diff --git a/core/clear_vars.mk b/core/clear_vars.mk
index fd117a5c0a..6bdc113ab4 100644
--- a/core/clear_vars.mk
+++ b/core/clear_vars.mk
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS_TO:=
 LOCAL_COPY_HEADERS:=
 LOCAL_FORCE_STATIC_EXECUTABLE:=
 LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_DEPENDENCIES:=
-LOCAL_COMPRESS_MODULE_SYMBOLS:=
 LOCAL_STRIP_MODULE:=
 LOCAL_JNI_SHARED_LIBRARIES:=
 LOCAL_JNI_SHARED_LIBRARIES_ABI:=
diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index 3c8297dabb..289964d4b2 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -132,9 +132,6 @@ COMMON_ANDROID_PACKAGE_SUFFIX := .apk
 # list of flags to turn specific warnings in to errors
 TARGET_ERROR_FLAGS := -Werror=return-type -Werror=non-virtual-dtor -Werror=address -Werror=sequence-point
 
-# TODO: do symbol compression
-TARGET_COMPRESS_MODULE_SYMBOLS := false
-
 ifdef TMPDIR
 JAVA_TMPDIR_ARG := -Djava.io.tmpdir=$(TMPDIR)
 else
diff --git a/core/dynamic_binary.mk b/core/dynamic_binary.mk
index cf06a3dfbd..7a423db432 100644
--- a/core/dynamic_binary.mk
+++ b/core/dynamic_binary.mk
@@ -38,30 +38,6 @@ LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS := $(linked_module)
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/binary.mk
 ###################################
 
-###########################################################
-## Compress
-###########################################################
-compress_input := $(linked_module)
-
-ifeq ($(strip $(LOCAL_COMPRESS_MODULE_SYMBOLS)),)
-  LOCAL_COMPRESS_MODULE_SYMBOLS := $(strip $(TARGET_COMPRESS_MODULE_SYMBOLS))
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(LOCAL_COMPRESS_MODULE_SYMBOLS),true)
-$(error Symbol compression not yet supported.)
-compress_output := $(intermediates)/COMPRESSED-$(my_built_module_stem)
-
-#TODO: write the real $(STRIPPER) rule.
-#TODO: define a rule to build TARGET_SYMBOL_FILTER_FILE, and
-#      make it depend on ALL_ORIGINAL_DYNAMIC_BINARIES.
-$(compress_output): $(compress_input) $(TARGET_SYMBOL_FILTER_FILE) | $(ACP)
-	@echo "target Compress Symbols: $(PRIVATE_MODULE) ($@)"
-	$(copy-file-to-target)
-else
-# Skip this step.
-compress_output := $(compress_input)
-endif
-
 ###########################################################
 ## Store a copy with symbols for symbolic debugging
 ###########################################################
@@ -70,7 +46,7 @@ my_unstripped_path := $(TARGET_OUT_UNSTRIPPED)/$(patsubst $(PRODUCT_OUT)/%,%,$(m
 else
 my_unstripped_path := $(LOCAL_UNSTRIPPED_PATH)
 endif
-symbolic_input := $(compress_output)
+symbolic_input := $(linked_module)
 symbolic_output := $(my_unstripped_path)/$(my_installed_module_stem)
 $(symbolic_output) : $(symbolic_input) | $(ACP)
 	@echo "target Symbolic: $(PRIVATE_MODULE) ($@)"
@@ -134,5 +110,4 @@ endif # my_strip_module
 
 $(cleantarget): PRIVATE_CLEAN_FILES += \
     $(linked_module) \
-    $(symbolic_output) \
-    $(compress_output)
+    $(symbolic_output)
diff --git a/core/product.mk b/core/product.mk
index b7e1aa9217..4e8bff1a56 100644
--- a/core/product.mk
+++ b/core/product.mk
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ _product_stash_var_list := $(_product_var_list) \
 	TARGET_DEVICE_KERNEL_HEADERS \
 	TARGET_PRODUCT_KERNEL_HEADERS \
 	TARGET_BOOTLOADER_BOARD_NAME \
-	TARGET_COMPRESS_MODULE_SYMBOLS \
 	TARGET_NO_BOOTLOADER \
 	TARGET_NO_KERNEL \
 	TARGET_NO_RECOVERY \