diff --git a/core/clear_vars.mk b/core/clear_vars.mk
index 270a140..0c94ac3 100644
--- a/core/clear_vars.mk
+++ b/core/clear_vars.mk
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@
 LOCAL_JAR_PROCESSOR:=
 LOCAL_JAR_PROCESSOR_ARGS:=
 LOCAL_JAVACFLAGS:=
-LOCAL_JAVAC_SHARD_SIZE:=
 LOCAL_JAVA_LANGUAGE_VERSION:=
 LOCAL_JAVA_LAYERS_FILE:=
 LOCAL_JAVA_LIBRARIES:=
diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 1fb03ff..836471a 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -2222,16 +2222,6 @@
 $(hide) tr ' ' '\n' < $@.tmp | $(NORMALIZE_PATH) | sort -u > $@
 endef
 
-# $(1): sharding number.
-# $(2): Java source files paths.
-define save-sharded-java-source-list
-$(java_source_list_file).shard.$(1): $(2) $$(NORMALIZE_PATH)
-	@echo "shard java source list: $$@"
-	rm -f $$@
-	$$(call dump-words-to-file,$(2),$$@.tmp)
-	$(hide) tr ' ' '\n' < $$@.tmp | $$(NORMALIZE_PATH) | sort -u > $$@
-endef
-
 # Common definition to invoke javac on the host and target.
 #
 # $(1): javac
@@ -2280,36 +2270,6 @@
 $(if $(PRIVATE_EXTRA_JAR_ARGS),$(call add-java-resources-to,$@))
 endef
 
-# $(1): Javac output jar name.
-# $(2): Java source list file.
-# $(3): Java header libs.
-# $(4): Javac sharding number.
-# $(5): Javac sources deps (the arg may neeed $$ in case of containing '#')
-define create-classes-full-debug.jar
-$(1): PRIVATE_JAVACFLAGS := $$(LOCAL_JAVACFLAGS) $$(annotation_processor_flags)
-$(1): PRIVATE_JAR_EXCLUDE_FILES := $$(LOCAL_JAR_EXCLUDE_FILES)
-$(1): PRIVATE_JAR_PACKAGES := $$(LOCAL_JAR_PACKAGES)
-$(1): PRIVATE_JAR_EXCLUDE_PACKAGES := $$(LOCAL_JAR_EXCLUDE_PACKAGES)
-$(1): PRIVATE_DONT_DELETE_JAR_META_INF := $$(LOCAL_DONT_DELETE_JAR_META_INF)
-$(1): PRIVATE_JAVA_SOURCE_LIST := $(2)
-$(1): PRIVATE_ALL_JAVA_HEADER_LIBRARIES := $(3)
-$(1): PRIVATE_CLASS_INTERMEDIATES_DIR := $(intermediates.COMMON)/classes$(4)
-$(1): PRIVATE_ANNO_INTERMEDIATES_DIR := $(intermediates.COMMON)/anno$(4)
-$(1): \
-    $(2) \
-    $(3) \
-    $(5) \
-    $$(full_java_bootclasspath_libs) \
-    $$(full_java_system_modules_deps) \
-    $$(layers_file) \
-    $$(annotation_processor_deps) \
-    $$(NORMALIZE_PATH) \
-    $$(JAR_ARGS) \
-    | $$(SOONG_JAVAC_WRAPPER)
-	@echo "Target Java: $$@ ($$(PRIVATE_CLASS_INTERMEDIATES_DIR))"
-	$$(call compile-java,$$(TARGET_JAVAC),$$(PRIVATE_ALL_JAVA_HEADER_LIBRARIES))
-endef
-
 define transform-java-to-header.jar
 @echo "$($(PRIVATE_PREFIX)DISPLAY) Turbine: $(PRIVATE_MODULE)"
 @mkdir -p $(dir $@)
diff --git a/core/java.mk b/core/java.mk
index ebb86af..d6f74f0 100644
--- a/core/java.mk
+++ b/core/java.mk
@@ -327,34 +327,6 @@
 java_intermediate_sources := $(addprefix $(TARGET_OUT_COMMON_INTERMEDIATES)/, $(filter %.java,$(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_SOURCES)))
 all_java_sources := $(java_sources) $(java_intermediate_sources)
 
