diff --git a/tools/resources/OWNERS b/tools/resources/OWNERS
index b6a4905ed28203..fb33baa04a3510 100644
--- a/tools/resources/OWNERS
+++ b/tools/resources/OWNERS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-agrieve@chromium.org
+per-file generate_resource_whitelist.*=agrieve@chromium.org
 per-file generate_resource_whitelist.*=estevenson@chromium.org
+per-file filter_resource_whitelist.*=agrieve@chromium.org
 per-file filter_resource_whitelist.*=zpeng@chromium.org
diff --git a/tools/resources/dummy.c b/tools/resources/dummy.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 1230b7059c03e8..00000000000000
--- a/tools/resources/dummy.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-// found in the LICENSE file.
-
-int main(int argc, char**argv) {
-  return 0;
-}
diff --git a/tools/resources/generate_resource_whitelist.gni b/tools/resources/generate_resource_whitelist.gni
index d663ea26aa39a7..33bc4b87a47159 100644
--- a/tools/resources/generate_resource_whitelist.gni
+++ b/tools/resources/generate_resource_whitelist.gni
@@ -21,24 +21,17 @@
 #     output = "$target_gen_dir/pak_whitelist.txt"
 #   }
 template("generate_resource_whitelist") {
-  # Wrap the shared_library in an executable so that it does not get added
-  # as a data_dep.
-  # TODO(crbug/748113): Remove once GN has a way to specify compile-only deps.
-  executable("${target_name}__exec") {
-    forward_variables_from(invoker, [ "deps" ])
-    sources = [
-      "//tools/resources/dummy.c",
-    ]
-  }
   action(target_name) {
-    deps = [
-      ":${target_name}__exec",
-    ]
+    forward_variables_from(invoker, [ "deps" ])
     assert(is_android,
            "Resource whitelist currently implemented only on Android")
 
     script = "//tools/resources/generate_resource_whitelist.py"
 
+    inputs = [
+      invoker.input,
+    ]
+
     outputs = [
       invoker.output,
     ]