diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 54b290ae41..2e5370812e 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -2094,6 +2094,7 @@ endif # BUILDING_RAMDISK_IMAGE
 #
 # Note: it's intentional to skip signing for boot-debug.img, because it
 # can only be used if the device is unlocked with verification error.
+ifdef BUILDING_BOOT_IMAGE
 ifneq ($(strip $(TARGET_NO_KERNEL)),true)
 ifneq ($(strip $(BOARD_KERNEL_BINARIES)),)
   INSTALLED_DEBUG_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET := $(foreach k,$(subst kernel,boot-debug,$(BOARD_KERNEL_BINARIES)), \
@@ -2148,6 +2149,7 @@ bootimage_debug-nodeps: $(MKBOOTIMG)
 	$(foreach b,$(INSTALLED_DEBUG_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET),$(call build-debug-bootimage-target,$b))
 
 endif # TARGET_NO_KERNEL
+endif # BUILDING_BOOT_IMAGE
 
 ifeq ($(BUILDING_VENDOR_BOOT_IMAGE),true)
 ifeq ($(BUILDING_RAMDISK_IMAGE),true)
diff --git a/core/board_config.mk b/core/board_config.mk
index 95d8af88f0..05b6b29c16 100644
--- a/core/board_config.mk
+++ b/core/board_config.mk
@@ -342,23 +342,29 @@ endif
 
 # Are we building a boot image
 BUILDING_BOOT_IMAGE :=
-ifeq ($(BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT),true)
-  BUILDING_BOOT_IMAGE :=
-else ifeq ($(PRODUCT_BUILD_BOOT_IMAGE),)
-  ifdef BOARD_BOOTIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE
+ifeq ($(PRODUCT_BUILD_BOOT_IMAGE),)
+  ifeq ($(BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT),true)
+    BUILDING_BOOT_IMAGE :=
+  else ifdef BOARD_BOOTIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE
     BUILDING_BOOT_IMAGE := true
   endif
 else ifeq ($(PRODUCT_BUILD_BOOT_IMAGE),true)
-  BUILDING_BOOT_IMAGE := true
+  ifeq ($(BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT),true)
+    $(warning *** PRODUCT_BUILD_BOOT_IMAGE is true, but so is BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT.)
+    $(warning *** Skipping building boot image.)
+    BUILDING_BOOT_IMAGE :=
+  else
+    BUILDING_BOOT_IMAGE := true
+  endif
 endif
 .KATI_READONLY := BUILDING_BOOT_IMAGE
 
 # Are we building a recovery image
 BUILDING_RECOVERY_IMAGE :=
-ifeq ($(BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT),true)
-  BUILDING_RECOVERY_IMAGE := true
-else ifeq ($(PRODUCT_BUILD_RECOVERY_IMAGE),)
-  ifdef BOARD_RECOVERYIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE
+ifeq ($(PRODUCT_BUILD_RECOVERY_IMAGE),)
+  ifeq ($(BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT),true)
+    BUILDING_RECOVERY_IMAGE := true
+  else ifdef BOARD_RECOVERYIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE
     ifeq (,$(filter true, $(TARGET_NO_KERNEL) $(TARGET_NO_RECOVERY)))
       BUILDING_RECOVERY_IMAGE := true
     endif
@@ -372,7 +378,14 @@ endif
 BUILDING_VENDOR_BOOT_IMAGE :=
 ifdef BOARD_BOOT_HEADER_VERSION
   ifneq ($(call math_gt_or_eq,$(BOARD_BOOT_HEADER_VERSION),3),)
-    ifneq ($(TARGET_NO_VENDOR_BOOT),true)
+    ifneq ($(TARGET_NO_VENDOR_BOOT),)
+      $(warning TARGET_NO_VENDOR_BOOT has been deprecated. Please use PRODUCT_BUILD_VENDOR_BOOT_IMAGE.)
+      ifneq ($(TARGET_NO_VENDOR_BOOT),true)
+        BUILDING_VENDOR_BOOT_IMAGE := true
+      endif
+    else ifeq ($(PRODUCT_BUILD_VENDOR_BOOT_IMAGE),)
+      BUILDING_VENDOR_BOOT_IMAGE := true
+    else ifeq ($(PRODUCT_BUILD_VENDOR_BOOT_IMAGE),true)
       BUILDING_VENDOR_BOOT_IMAGE := true
     endif
   endif
diff --git a/core/product.mk b/core/product.mk
index 624501ea85..666e39049a 100644
--- a/core/product.mk
+++ b/core/product.mk
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ _product_single_value_vars += PRODUCT_BUILD_RAMDISK_IMAGE
 _product_single_value_vars += PRODUCT_BUILD_USERDATA_IMAGE
 _product_single_value_vars += PRODUCT_BUILD_RECOVERY_IMAGE
 _product_single_value_vars += PRODUCT_BUILD_BOOT_IMAGE
+_product_single_value_vars += PRODUCT_BUILD_VENDOR_BOOT_IMAGE
 _product_single_value_vars += PRODUCT_BUILD_VBMETA_IMAGE
 
 # List of boot jars delivered via apex