diff --git a/android/arch.go b/android/arch.go
index 0519e76..276dd3b 100644
--- a/android/arch.go
+++ b/android/arch.go
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@
 
 	os := base.commonProperties.CompileOS
 	osTargets := mctx.Config().Targets[os]
-
+	image := base.commonProperties.ImageVariation
 	// Filter NativeBridge targets unless they are explicitly supported
 	if os == Android && !Bool(base.commonProperties.Native_bridge_supported) {
 		var targets []Target
@@ -859,6 +859,12 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	if image == RecoveryVariation {
+		primaryArch := mctx.Config().DevicePrimaryArchType()
+		targets = filterToArch(targets, primaryArch)
+		multiTargets = filterToArch(multiTargets, primaryArch)
+	}
+
 	if len(targets) == 0 {
 		base.commonProperties.Enabled = boolPtr(false)
 		return
@@ -907,6 +913,16 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func filterToArch(targets []Target, arch ArchType) []Target {
+	for i := 0; i < len(targets); i++ {
+		if targets[i].Arch.ArchType != arch {
+			targets = append(targets[:i], targets[i+1:]...)
+			i--
+		}
+	}
+	return targets
+}
+
 // createArchType takes a reflect.Type that is either a struct or a pointer to a struct, and returns a list of
 // reflect.Type that contains the arch-variant properties inside structs for each architecture, os, target, multilib,
 // etc.
diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index b858564..ffcbf32 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -1005,6 +1005,7 @@
 func (m *ModuleBase) baseModuleContextFactory(ctx blueprint.BaseModuleContext) baseModuleContext {
 	return baseModuleContext{
 		BaseModuleContext: ctx,
+		os:                m.commonProperties.CompileOS,
 		target:            m.commonProperties.CompileTarget,
 		targetPrimary:     m.commonProperties.CompilePrimary,
 		multiTargets:      m.commonProperties.CompileMultiTargets,
@@ -1117,6 +1118,7 @@
 
 type baseModuleContext struct {
 	blueprint.BaseModuleContext
+	os            OsType
 	target        Target
 	multiTargets  []Target
 	targetPrimary bool
@@ -1460,27 +1462,27 @@
 }
 
 func (b *baseModuleContext) Os() OsType {
-	return b.target.Os
+	return b.os
 }
 
 func (b *baseModuleContext) Host() bool {
-	return b.target.Os.Class == Host || b.target.Os.Class == HostCross
+	return b.os.Class == Host || b.os.Class == HostCross
 }
 
 func (b *baseModuleContext) Device() bool {
-	return b.target.Os.Class == Device
+	return b.os.Class == Device
 }
 
 func (b *baseModuleContext) Darwin() bool {
-	return b.target.Os == Darwin
+	return b.os == Darwin
 }
 
 func (b *baseModuleContext) Fuchsia() bool {
-	return b.target.Os == Fuchsia
+	return b.os == Fuchsia
 }
 
 func (b *baseModuleContext) Windows() bool {
-	return b.target.Os == Windows
+	return b.os == Windows
 }
 
 func (b *baseModuleContext) Debug() bool {
diff --git a/android/mutator.go b/android/mutator.go
index e9ccd7f..c2bae44 100644
--- a/android/mutator.go
+++ b/android/mutator.go
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@
 
 func registerArchMutator(ctx RegisterMutatorsContext) {
 	ctx.BottomUp("os", osMutator).Parallel()
+	ctx.BottomUp("image", imageMutator).Parallel()
 	ctx.BottomUp("arch", archMutator).Parallel()
 	ctx.TopDown("arch_hooks", archHookMutator).Parallel()
-	ctx.BottomUp("image", imageMutator).Parallel()
 }
 
