diff --git a/tools/aapt/Android.mk b/tools/aapt/Android.mk
index d551c8efa00f9..4f84cf9fbc9cd 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/Android.mk
+++ b/tools/aapt/Android.mk
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ aaptTests := \
     tests/Pseudolocales_test.cpp \
     tests/ResourceFilter_test.cpp
 
-aaptCIncludes := \
-    system/core/base/include \
-    external/libpng \
-    external/zlib
-
 aaptHostLdLibs :=
 aaptHostStaticLibs := \
     libandroidfw \
@@ -96,8 +91,8 @@ LOCAL_CPPFLAGS += $(aaptCppFlags)
 ifeq (darwin,$(HOST_OS))
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -D_DARWIN_UNLIMITED_STREAMS
 endif
-LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(aaptCIncludes)
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(aaptSources)
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += $(aaptHostStaticLibs)
 
 include $(BUILD_HOST_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt/StringPool.h b/tools/aapt/StringPool.h
index dbe8c8542185f..4b0d920c32745 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/StringPool.h
+++ b/tools/aapt/StringPool.h
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#include <libexpat/expat.h>
-
 using namespace android;
 
 #define PRINT_STRING_METRICS 0
diff --git a/tools/aapt/XMLNode.h b/tools/aapt/XMLNode.h
index 3161f6500291d..b9e5cd574cdcc 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/XMLNode.h
+++ b/tools/aapt/XMLNode.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include "StringPool.h"
 #include "ResourceTable.h"
 
+#include <expat.h>
+
 class XMLNode;
 
 extern const char* const RESOURCES_ROOT_NAMESPACE;