diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index 1390281..f00158e 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@
     $(wildcard $(HISTORICAL_SDK_VERSIONS_ROOT)/*/android.jar)))
 
 INTERNAL_PLATFORM_API_FILE := $(TARGET_OUT_COMMON_INTERMEDIATES)/PACKAGING/public_api.txt
+INTERNAL_PLATFORM_REMOVED_API_FILE := $(TARGET_OUT_COMMON_INTERMEDIATES)/PACKAGING/removed.txt
 
 # This is the standard way to name a directory containing prebuilt target
 # objects. E.g., prebuilt/$(TARGET_PREBUILT_TAG)/libc.so
diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 852f42c..b9805fb 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -2129,17 +2129,19 @@
 #    $(1)  target
 #    $(2)  stable api file
 #    $(3)  api file to be tested
-#    $(4)  arguments for apicheck
-#    $(5)  command to run if apicheck failed
-#    $(6)  target dependent on this api check
-#    $(7)  additional dependencies
+#    $(4)  removed stable api file
+#    $(5)  removed api file to be tested
+#    $(6)  arguments for apicheck
+#    $(7)  command to run if apicheck failed
+#    $(8)  target dependent on this api check
+#    $(9)  additional dependencies
 define check-api
-$(TARGET_OUT_COMMON_INTERMEDIATES)/PACKAGING/$(strip $(1))-timestamp: $(2) $(3) $(APICHECK) $(7)
+$(TARGET_OUT_COMMON_INTERMEDIATES)/PACKAGING/$(strip $(1))-timestamp: $(2) $(3) $(4) $(5) $(APICHECK) $(9)
 	@echo "Checking API:" $(1)
-	$(hide) ( $(APICHECK_COMMAND) $(4) $(2) $(3) || ( $(5) ; exit 38 ) )
+	$(hide) ( $(APICHECK_COMMAND) $(6) $(2) $(3) $(4) $(5) || ( $(7) ; exit 38 ) )
 	$(hide) mkdir -p $$(dir $$@)
 	$(hide) touch $$@
-$(6): $(TARGET_OUT_COMMON_INTERMEDIATES)/PACKAGING/$(strip $(1))-timestamp
+$(8): $(TARGET_OUT_COMMON_INTERMEDIATES)/PACKAGING/$(strip $(1))-timestamp
 endef
 
 ## Whether to build from source if prebuilt alternative exists
diff --git a/core/tasks/apicheck.mk b/core/tasks/apicheck.mk
index 00b78b9..4ecaf5b 100644
--- a/core/tasks/apicheck.mk
+++ b/core/tasks/apicheck.mk
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
     checkapi-last, \
     $(SRC_API_DIR)/$(last_released_sdk_version).txt, \
     $(INTERNAL_PLATFORM_API_FILE), \
+    $(SRC_API_DIR)/removed.txt, \
+    $(INTERNAL_PLATFORM_REMOVED_API_FILE), \
     -hide 2 -hide 3 -hide 4 -hide 5 -hide 6 -hide 24 -hide 25 -hide 26 -hide 27 \
     -error 7 -error 8 -error 9 -error 10 -error 11 -error 12 -error 13 -error 14 -error 15 \
     -error 16 -error 17 -error 18 , \
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@
     checkapi-current, \
     frameworks/base/api/current.txt, \
     $(INTERNAL_PLATFORM_API_FILE), \
+    frameworks/base/api/removed.txt, \
+    $(INTERNAL_PLATFORM_REMOVED_API_FILE), \
     -error 2 -error 3 -error 4 -error 5 -error 6 \
     -error 7 -error 8 -error 9 -error 10 -error 11 -error 12 -error 13 -error 14 -error 15 \
     -error 16 -error 17 -error 18 -error 19 -error 20 -error 21 -error 23 -error 24 \
@@ -69,5 +73,7 @@
 update-api: $(INTERNAL_PLATFORM_API_FILE) | $(ACP)
 	@echo Copying current.txt
 	$(hide) $(ACP) $(INTERNAL_PLATFORM_API_FILE) frameworks/base/api/current.txt
+	@echo Copying removed.txt
+	$(hide) $(ACP) $(INTERNAL_PLATFORM_REMOVED_API_FILE) frameworks/base/api/removed.txt
 
 endif