-enable_sharding :=
-ifneq ($(TURBINE_ENABLED),false)
-ifneq ($(LOCAL_JAVAC_SHARD_SIZE),)
-ifneq ($(LOCAL_JAR_PROCESSOR),)
-$(call pretty-error,Cannot set both LOCAL_JAVAC_SHARD_SIZE and LOCAL_JAR_PROCESSOR!)
-endif # LOCAL_JAR_PROCESSOR is not empty
-enable_sharding := true
-
-num_shards := $(call int_divide,$(words $(java_sources)),$(LOCAL_JAVAC_SHARD_SIZE))
-ifneq ($(words $(java_sources)),$(call int_multiply,$(LOCAL_JAVAC_SHARD_SIZE),$(num_shards)))
-# increment number of shards by 1.
-num_shards := $(call int_plus,$(num_shards),1)
-endif
-
-shard_idx_list := $(call int_range_list,1,$(num_shards))
-sharded_java_source_list_files += $(foreach x,$(shard_idx_list),$(java_source_list_file).shard.$(x))
-sharded_jar_list += $(foreach x,$(shard_idx_list),$(full_classes_compiled_jar).shard.$(x))
-
-# always put dynamically-located .java files (generated by Proto/resource, etc) in a new final shard.
-# increment number of shards by 1.
-num_shards := $(call int_plus,$(num_shards),1)
-sharded_java_source_list_files += $(java_source_list_file).shard.$(num_shards)
-sharded_jar_list += $(full_classes_compiled_jar).shard.$(num_shards)
-LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS += $(sharded_java_source_list_files)
-LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS += $(sharded_jar_list)
-endif # LOCAL_JAVAC_SHARD_SIZE is not empty
-endif # TURBINE_ENABLED != false
-
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/java_common.mk
 
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/sdk_check.mk
@@ -435,48 +407,6 @@
 $(java_source_list_file): $(java_sources_deps)
 	$(write-java-source-list)
 
-ifdef enable_sharding
-$(foreach x,$(shard_idx_list),\
-  $(eval $(call save-sharded-java-source-list,$(x),\
-    $(wordlist $(call int_plus,1,$(call int_multiply,$(LOCAL_JAVAC_SHARD_SIZE),$(call int_subtract,$(x),1))),\
-      $(call int_multiply,$(LOCAL_JAVAC_SHARD_SIZE),$(x)),$(sort $(java_sources))))))
-
-# always put dynamically-located .java files (generated by Proto/resource, etc) in a new final shard.
-$(java_source_list_file).shard.$(num_shards): PRIVATE_JAVA_INTERMEDIATE_SOURCES := $(java_intermediate_sources)
-$(java_source_list_file).shard.$(num_shards): $(java_resource_sources) \
-    $(RenderScript_file_stamp) \
-    $(proto_java_sources_file_stamp) \
-    $(LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_DEPENDENCIES) \
-    $(NORMALIZE_PATH)
-	$(hide) rm -f $@
-	$(call dump-words-to-file,$(PRIVATE_JAVA_INTERMEDIATE_SOURCES),$@.tmp)
-	$(call fetch-additional-java-source,$@.tmp)
-	$(hide) tr ' ' '\n' < $@.tmp | $(NORMALIZE_PATH) | sort -u > $@
-
-# Javac sharding with header libs including its own header jar as one of dependency.
-$(foreach x,$(shard_idx_list),\
-  $(eval $(call create-classes-full-debug.jar,$(full_classes_compiled_jar).shard.$(x),\
-    $(java_source_list_file).shard.$(x),\
-      $(full_java_header_libs) $(full_classes_header_jar),$(x),\
-        $(wordlist $(call int_plus,1,$(call int_multiply,$(LOCAL_JAVAC_SHARD_SIZE),$(call int_subtract,$(x),1))),\
-          $(call int_multiply,$(LOCAL_JAVAC_SHARD_SIZE),$(x)),$(sort $(java_sources))))))
-
-# Javac sharding for last shard with additional Java dependencies.
-$(eval $(call create-classes-full-debug.jar,$(full_classes_compiled_jar).shard.$(num_shards),\
-  $(java_source_list_file).shard.$(num_shards),$(full_java_header_libs) $(full_classes_header_jar),$(strip \
-    $(num_shards)),$$(java_resource_sources) $$(RenderScript_file_stamp) \
-      $$(proto_java_sources_file_stamp) $$(LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_DEPENDENCIES)))
-
-$(full_classes_compiled_jar): PRIVATE_SHARDED_JAR_LIST := $(sharded_jar_list)
-$(full_classes_compiled_jar): $(sharded_jar_list) | $(MERGE_ZIPS)
-	$(MERGE_ZIPS) -j $@ $(PRIVATE_SHARDED_JAR_LIST)
-else
-# we can't use single $ for java_sources_deps since it may contain hash '#' sign.
-$(eval $(call create-classes-full-debug.jar,$(full_classes_compiled_jar),\
-  $(java_source_list_file),$(full_java_header_libs),,$$(java_sources_deps)))
-
-endif # ifdef enable_sharding
-
 ifneq ($(TURBINE_ENABLED),false)
 