 var preDeps = []RegisterMutatorFunc{
diff --git a/android/paths_test.go b/android/paths_test.go
index 1d8afa9..a8560a1 100644
--- a/android/paths_test.go
+++ b/android/paths_test.go
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@
 			name: "host binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     hostTarget.Os,
 					target: hostTarget,
 				},
 			},
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@
 			name: "system binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 				},
 			},
@@ -278,6 +280,7 @@
 			name: "vendor binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 					kind:   socSpecificModule,
 				},
@@ -289,6 +292,7 @@
 			name: "odm binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 					kind:   deviceSpecificModule,
 				},
@@ -300,6 +304,7 @@
 			name: "product binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 					kind:   productSpecificModule,
 				},
@@ -311,6 +316,7 @@
 			name: "system_ext binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 					kind:   systemExtSpecificModule,
 				},
@@ -322,6 +328,7 @@
 			name: "root binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 				},
 				inRoot: true,
@@ -333,6 +340,7 @@
 			name: "recovery binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 				},
 				inRecovery: true,
@@ -344,6 +352,7 @@
 			name: "recovery root binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 				},
 				inRecovery: true,
@@ -357,6 +366,7 @@
 			name: "system native test binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 				},
 				inData: true,
@@ -368,6 +378,7 @@
 			name: "vendor native test binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 					kind:   socSpecificModule,
 				},
@@ -380,6 +391,7 @@
 			name: "odm native test binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 					kind:   deviceSpecificModule,
 				},
@@ -392,6 +404,7 @@
 			name: "product native test binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 					kind:   productSpecificModule,
 				},
@@ -405,6 +418,7 @@
 			name: "system_ext native test binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 					kind:   systemExtSpecificModule,
 				},
@@ -418,6 +432,7 @@
 			name: "sanitized system binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 				},
 				inSanitizerDir: true,
@@ -429,6 +444,7 @@
 			name: "sanitized vendor binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 					kind:   socSpecificModule,
 				},
@@ -441,6 +457,7 @@
 			name: "sanitized odm binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 					kind:   deviceSpecificModule,
 				},
@@ -453,6 +470,7 @@
 			name: "sanitized product binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 					kind:   productSpecificModule,
 				},
@@ -466,6 +484,7 @@
 			name: "sanitized system_ext binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 					kind:   systemExtSpecificModule,
 				},
@@ -479,6 +498,7 @@
 			name: "sanitized system native test binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 				},
 				inData:         true,
@@ -491,6 +511,7 @@
 			name: "sanitized vendor native test binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 					kind:   socSpecificModule,
 				},
@@ -504,6 +525,7 @@
 			name: "sanitized odm native test binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 					kind:   deviceSpecificModule,
 				},
@@ -517,6 +539,7 @@
 			name: "sanitized product native test binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 					kind:   productSpecificModule,
 				},
@@ -530,6 +553,7 @@
 			name: "sanitized system_ext native test binary",
 			ctx: &moduleInstallPathContextImpl{
 				baseModuleContext: baseModuleContext{
+					os:     deviceTarget.Os,
 					target: deviceTarget,
 					kind:   systemExtSpecificModule,
 				},
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 4f0ab3a..f90b505 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -1097,8 +1097,8 @@
 	inputsString := strings.Join(inputsList, " ")
 
 	// ensure that the apex includes vendor variants of the direct and indirect deps
-	ensureContains(t, inputsString, "android_arm64_armv8-a_vendor.VER_shared_myapex/mylib.so")
-	ensureContains(t, inputsString, "android_arm64_armv8-a_vendor.VER_shared_myapex/mylib2.so")
+	ensureContains(t, inputsString, "android_vendor.VER_arm64_armv8-a_shared_myapex/mylib.so")
+	ensureContains(t, inputsString, "android_vendor.VER_arm64_armv8-a_shared_myapex/mylib2.so")
 
 	// ensure that the apex does not include core variants
 	ensureNotContains(t, inputsString, "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_myapex/mylib.so")
diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index 512fe8e..77bd7cc 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -2623,14 +2623,6 @@
 		coreVariantNeeded = false
 	}
 
