diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index 6f247ab18..9de5294a0 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -1176,24 +1176,15 @@ func (ctx *androidModuleContext) ExpandOptionalSource(srcFile *string, prop stri
 func (ctx *androidModuleContext) ExpandSourcesSubDir(srcFiles, excludes []string, subDir string) Paths {
 	prefix := PathForModuleSrc(ctx).String()
 
-	expandedExcludes := make([]string, 0, len(excludes))
-
-	for _, e := range excludes {
-		if m := SrcIsModule(e); m != "" {
-			module := ctx.GetDirectDepWithTag(m, SourceDepTag)
-			if module == nil {
-				// Error will have been handled by ExtractSourcesDeps
-				continue
-			}
-			if srcProducer, ok := module.(SourceFileProducer); ok {
-				expandedExcludes = append(expandedExcludes, srcProducer.Srcs().Strings()...)
-			} else {
-				ctx.ModuleErrorf("srcs dependency %q is not a source file producing module", m)
-			}
-		} else {
-			expandedExcludes = append(expandedExcludes, filepath.Join(prefix, e))
+	for i, e := range excludes {
+		j := findStringInSlice(e, srcFiles)
+		if j != -1 {
+			srcFiles = append(srcFiles[:j], srcFiles[j+1:]...)
 		}
+
+		excludes[i] = filepath.Join(prefix, e)
 	}
+
 	expandedSrcFiles := make(Paths, 0, len(srcFiles))
 	for _, s := range srcFiles {
 		if m := SrcIsModule(s); m != "" {
@@ -1203,33 +1194,22 @@ func (ctx *androidModuleContext) ExpandSourcesSubDir(srcFiles, excludes []string
 				continue
 			}
 			if srcProducer, ok := module.(SourceFileProducer); ok {
-				moduleSrcs := srcProducer.Srcs()
-				for _, e := range expandedExcludes {
-					for j, ms := range moduleSrcs {
-						if ms.String() == e {
-							moduleSrcs = append(moduleSrcs[:j], moduleSrcs[j+1:]...)
-						}
-					}
-				}
-				expandedSrcFiles = append(expandedSrcFiles, moduleSrcs...)
+				expandedSrcFiles = append(expandedSrcFiles, srcProducer.Srcs()...)
 			} else {
 				ctx.ModuleErrorf("srcs dependency %q is not a source file producing module", m)
 			}
 		} else if pathtools.IsGlob(s) {
-			globbedSrcFiles := ctx.Glob(filepath.Join(prefix, s), expandedExcludes)
+			globbedSrcFiles := ctx.Glob(filepath.Join(prefix, s), excludes)
 			for i, s := range globbedSrcFiles {
 				globbedSrcFiles[i] = s.(ModuleSrcPath).WithSubDir(ctx, subDir)
 			}
 			expandedSrcFiles = append(expandedSrcFiles, globbedSrcFiles...)
 		} else {
-			p := PathForModuleSrc(ctx, s).WithSubDir(ctx, subDir)
-			j := findStringInSlice(p.String(), expandedExcludes)
-			if j == -1 {
-				expandedSrcFiles = append(expandedSrcFiles, p)
-			}
-
+			s := PathForModuleSrc(ctx, s).WithSubDir(ctx, subDir)
+			expandedSrcFiles = append(expandedSrcFiles, s)
 		}
 	}
+
 	return expandedSrcFiles
 }
 
diff --git a/cc/compiler.go b/cc/compiler.go
index dd1cdeedc..0d8e3a165 100644
--- a/cc/compiler.go
+++ b/cc/compiler.go
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ func (compiler *baseCompiler) compilerDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
 	deps.GeneratedHeaders = append(deps.GeneratedHeaders, compiler.Properties.Generated_headers...)
 
 	android.ExtractSourcesDeps(ctx, compiler.Properties.Srcs)
-	android.ExtractSourcesDeps(ctx, compiler.Properties.Exclude_srcs)
 
 	if compiler.hasSrcExt(".proto") {
 		deps = protoDeps(ctx, deps, &compiler.Proto, Bool(compiler.Properties.Proto.Static))
diff --git a/genrule/filegroup.go b/genrule/filegroup.go
index 9f4aa10d3..8f28638be 100644
--- a/genrule/filegroup.go
+++ b/genrule/filegroup.go
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ func FileGroupFactory() android.Module {
 
 func (fg *fileGroup) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	android.ExtractSourcesDeps(ctx, fg.properties.Srcs)
-	android.ExtractSourcesDeps(ctx, fg.properties.Exclude_srcs)
 }
 
 func (fg *fileGroup) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index f55a7f5be..955b720bb 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -466,7 +466,6 @@ func (j *Module) deps(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), libTag, j.properties.Annotation_processors...)
 
