diff --git a/tools/aapt/Android.mk b/tools/aapt/Android.mk
index d551c8e..4f84cf9 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/Android.mk
+++ b/tools/aapt/Android.mk
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@
     tests/Pseudolocales_test.cpp \
     tests/ResourceFilter_test.cpp
 
-aaptCIncludes := \
-    system/core/base/include \
-    external/libpng \
-    external/zlib
-
 aaptHostLdLibs :=
 aaptHostStaticLibs := \
     libandroidfw \
@@ -96,8 +91,8 @@
 ifeq (darwin,$(HOST_OS))
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -D_DARWIN_UNLIMITED_STREAMS
 endif
-LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(aaptCIncludes)
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(aaptSources)
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += $(aaptHostStaticLibs)
 
 include $(BUILD_HOST_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt/StringPool.h b/tools/aapt/StringPool.h
index dbe8c85..4b0d920 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/StringPool.h
+++ b/tools/aapt/StringPool.h
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#include <libexpat/expat.h>
-
 using namespace android;
 
 #define PRINT_STRING_METRICS 0
diff --git a/tools/aapt/XMLNode.h b/tools/aapt/XMLNode.h
index 3161f65..b9e5cd5 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/XMLNode.h
+++ b/tools/aapt/XMLNode.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include "StringPool.h"
 #include "ResourceTable.h"
 
+#include <expat.h>
+
 class XMLNode;
 
 extern const char* const RESOURCES_ROOT_NAMESPACE;
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Android.mk b/tools/aapt2/Android.mk
index 10f8150..e5c42d5 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Android.mk
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Android.mk
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@
 	XmlDom_test.cpp \
 	XmlFlattener_test.cpp
 
-cIncludes := \
-	external/libpng \
-	external/libz
-
 hostLdLibs :=
 
 hostStaticLibs := \
@@ -114,7 +110,7 @@
 LOCAL_MODULE := libaapt2
 
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(sources)
-LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(cIncludes)
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += $(hostStaticLibs)
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += $(cFlags)
 LOCAL_CPPFLAGS += $(cppFlags)
 
@@ -130,7 +126,6 @@
 
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(testSources)
 
-LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(cIncludes)
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libaapt2 $(hostStaticLibs)
 LOCAL_LDLIBS += $(hostLdLibs)
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += $(cFlags)
@@ -146,7 +141,6 @@
 
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(main)
 
-LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(cIncludes)
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libaapt2 $(hostStaticLibs)
 LOCAL_LDLIBS += $(hostLdLibs)
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += $(cFlags)
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/SourceXmlPullParser.h b/tools/aapt2/SourceXmlPullParser.h
index 15936d6..d8ed459 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/SourceXmlPullParser.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/SourceXmlPullParser.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include "XmlPullParser.h"
 
 #include <istream>
-#include <libexpat/expat.h>
+#include <expat.h>
 #include <queue>
 #include <stack>
 #include <string>
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/XmlDom.h b/tools/aapt2/XmlDom.h
index 6931884..035e7c4 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/XmlDom.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/XmlDom.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include "StringPiece.h"
 
 #include <istream>
-#include <libexpat/expat.h>
+#include <expat.h>
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>