-	if recoveryVariantNeeded {
-		primaryArch := mctx.Config().DevicePrimaryArchType()
-		moduleArch := m.Target().Arch.ArchType
-		if moduleArch != primaryArch {
-			recoveryVariantNeeded = false
-		}
-	}
-
 	for _, variant := range android.FirstUniqueStrings(vendorVariants) {
 		m.Properties.VendorVariants = append(m.Properties.VendorVariants, VendorVariationPrefix+variant)
 	}
diff --git a/cc/cc_test.go b/cc/cc_test.go
index 92c1e3b..3e9f73e 100644
--- a/cc/cc_test.go
+++ b/cc/cc_test.go
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@
 
 const (
 	coreVariant     = "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared"
-	vendorVariant   = "android_arm64_armv8-a_vendor.VER_shared"
-	recoveryVariant = "android_arm64_armv8-a_recovery_shared"
+	vendorVariant   = "android_vendor.VER_arm64_armv8-a_shared"
+	recoveryVariant = "android_recovery_arm64_armv8-a_shared"
 )
 
 func TestFuchsiaDeps(t *testing.T) {
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@
 	vndkCoreLib2ndPath := filepath.Join(vndkLib2ndPath, "shared", "vndk-core")
 	vndkSpLib2ndPath := filepath.Join(vndkLib2ndPath, "shared", "vndk-sp")
 
-	variant := "android_arm64_armv8-a_vendor.VER_shared"
-	variant2nd := "android_arm_armv7-a-neon_vendor.VER_shared"
+	variant := "android_vendor.VER_arm64_armv8-a_shared"
+	variant2nd := "android_vendor.VER_arm_armv7-a-neon_shared"
 
 	checkVndkSnapshot(t, ctx, "libvndk", "libvndk.so", vndkCoreLibPath, variant)
 	checkVndkSnapshot(t, ctx, "libvndk", "libvndk.so", vndkCoreLib2ndPath, variant2nd)
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@
 	assertMapKeys(t, vndkPrivateLibraries(config),
 		[]string{"libft2", "libllndkprivate", "libvndkprivate"})
 
-	vendorVariant27 := "android_arm64_armv8-a_vendor.27_shared"
+	vendorVariant27 := "android_vendor.27_arm64_armv8-a_shared"
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		variant  string
@@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@
 	`)
 
 	// _static variant is used since _shared reuses *.o from the static variant
-	cc := ctx.ModuleForTests("libvendor", "android_arm_armv7-a-neon_vendor.VER_static").Rule("cc")
+	cc := ctx.ModuleForTests("libvendor", "android_vendor.VER_arm_armv7-a-neon_static").Rule("cc")
 	cflags := cc.Args["cFlags"]
 	if !strings.Contains(cflags, "-Imy_include") {
 		t.Errorf("cflags for libvendor must contain -Imy_include, but was %#v.", cflags)
@@ -2062,7 +2062,7 @@
 
 	// runtime_libs for vendor variants have '.vendor' suffixes if the modules have both core
 	// and vendor variants.
-	variant = "android_arm64_armv8-a_vendor.VER_shared"
+	variant = "android_vendor.VER_arm64_armv8-a_shared"
 
 	module = ctx.ModuleForTests("libvendor_available2", variant).Module().(*Module)
 	checkRuntimeLibs(t, []string{"libvendor_available1.vendor"}, module)
@@ -2078,7 +2078,7 @@
 	module := ctx.ModuleForTests("libvendor_available3", variant).Module().(*Module)
 	checkRuntimeLibs(t, []string{"libvendor_available1"}, module)
 
-	variant = "android_arm64_armv8-a_vendor.VER_shared"
+	variant = "android_vendor.VER_arm64_armv8-a_shared"
 	module = ctx.ModuleForTests("libvendor_available3", variant).Module().(*Module)
 	checkRuntimeLibs(t, nil, module)
 }
@@ -2257,7 +2257,7 @@
 	`)
 
 	coreVariant := "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared"
-	vendorVariant := "android_arm64_armv8-a_vendor.VER_shared"
+	vendorVariant := "android_vendor.VER_arm64_armv8-a_shared"
 