 	android.ExtractSourcesDeps(ctx, j.properties.Srcs)
-	android.ExtractSourcesDeps(ctx, j.properties.Exclude_srcs)
 	android.ExtractSourcesDeps(ctx, j.properties.Java_resources)
 	android.ExtractSourceDeps(ctx, j.properties.Manifest)
 
diff --git a/java/java_test.go b/java/java_test.go
index 19c5f21bc..60d9a4082 100644
--- a/java/java_test.go
+++ b/java/java_test.go
@@ -131,19 +131,16 @@ func testContext(config android.Config, bp string,
 	}
 
 	mockFS := map[string][]byte{
-		"Android.bp":     []byte(bp),
-		"a.java":         nil,
-		"b.java":         nil,
-		"c.java":         nil,
-		"b.kt":           nil,
-		"a.jar":          nil,
-		"b.jar":          nil,
-		"java-res/a":     nil,
-		"java-res/b":     nil,
-		"java-res2/a":    nil,
-		"java-fg/a.java": nil,
-		"java-fg/b.java": nil,
-		"java-fg/c.java": nil,
+		"Android.bp":  []byte(bp),
+		"a.java":      nil,
+		"b.java":      nil,
+		"c.java":      nil,
+		"b.kt":        nil,
+		"a.jar":       nil,
+		"b.jar":       nil,
+		"java-res/a":  nil,
+		"java-res/b":  nil,
+		"java-res2/a": nil,
 
 		"prebuilts/sdk/14/android.jar":                nil,
 		"prebuilts/sdk/14/framework.aidl":             nil,
@@ -910,32 +907,6 @@ func TestJarGenrules(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestExcludeFileGroupInSrcs(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := testJava(t, `
-		java_library {
-			name: "foo",
-			srcs: ["a.java", ":foo-srcs"],
-			exclude_srcs: ["a.java", ":foo-excludes"],
-		}
-
-		filegroup {
-			name: "foo-srcs",
-			srcs: ["java-fg/a.java", "java-fg/b.java", "java-fg/c.java"],
-		}
-
-		filegroup {
-			name: "foo-excludes",
-			srcs: ["java-fg/a.java", "java-fg/b.java"],
-		}
-	`)
-
-	javac := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common").Rule("javac")
-
-	if len(javac.Inputs) != 1 || javac.Inputs[0].String() != "java-fg/c.java" {
-		t.Errorf(`foo inputs %v != ["java-fg/c.java"]`, javac.Inputs)
-	}
-}
-
 func fail(t *testing.T, errs []error) {
 	t.Helper()
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
diff --git a/python/python.go b/python/python.go
index ed879eb0d..9a3b1bbc3 100644
--- a/python/python.go
+++ b/python/python.go
@@ -266,13 +266,11 @@ func (p *Module) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	android.ExtractSourcesDeps(ctx, p.properties.Data)
 	// deps from "srcs".
 	android.ExtractSourcesDeps(ctx, p.properties.Srcs)
-	android.ExtractSourcesDeps(ctx, p.properties.Exclude_srcs)
 
 	switch p.properties.Actual_version {
 	case pyVersion2:
 		// deps from "version.py2.srcs" property.
 		android.ExtractSourcesDeps(ctx, p.properties.Version.Py2.Srcs)
-		android.ExtractSourcesDeps(ctx, p.properties.Version.Py2.Exclude_srcs)
 
 		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, pythonLibTag,
 			uniqueLibs(ctx, p.properties.Libs, "version.py2.libs",
@@ -288,7 +286,6 @@ func (p *Module) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	case pyVersion3:
 		// deps from "version.py3.srcs" property.
 		android.ExtractSourcesDeps(ctx, p.properties.Version.Py3.Srcs)
-		android.ExtractSourcesDeps(ctx, p.properties.Version.Py3.Exclude_srcs)
 
 		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, pythonLibTag,
 			uniqueLibs(ctx, p.properties.Libs, "version.py3.libs",