diff --git a/android/mutator.go b/android/mutator.go
index c6b667696..b361c51ce 100644
--- a/android/mutator.go
+++ b/android/mutator.go
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ package android
 
 import (
 	"android/soong/bazel"
-	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
-	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
@@ -519,12 +517,6 @@ func (t *topDownMutatorContext) CreateBazelTargetModule(
 	name string,
 	bazelProps bazel.BazelTargetModuleProperties,
 	attrs interface{}) {
-	if strings.HasPrefix(name, bazel.BazelTargetModuleNamePrefix) {
-		panic(fmt.Errorf(
-			"The %s name prefix is added automatically, do not set it manually: %s",
-			bazel.BazelTargetModuleNamePrefix,
-			name))
-	}
 
 	info := bp2buildInfo{
 		Name:       name,
diff --git a/bazel/properties.go b/bazel/properties.go
index ed4e9fc9a..d3b40a242 100644
--- a/bazel/properties.go
+++ b/bazel/properties.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 // BazelTargetModuleProperties contain properties and metadata used for
@@ -32,12 +31,6 @@ type BazelTargetModuleProperties struct {
 	Bzl_load_location string `blueprint:"mutated"`
 }
 
-const BazelTargetModuleNamePrefix = "__bp2build__"
-
-func StripNamePrefix(moduleName string) string {
-	return strings.TrimPrefix(moduleName, BazelTargetModuleNamePrefix)
-}
-
 var productVariableSubstitutionPattern = regexp.MustCompile("%(d|s)")
 
 // Label is used to represent a Bazel compatible Label. Also stores the original
diff --git a/bp2build/build_conversion.go b/bp2build/build_conversion.go
index 10e2329b1..2cbb5579e 100644
--- a/bp2build/build_conversion.go
+++ b/bp2build/build_conversion.go
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ type bpToBuildContext interface {
 }
 
 type CodegenContext struct {
-	config                  android.Config
-	context                 android.Context
-	mode                    CodegenMode
-	additionalDeps          []string
+	config             android.Config
+	context            android.Context
+	mode               CodegenMode
+	additionalDeps     []string
 	unconvertedDepMode unconvertedDepsMode
 }
 
@@ -710,10 +710,6 @@ func makeIndent(indent int) string {
 	return strings.Repeat("    ", indent)
 }
 
-func targetNameForBp2Build(c bpToBuildContext, logicModule blueprint.Module) string {
-	return strings.Replace(c.ModuleName(logicModule), bazel.BazelTargetModuleNamePrefix, "", 1)
-}
-
 func targetNameWithVariant(c bpToBuildContext, logicModule blueprint.Module) string {
 	name := ""
 	if c.ModuleSubDir(logicModule) != "" {
diff --git a/bp2build/compatibility.go b/bp2build/compatibility.go
index 5baa5249b..01dbdb9df 100644
--- a/bp2build/compatibility.go
+++ b/bp2build/compatibility.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package bp2build
 
 import (
-	"android/soong/bazel"
 	"fmt"
 )
 
@@ -16,9 +15,6 @@ type CodegenCompatLayer struct {
 
 // Log an entry of module name -> Bazel target label.
 func (compatLayer CodegenCompatLayer) AddNameToLabelEntry(name, label string) {
-	// The module name may be prefixed with bazel.BazelTargetModuleNamePrefix if
-	// generated from bp2build.
-	name = bazel.StripNamePrefix(name)
 	if existingLabel, ok := compatLayer.NameToLabelMap[name]; ok {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf(
 			"Module '%s' maps to more than one Bazel target label: %s, %s. "+