/aosp_x86.mk \
     $(LOCAL_DIR)/full_x86.mk \
     $(LOCAL_DIR)/aosp_mips.mk \
diff --git a/target/product/generic_armv5.mk b/target/product/generic_armv5.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index daa321a..0000000
--- a/target/product/generic_armv5.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-# This is a generic product that isn't specialized for a specific device.
-# It includes the base Android platform.
-
-$(call inherit-product, $(SRC_TARGET_DIR)/product/generic.mk)
-
-# Overrides
-PRODUCT_BRAND := generic_armv5
-PRODUCT_DEVICE := generic_armv5
-PRODUCT_NAME := generic_armv5
diff --git a/tools/adbs b/tools/adbs
deleted file mode 100755
index 8d73630..0000000
--- a/tools/adbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-# Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 'License');
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an 'AS IS' BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-import os
-import os.path
-import re
-import string
-import sys
-
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/../../../development/scripts")
-import stack_core
-import symbol
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-  # pass the options to adb
-  adb_cmd  = "adb " + ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
-
-  # create tracer for line parsing
-  tracer = stack_core.TraceConverter()
-
-  # invoke the adb command and filter its output
-  stream = os.popen(adb_cmd)
-  while (True):
-    line = stream.readline()
-    if (line == ''):
-      break
-    if(tracer.ProcessLine(line) == False):
-      print(line.strip())
-      sys.stdout.flush()
-
-  # adb itself aborts
-  stream.close()