diff --git a/core/main.mk b/core/main.mk
index 0225c8920e..0e190a92ec 100644
--- a/core/main.mk
+++ b/core/main.mk
@@ -1825,22 +1825,6 @@ tests : host-tests target-tests
 # Phony target to run all java compilations that use javac
 .PHONY: javac-check
 
-ifneq (,$(filter samplecode, $(MAKECMDGOALS)))
-.PHONY: samplecode
-sample_MODULES := $(sort $(call get-tagged-modules,samples))
-sample_APKS_DEST_PATH := $(TARGET_COMMON_OUT_ROOT)/samples
-sample_APKS_COLLECTION := \
-        $(foreach module,$(sample_MODULES),$(sample_APKS_DEST_PATH)/$(notdir $(module)))
-$(foreach module,$(sample_MODULES),$(eval $(call \
-        copy-one-file,$(module),$(sample_APKS_DEST_PATH)/$(notdir $(module)))))
-sample_ADDITIONAL_INSTALLED := \
-        $(filter-out $(modules_to_install) $(modules_to_check),$(sample_MODULES))
-samplecode: $(sample_APKS_COLLECTION)
-	@echo "Collect sample code apks: $^"
-	# remove apks that are not intended to be installed.
-	rm -f $(sample_ADDITIONAL_INSTALLED)
-endif  # samplecode in $(MAKECMDGOALS)
-
 .PHONY: findbugs
 findbugs: $(INTERNAL_FINDBUGS_HTML_TARGET) $(INTERNAL_FINDBUGS_XML_TARGET)