diff --git a/CleanSpec.mk b/CleanSpec.mk
index ee38a74644..6c5ecd901d 100644
--- a/CleanSpec.mk
+++ b/CleanSpec.mk
@@ -695,6 +695,10 @@ $(call add-clean-step, rm -rf $(PRODUCT_OUT)/system/lib*/vndk-*)
 # Switch to symlinks for VNDK libs
 $(call add-clean-step, rm -rf $(PRODUCT_OUT)/system/lib*/vndk-*)
 
+# Remove Android Core Library artifacts from the system partition
+# again, as the original change removing them was reverted.
+$(call add-clean-step, rm -rf $(PRODUCT_OUT)/system/framework/*.jar)
+
 # ************************************************
 # NEWER CLEAN STEPS MUST BE AT THE END OF THE LIST
 # ************************************************
diff --git a/core/main.mk b/core/main.mk
index a4fb64a6e6..65c256048b 100644
--- a/core/main.mk
+++ b/core/main.mk
@@ -1250,6 +1250,8 @@ else
   endef
 endif
 
+# TODO(b/142944799): Implement Java library absence check for Core Libraries.
+
 ifdef FULL_BUILD
   ifneq (true,$(ALLOW_MISSING_DEPENDENCIES))
     # Check to ensure that all modules in PRODUCT_PACKAGES exist (opt in per product)
diff --git a/target/product/runtime_libart.mk b/target/product/runtime_libart.mk
index 581a72be52..b8cb2ff097 100644
--- a/target/product/runtime_libart.mk
+++ b/target/product/runtime_libart.mk
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ ifeq ($(TARGET_CORE_JARS),)
 $(error TARGET_CORE_JARS is empty; cannot update PRODUCT_PACKAGES variable)
 endif
 
-# Minimal boot classpath. This should be a subset of PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS, and equivalent to
-# TARGET_CORE_JARS.
-PRODUCT_PACKAGES += \
-    $(TARGET_CORE_JARS)
-
 # Additional mixins to the boot classpath.
 PRODUCT_PACKAGES += \
     android.test.base \
@@ -37,6 +32,9 @@ PRODUCT_PACKAGES += \
 PRODUCT_PACKAGES += com.android.runtime
 
 # ART APEX module.
+# Note that this package includes the minimal boot classpath JARs (listed in
+# TARGET_CORE_JARS), which should no longer be added directly to
+# PRODUCT_PACKAGES.
 PRODUCT_PACKAGES += com.android.art
 PRODUCT_HOST_PACKAGES += com.android.art