diff --git a/core/clear_vars.mk b/core/clear_vars.mk
index 0be21c5507..0a5cb43325 100644
--- a/core/clear_vars.mk
+++ b/core/clear_vars.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # '',true
 LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX:=
 LOCAL_32_BIT_ONLY:=
-LOCAL_AAPT2_ONLY:=
 LOCAL_AAPT_FLAGS:=
 LOCAL_AAPT_INCLUDE_ALL_RESOURCES:=
 LOCAL_AAPT_NAMESPACES:=
@@ -13,15 +12,11 @@ LOCAL_ACONFIG_FILES:=
 LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_CERTIFICATES:=
 LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_CHECKED_MODULE:=
 LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_DEPENDENCIES:=
-LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_HTML_DIR:=
-LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_JAVA_DIR:=
 LOCAL_AIDL_INCLUDES:=
 LOCAL_ALLOW_UNDEFINED_SYMBOLS:=
 LOCAL_ANNOTATION_PROCESSORS:=
 LOCAL_ANNOTATION_PROCESSOR_CLASSES:=
 LOCAL_APEX_KEY_PATH:=
-LOCAL_APIDIFF_NEWAPI:=
-LOCAL_APIDIFF_OLDAPI:=
 LOCAL_APK_LIBRARIES:=
 LOCAL_APK_SET_INSTALL_FILE:=
 LOCAL_APKCERTS_FILE:=
@@ -54,8 +49,6 @@ LOCAL_CPP_EXTENSION:=
 LOCAL_CPPFLAGS:=
 LOCAL_CPP_STD:=
 LOCAL_C_STD:=
-LOCAL_CTS_TEST_PACKAGE:=
-LOCAL_CTS_TEST_RUNNER:=
 LOCAL_CXX:=
 LOCAL_CXX_STL := default
 LOCAL_DEX_PREOPT_APP_IMAGE:=
@@ -74,21 +67,11 @@ LOCAL_DPI_FILE_STEM:=
 LOCAL_DPI_VARIANTS:=
 LOCAL_DROIDDOC_ANNOTATIONS_ZIP :=
 LOCAL_DROIDDOC_API_VERSIONS_XML :=
-LOCAL_DROIDDOC_ASSET_DIR:=
-LOCAL_DROIDDOC_CUSTOM_ASSET_DIR:=
-LOCAL_DROIDDOC_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE_DIR:=
 LOCAL_DROIDDOC_DOC_ZIP :=
-LOCAL_DROIDDOC_HTML_DIR:=
 LOCAL_DROIDDOC_METADATA_ZIP:=
-LOCAL_DROIDDOC_OPTIONS:=
-LOCAL_DROIDDOC_SOURCE_PATH:=
-LOCAL_DROIDDOC_STUB_OUT_DIR:=
 LOCAL_DROIDDOC_STUBS_SRCJAR :=
-LOCAL_DROIDDOC_TEMPLATE_DIR:=
-LOCAL_DROIDDOC_USE_STANDARD_DOCLET:=
 LOCAL_DX_FLAGS:=
 LOCAL_DYLIB_LIBRARIES:=
-LOCAL_EMMA_COVERAGE_FILTER:=
 LOCAL_EMMA_INSTRUMENT:=
 LOCAL_ENFORCE_USES_LIBRARIES:=
 LOCAL_ERROR_PRONE_FLAGS:=
@@ -136,15 +119,8 @@ LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE:=
 LOCAL_IS_RUNTIME_RESOURCE_OVERLAY:=
 LOCAL_IS_UNIT_TEST:=
 LOCAL_TEST_OPTIONS_TAGS:=
-LOCAL_JACK_CLASSPATH:=
 LOCAL_JACK_COVERAGE_EXCLUDE_FILTER:=
 LOCAL_JACK_COVERAGE_INCLUDE_FILTER:=
-# '' (ie disabled), disabled, full, incremental, javac_frontend
-LOCAL_JACK_ENABLED:=$(DEFAULT_JACK_ENABLED)
-LOCAL_JACK_FLAGS:=
-LOCAL_JACK_PLUGIN:=
-LOCAL_JACK_PLUGIN_PATH:=
-LOCAL_JACK_PROGUARD_FLAGS:=
 LOCAL_JAR_EXCLUDE_FILES:=
 LOCAL_JAR_EXCLUDE_PACKAGES:=
 LOCAL_JARJAR_RULES:=
@@ -199,7 +175,6 @@ LOCAL_NDK_STL_VARIANT:=
 LOCAL_NDK_VERSION:=current
 LOCAL_NO_CRT:=
 LOCAL_NO_DEFAULT_COMPILER_FLAGS:=
-LOCAL_NO_FPIE :=
 LOCAL_NO_LIBCRT_BUILTINS:=
 LOCAL_NO_NOTICE_FILE:=
 LOCAL_NO_PIC:=
@@ -338,16 +313,12 @@ LOCAL_USES_LIBRARIES:=
 LOCAL_VENDOR_MODULE:=
 LOCAL_VINTF_FRAGMENTS:=
 LOCAL_VNDK_DEPEND_ON_CORE_VARIANT:=
-LOCAL_VTSC_FLAGS:=
 LOCAL_VTS_INCLUDES:=
 LOCAL_VTS_MODE:=
 LOCAL_WARNINGS_ENABLE:=
 LOCAL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES:=
 LOCAL_YACCFLAGS:=
 LOCAL_CHECK_ELF_FILES:=
-# TODO: deprecate, it does nothing
-OVERRIDE_BUILT_MODULE_PATH:=
-
 # arch specific variables
 LOCAL_ASFLAGS_$(TARGET_ARCH):=
 LOCAL_CFLAGS_$(TARGET_ARCH):=