diff --git a/android/arch.go b/android/arch.go
index 6b81022..f732a7d 100644
--- a/android/arch.go
+++ b/android/arch.go
@@ -1199,14 +1199,6 @@
 				if bionicProperties, ok := getChildPropertyStruct(ctx, targetProp, field, prefix); ok {
 					mergePropertyStruct(ctx, genProps, bionicProperties)
 				}
-
-				// Special case:  to ease the transition from glibc to musl, apply linux_glibc
-				// properties (which has historically mean host linux) to musl variants.
-				field = "Linux_glibc"
-				prefix = "target.linux_glibc"
-				if bionicProperties, ok := getChildPropertyStruct(ctx, targetProp, field, prefix); ok {
-					mergePropertyStruct(ctx, genProps, bionicProperties)
-				}
 			}
 
 			// Handle target OS properties in the form:
@@ -1426,14 +1418,6 @@
 			if osArchProperties, ok := getChildPropertyStruct(ctx, targetProp, field, userFriendlyField); ok {
 				result = append(result, osArchProperties)
 			}
-
-			// Special case:  to ease the transition from glibc to musl, apply linux_glibc
-			// properties (which has historically mean host linux) to musl variants.
-			field = "Linux_glibc_" + archType.Name
-			userFriendlyField = "target.linux_glibc_" + archType.Name
-			if osArchProperties, ok := getChildPropertyStruct(ctx, targetProp, field, userFriendlyField); ok {
-				result = append(result, osArchProperties)
-			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/android/arch_test.go b/android/arch_test.go
index 68dc7f5..dd0b115 100644
--- a/android/arch_test.go
+++ b/android/arch_test.go
@@ -606,12 +606,12 @@
 				{
 					module:   "foo",
 					variant:  "linux_musl_x86_64",
-					property: []string{"root", "host", "linux", "host_linux", "musl", "linux_glibc", "linux_musl", "not_windows", "x86_64", "lib64", "linux_x86_64", "linux_musl_x86_64", "linux_glibc_x86_64"},
+					property: []string{"root", "host", "linux", "host_linux", "musl", "linux_musl", "not_windows", "x86_64", "lib64", "linux_x86_64", "linux_musl_x86_64"},
 				},
 				{
 					module:   "foo",
 					variant:  "linux_musl_x86",
-					property: []string{"root", "host", "linux", "host_linux", "musl", "linux_glibc", "linux_musl", "not_windows", "x86", "lib32", "linux_x86", "linux_musl_x86", "linux_glibc_x86"},
+					property: []string{"root", "host", "linux", "host_linux", "musl", "linux_musl", "not_windows", "x86", "lib32", "linux_x86", "linux_musl_x86"},
 				},
 			},
 		},