 $(full_classes_turbine_jar): PRIVATE_JAVACFLAGS := $(LOCAL_JAVACFLAGS) $(annotation_processor_flags)
@@ -510,6 +440,27 @@
 
 endif # TURBINE_ENABLED != false
 
+$(full_classes_compiled_jar): PRIVATE_JAVACFLAGS := $(LOCAL_JAVACFLAGS) $(annotation_processor_flags)
+$(full_classes_compiled_jar): PRIVATE_JAR_EXCLUDE_FILES := $(LOCAL_JAR_EXCLUDE_FILES)
+$(full_classes_compiled_jar): PRIVATE_JAR_PACKAGES := $(LOCAL_JAR_PACKAGES)
+$(full_classes_compiled_jar): PRIVATE_JAR_EXCLUDE_PACKAGES := $(LOCAL_JAR_EXCLUDE_PACKAGES)
+$(full_classes_compiled_jar): PRIVATE_DONT_DELETE_JAR_META_INF := $(LOCAL_DONT_DELETE_JAR_META_INF)
+$(full_classes_compiled_jar): PRIVATE_JAVA_SOURCE_LIST := $(java_source_list_file)
+$(full_classes_compiled_jar): PRIVATE_ALL_JAVA_HEADER_LIBRARIES := $(full_java_header_libs)
+$(full_classes_compiled_jar): \
+    $(java_source_list_file) \
+    $(full_java_header_libs) \
+    $(java_sources_deps) \
+    $(full_java_bootclasspath_libs) \
+    $(full_java_system_modules_deps) \
+    $(layers_file) \
+    $(annotation_processor_deps) \
+    $(NORMALIZE_PATH) \
+    $(JAR_ARGS) \
+    | $(SOONG_JAVAC_WRAPPER)
+	@echo "Target Java: $@
+	$(call compile-java,$(TARGET_JAVAC),$(PRIVATE_ALL_JAVA_HEADER_LIBRARIES))
+
 javac-check : $(full_classes_compiled_jar)
 javac-check-$(LOCAL_MODULE) : $(full_classes_compiled_jar)
 
diff --git a/core/package_internal.mk b/core/package_internal.mk
index cb56c55..87380cc 100644
--- a/core/package_internal.mk
+++ b/core/package_internal.mk
@@ -364,7 +364,6 @@
 # Make sure the data-binding process happens before javac and generation of R.java.
 $(R_file_stamp): $(data_binding_stamp)
 $(java_source_list_file): $(data_binding_stamp)
-$(foreach x,$(sharded_java_source_list_files),$(eval $(x): $(data_binding_stamp)))
 $(full_classes_compiled_jar): $(data_binding_stamp)
 endif  # LOCAL_DATA_BINDING
 
@@ -470,7 +469,6 @@
 # The R.java file must exist by the time the java source
 # list is generated
 $(java_source_list_file): $(R_file_stamp)
-$(foreach x,$(sharded_java_source_list_files),$(eval $(x): $(R_file_stamp)))
 
 endif  # need_compile_res
 
diff --git a/core/static_java_library.mk b/core/static_java_library.mk
index 176d169..059a69e 100644
--- a/core/static_java_library.mk
+++ b/core/static_java_library.mk
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@
 
 $(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): $(R_file_stamp)
 $(java_source_list_file): $(R_file_stamp)
-$(foreach x,$(sharded_java_source_list_files),$(eval $(x): $(R_file_stamp)))
 $(full_classes_compiled_jar): $(R_file_stamp)
 $(full_classes_turbine_jar): $(R_file_stamp)