 	// test if header search paths are correctly added
 	// _static variant is used since _shared reuses *.o from the static variant
@@ -2304,7 +2304,7 @@
 	`)
 
 	variants := ctx.ModuleVariantsForTests("librecovery")
-	const arm64 = "android_arm64_armv8-a_recovery_shared"
+	const arm64 = "android_recovery_arm64_armv8-a_shared"
 	if len(variants) != 1 || !android.InList(arm64, variants) {
 		t.Errorf("variants of librecovery must be \"%s\" only, but was %#v", arm64, variants)
 	}
diff --git a/cc/genrule.go b/cc/genrule.go
index e74dd4d..b9765a4 100644
--- a/cc/genrule.go
+++ b/cc/genrule.go
@@ -59,12 +59,7 @@
 }
 
 func (g *GenruleExtraProperties) RecoveryVariantNeeded(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) bool {
-	if Bool(g.Recovery_available) {
-		primaryArch := ctx.Config().DevicePrimaryArchType()
-		moduleArch := ctx.Target().Arch.ArchType
-		return moduleArch == primaryArch
-	}
-	return false
+	return Bool(g.Recovery_available)
 }
 
 func (g *GenruleExtraProperties) ExtraImageVariations(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) []string {
diff --git a/sysprop/sysprop_test.go b/sysprop/sysprop_test.go
index 7b90673..5446bdc 100644
--- a/sysprop/sysprop_test.go
+++ b/sysprop/sysprop_test.go
@@ -284,10 +284,10 @@
 
 	// Check for generated cc_library
 	for _, variant := range []string{
-		"android_arm_armv7-a-neon_vendor.VER_shared",
-		"android_arm_armv7-a-neon_vendor.VER_static",
-		"android_arm64_armv8-a_vendor.VER_shared",
-		"android_arm64_armv8-a_vendor.VER_static",
+		"android_vendor.VER_arm_armv7-a-neon_shared",
+		"android_vendor.VER_arm_armv7-a-neon_static",
+		"android_vendor.VER_arm64_armv8-a_shared",
+		"android_vendor.VER_arm64_armv8-a_static",
 	} {
 		ctx.ModuleForTests("libsysprop-platform", variant)
 		ctx.ModuleForTests("libsysprop-vendor", variant)
@@ -311,15 +311,15 @@
 
 	// Check for exported includes
 	coreVariant := "android_arm64_armv8-a_static"
-	vendorVariant := "android_arm64_armv8-a_vendor.VER_static"
+	vendorVariant := "android_vendor.VER_arm64_armv8-a_static"
 
 	platformInternalPath := "libsysprop-platform/android_arm64_armv8-a_static/gen/sysprop/include"
 	platformPublicCorePath := "libsysprop-platform/android_arm64_armv8-a_static/gen/sysprop/public/include"
-	platformPublicVendorPath := "libsysprop-platform/android_arm64_armv8-a_vendor.VER_static/gen/sysprop/public/include"
+	platformPublicVendorPath := "libsysprop-platform/android_vendor.VER_arm64_armv8-a_static/gen/sysprop/public/include"
 
 	platformOnProductPath := "libsysprop-platform-on-product/android_arm64_armv8-a_static/gen/sysprop/public/include"
 
-	vendorInternalPath := "libsysprop-vendor/android_arm64_armv8-a_vendor.VER_static/gen/sysprop/include"
+	vendorInternalPath := "libsysprop-vendor/android_vendor.VER_arm64_armv8-a_static/gen/sysprop/include"
 	vendorPublicPath := "libsysprop-vendor/android_arm64_armv8-a_static/gen/sysprop/public/include"
 
 	platformClient := ctx.ModuleForTests("cc-client-platform", coreVariant)