diff --git a/rootdir/Android.mk b/rootdir/Android.mk
index 2bceb751a..17d71f7d7 100644
--- a/rootdir/Android.mk
+++ b/rootdir/Android.mk
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ endif
 # create some directories (some are mount points) and symlinks
 LOCAL_POST_INSTALL_CMD := mkdir -p $(addprefix $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/, \
     dev proc sys system data data_mirror odm oem acct config storage mnt apex debug_ramdisk \
-    linkerconfig second_stage_resources $(BOARD_ROOT_EXTRA_FOLDERS)); \
+    linkerconfig second_stage_resources postinstall $(BOARD_ROOT_EXTRA_FOLDERS)); \
     ln -sf /system/bin $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/bin; \
     ln -sf /system/etc $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/etc; \
     ln -sf /data/user_de/0/com.android.shell/files/bugreports $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/bugreports; \
@@ -153,11 +153,6 @@ ifdef BOARD_ROOT_EXTRA_SYMLINKS
     ; mkdir -p $(dir $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/$(word 2,$(p))) \
     ; ln -sf $(word 1,$(p)) $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/$(word 2,$(p)))
 endif
-# The A/B updater uses a top-level /postinstall directory to mount the new
-# system before reboot.
-ifeq ($(AB_OTA_UPDATER),true)
-  LOCAL_POST_INSTALL_CMD += ; mkdir -p $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)/postinstall
-endif
 
 # The init symlink must be a post install command of a file that is to TARGET_ROOT_OUT.
 # Since init.environ.rc is required for init and satisfies that requirement, we hijack it to create the symlink.