diff --git a/android/androidmk.go b/android/androidmk.go
index 12aa5fa..fb3934f 100644
--- a/android/androidmk.go
+++ b/android/androidmk.go
@@ -224,9 +224,6 @@
 			fmt.Fprintln(&data.preamble, "LOCAL_MODULE_TARGET_ARCH :=", archStr)
 		}
 
-		if len(amod.commonProperties.Logtags) > 0 {
-			fmt.Fprintln(&data.preamble, "LOCAL_LOGTAGS_FILES := ", strings.Join(amod.commonProperties.Logtags, " "))
-		}
 		if len(amod.commonProperties.Init_rc) > 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintln(&data.preamble, "LOCAL_INIT_RC := ", strings.Join(amod.commonProperties.Init_rc, " "))
 		}
diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index 865764f..6d7bb43 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -214,10 +214,6 @@
 	// whether this module is device specific and should be installed into /vendor
 	Vendor *bool
 
-	// *.logtags files, to combine together in order to generate the /system/etc/event-log-tags
-	// file
-	Logtags []string
-
 	// init.rc files to be installed if this module is installed
 	Init_rc []string
 
diff --git a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go
index bb9d140..4022a5e 100644
--- a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go
+++ b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 	"LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS":          prebuiltClass,
 	"LOCAL_MODULE_STEM":           stem,
 	"LOCAL_MODULE_HOST_OS":        hostOs,
-	"LOCAL_SRC_FILES":             srcFiles,
 	"LOCAL_SANITIZE":              sanitize(""),
 	"LOCAL_SANITIZE_DIAG":         sanitize("diag."),
 	"LOCAL_CFLAGS":                cflags,
@@ -99,6 +98,7 @@
 		})
 	addStandardProperties(bpparser.ListType,
 		map[string]string{
+			"LOCAL_SRC_FILES":                     "srcs",
 			"LOCAL_SRC_FILES_EXCLUDE":             "exclude_srcs",
 			"LOCAL_HEADER_LIBRARIES":              "header_libs",
 			"LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES":              "shared_libs",
@@ -389,50 +389,6 @@
 	return err
 }
 
-func splitSrcsLogtags(value bpparser.Expression) (string, bpparser.Expression, error) {
-	switch v := value.(type) {
-	case *bpparser.Variable:
-		// TODO: attempt to split variables?
-		return "srcs", value, nil
-	case *bpparser.Operator:
-		// TODO: attempt to handle expressions?
-		return "srcs", value, nil
-	case *bpparser.String:
-		if strings.HasSuffix(v.Value, ".logtags") {
-			return "logtags", value, nil
-		}
-		return "srcs", value, nil
-	default:
-		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("splitSrcsLogtags expected a string, got %s", value.Type())
-	}
-
-}
-
-func srcFiles(ctx variableAssignmentContext) error {
-	val, err := makeVariableToBlueprint(ctx.file, ctx.mkvalue, bpparser.ListType)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	lists, err := splitBpList(val, splitSrcsLogtags)
-
-	if srcs, ok := lists["srcs"]; ok && !emptyList(srcs) {
-		err = setVariable(ctx.file, ctx.append, ctx.prefix, "srcs", srcs, true)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	if logtags, ok := lists["logtags"]; ok && !emptyList(logtags) {
-		err = setVariable(ctx.file, true, ctx.prefix, "logtags", logtags, true)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func sanitize(sub string) func(ctx variableAssignmentContext) error {
 	return func(ctx variableAssignmentContext) error {
 		val, err := makeVariableToBlueprint(ctx.file, ctx.mkvalue, bpparser.ListType)
diff --git a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/androidmk_test.go b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/androidmk_test.go
index 9986889..22a52d4 100644
--- a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/androidmk_test.go
+++ b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/androidmk_test.go
@@ -213,35 +213,6 @@
 `,
 	},
 	{
-		desc: "*.logtags in LOCAL_SRC_FILES",
-		in: `
-include $(CLEAR_VARS)
-LOCAL_SRC_FILES := events.logtags
-LOCAL_SRC_FILES += a.c events2.logtags
-include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
-`,
-		expected: `
-cc_library_shared {
-    logtags: ["events.logtags"] + ["events2.logtags"],
-    srcs: ["a.c"],
-}
-`,
-	},
-	{
-		desc: "LOCAL_LOGTAGS_FILES and *.logtags in LOCAL_SRC_FILES",
-		in: `
-include $(CLEAR_VARS)
-LOCAL_LOGTAGS_FILES := events.logtags
-LOCAL_SRC_FILES := events2.logtags
-include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
-`,
-		expected: `
-cc_library_shared {
-    logtags: ["events.logtags"] + ["events2.logtags"],
-}
-`,
-	},
-	{
 		desc: "_<OS> suffixes",
 		in: `
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
diff --git a/cc/androidmk.go b/cc/androidmk.go
index 7311263..1db5373 100644
--- a/cc/androidmk.go
+++ b/cc/androidmk.go
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
 		OutputFile: c.outputFile,
 		Extra: []android.AndroidMkExtraFunc{
 			func(w io.Writer, outputFile android.Path) {
+				if len(c.Properties.Logtags) > 0 {
+					fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_LOGTAGS_FILES :=", strings.Join(c.Properties.Logtags, " "))
+				}
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_SANITIZE := never")
 				if len(c.Properties.AndroidMkSharedLibs) > 0 {
 					fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := "+strings.Join(c.Properties.AndroidMkSharedLibs, " "))
diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index c31cf04..fa33bc6 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@
 	PreventInstall      bool     `blueprint:"mutated"`
 
 	UseVndk bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
+
+	// *.logtags files, to combine together in order to generate the /system/etc/event-log-tags
+	// file
+	Logtags []string
 }
 
 type VendorProperties struct {
diff --git a/java/androidmk.go b/java/androidmk.go
index acf597b..af91a33 100644
--- a/java/androidmk.go
+++ b/java/androidmk.go
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@
 		Include:    "$(BUILD_SYSTEM)/soong_java_prebuilt.mk",
 		Extra: []android.AndroidMkExtraFunc{
 			func(w io.Writer, outputFile android.Path) {
+				if len(library.logtagsSrcs) > 0 {
+					var logtags []string
+					for _, l := range library.logtagsSrcs {
+						logtags = append(logtags, l.Rel())
+					}
+					fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_LOGTAGS_FILES :=", strings.Join(logtags, " "))
+				}
+
 				if library.properties.Installable != nil && *library.properties.Installable == false {
 					fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_UNINSTALLABLE_MODULE := true")
 				}