diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidResourceValidatorActionBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidResourceValidatorActionBuilder.java
index 251813a66f8c9e..f89dfdd5367792 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidResourceValidatorActionBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidResourceValidatorActionBuilder.java
@@ -229,9 +229,6 @@ private ResourceContainer createValidateAction(
 
     ImmutableList.Builder<Artifact> inputs = ImmutableList.builder();
 
-    builder.addExecPath("--annotationJar", sdk.getAnnotationsJar());
-    inputs.add(sdk.getAnnotationsJar());
-
     builder.addExecPath("--androidJar", sdk.getAndroidJar());
     inputs.add(sdk.getAndroidJar());
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidResourcesProcessorBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidResourcesProcessorBuilder.java
index 275af451a81916..16ebb20876feb9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidResourcesProcessorBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidResourcesProcessorBuilder.java
@@ -449,9 +449,6 @@ private void configureCommonFlags(
       builder.add("--buildToolsVersion", sdk.getBuildToolsVersion());
     }
 
-    builder.addExecPath("--annotationJar", sdk.getAnnotationsJar());
-    inputs.add(sdk.getAnnotationsJar());
-
     builder.addExecPath("--androidJar", sdk.getAndroidJar());
     inputs.add(sdk.getAndroidJar());
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidRuleClasses.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidRuleClasses.java
index 1e94bd189e7198..b084e0f60f16fa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidRuleClasses.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidRuleClasses.java
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ public RuleClass build(Builder builder, RuleDefinitionEnvironment environment) {
               .cfg(HostTransition.INSTANCE)
               .allowedFileTypes(ANY_FILE))
           .add(attr("annotations_jar", LABEL)
-              .mandatory()
               .cfg(HostTransition.INSTANCE)
               .allowedFileTypes(ANY_FILE))
           .add(attr("main_dex_classes", LABEL)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidSdk.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidSdk.java
index 9f79e3a752c8a4..e8f7051b8042f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidSdk.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidSdk.java
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ public ConfiguredTarget create(RuleContext ruleContext)
     Artifact sourceProperties = ruleContext.getHostPrerequisiteArtifact("source_properties");
     Artifact shrinkedAndroidJar =
         ruleContext.getPrerequisiteArtifact("shrinked_android_jar", Mode.HOST);
-    Artifact annotationsJar = ruleContext.getPrerequisiteArtifact("annotations_jar", Mode.HOST);
     Artifact mainDexClasses = ruleContext.getPrerequisiteArtifact("main_dex_classes", Mode.HOST);
 
     if (ruleContext.hasErrors()) {
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ public ConfiguredTarget create(RuleContext ruleContext)
                 androidJar,
                 sourceProperties,
                 shrinkedAndroidJar,
-                annotationsJar,
                 mainDexClasses,
                 adb,
                 dx,
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidSdkProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidSdkProvider.java
index 5fb856bb8f1362..699a870283b257 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidSdkProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidSdkProvider.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ public static AndroidSdkProvider create(
       Artifact androidJar,
       @Nullable Artifact sourceProperties,
       Artifact shrinkedAndroidJar,
-      Artifact annotationsJar,
       Artifact mainDexClasses,
       FilesToRunProvider adb,
       FilesToRunProvider dx,
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ public static AndroidSdkProvider create(
         androidJar,
         sourceProperties,
         shrinkedAndroidJar,
-        annotationsJar,
         mainDexClasses,
         adb,
         dx,
@@ -101,8 +99,6 @@ public static void verifyPresence(RuleContext ruleContext) throws RuleErrorExcep
 
   public abstract Artifact getShrinkedAndroidJar();
 
-  public abstract Artifact getAnnotationsJar();
-
   public abstract Artifact getMainDexClasses();
 
   public abstract FilesToRunProvider getAdb();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/ResourceShrinkerActionBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/ResourceShrinkerActionBuilder.java
index 251672c9810aa1..5cad979ba80a4b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/ResourceShrinkerActionBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/ResourceShrinkerActionBuilder.java
@@ -151,9 +151,6 @@ public Artifact build() throws RuleErrorException {
       commandLine.addExecPath("--aapt", aapt.getExecutable());
     }
 
-    commandLine.addExecPath("--annotationJar", sdk.getAnnotationsJar());
-    inputs.add(sdk.getAnnotationsJar());
-
     commandLine.addExecPath("--androidJar", sdk.getAndroidJar());
     inputs.add(sdk.getAndroidJar());