diff --git a/usb/apex/Android.bp b/usb/apex/Android.bp
index 765aa2134b..789a3fcdbb 100644
--- a/usb/apex/Android.bp
+++ b/usb/apex/Android.bp
@@ -16,26 +16,15 @@ package {
     default_applicable_licenses: ["hardware_interfaces_license"],
 }
 
-apex_key {
-    name: "com.android.hardware.usb.key",
-    public_key: "com.android.hardware.usb.avbpubkey",
-    private_key: "com.android.hardware.usb.pem",
-}
-
-android_app_certificate {
-    name: "com.android.hardware.usb.certificate",
-    certificate: "com.android.hardware.usb",
-}
-
 apex {
     name: "com.android.hardware.usb",
     manifest: "manifest.json",
     file_contexts: "file_contexts",
-    key: "com.android.hardware.usb.key",
-    certificate: ":com.android.hardware.usb.certificate",
+    key: "com.android.hardware.key",
+    certificate: ":com.android.hardware.certificate",
     updatable: false,
-    soc_specific: true,
-    use_vndk_as_stable: true,
+    vendor: true,
+
     binaries: ["android.hardware.usb-service.example"],
     prebuilts: [
         "com.android.hardware.usb.rc", // init .rc
@@ -50,7 +39,7 @@ genrule {
     name: "com.android.hardware.usb.rc-gen",
     srcs: [":android.hardware.usb-service.example.rc"],
     out: ["com.android.hardware.usb.rc"],
-    cmd: "sed -E 's/\\/vendor/\\/apex\\/com.android.hardware.usb/' $(in) > $(out)",
+    cmd: "sed -E 's@/vendor/bin@/apex/com.android.hardware.usb/bin@' $(in) > $(out)",
 }
 
 prebuilt_etc {
diff --git a/usb/apex/com.android.hardware.usb.avbpubkey b/usb/apex/com.android.hardware.usb.avbpubkey
deleted file mode 100644
index 0302d6341a..0000000000
Binary files a/usb/apex/com.android.hardware.usb.avbpubkey and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/usb/apex/com.android.hardware.usb.pem b/usb/apex/com.android.hardware.usb.pem
deleted file mode 100644
index e1e57da67e..0000000000
--- a/usb/apex/com.android.hardware.usb.pem
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/usb/apex/com.android.hardware.usb.pk8 b/usb/apex/com.android.hardware.usb.pk8
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f3f39b570..0000000000
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diff --git a/usb/apex/com.android.hardware.usb.x509.pem b/usb/apex/com.android.hardware.usb.x509.pem
deleted file mode 100644
index 210c30d4bf..0000000000
--- a/usb/apex/com.android.hardware.usb.x509.pem
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
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