diff --git a/applypatch/Android.mk b/applypatch/Android.mk
index 98981a6..04ddfd8 100644
--- a/applypatch/Android.mk
+++ b/applypatch/Android.mk
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := main.c
 LOCAL_MODULE := applypatch
+LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(commands_recovery_local_path)
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libapplypatch libmtdutils libmincrypttwrp libbz libminelf
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libz libcutils libstdc++ libc
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := main.c
 LOCAL_MODULE := applypatch_static
 LOCAL_FORCE_STATIC_EXECUTABLE := true
-LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := eng
+LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(commands_recovery_local_path)
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libapplypatch libmtdutils libmincrypttwrp libbz libminelf
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libz libcutils libstdc++ libc