diff --git a/core/java.mk b/core/java.mk
index f182763516..1ddd23adfa 100644
--- a/core/java.mk
+++ b/core/java.mk
@@ -639,6 +639,7 @@ $(eval $(call copy-one-file,$(full_classes_proguard_jar),$(full_classes_jar)))
 
 $(call define-jar-to-toc-rule, $(full_classes_jar))
 
+ifneq ($(LOCAL_IS_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARY),true)
 ifndef LOCAL_JACK_ENABLED
 $(built_dex_intermediate): PRIVATE_DX_FLAGS := $(LOCAL_DX_FLAGS)
 # If you instrument class files that have local variable debug information in
@@ -660,6 +661,8 @@ $(built_dex): $(built_dex_intermediate)
 	$(hide) rm -f $(dir $@)/classes*.dex
 	$(hide) cp -fp $(dir $<)/classes*.dex $(dir $@)
 
+endif # !LOCAL_IS_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARY
+
 findbugs_xml := $(intermediates.COMMON)/findbugs.xml
 $(findbugs_xml): PRIVATE_AUXCLASSPATH := $(addprefix -auxclasspath ,$(strip \
     $(call normalize-path-list,$(filter %.jar,$(full_java_libs)))))
diff --git a/core/multi_prebuilt.mk b/core/multi_prebuilt.mk
index c53d755016..77c57ab4bd 100644
--- a/core/multi_prebuilt.mk
+++ b/core/multi_prebuilt.mk
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ $(call auto-prebuilt-boilerplate, \
     $(prebuilt_module_tags), \
     , \
     , \
-    $(if $(prebuilt_is_host),classes.jar,javalib.jar))
+    javalib.jar)
 
 $(call auto-prebuilt-boilerplate, \
     $(prebuilt_static_java_libraries), \
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ $(call auto-prebuilt-boilerplate, \
     $(prebuilt_module_tags), \
     , \
     true, \
-    classes.jar)
+    javalib.jar)
 
 prebuilt_static_libs :=
 prebuilt_shared_libs :=
diff --git a/core/prebuilt_internal.mk b/core/prebuilt_internal.mk
index cb186135b6..3bfdd2d655 100644
--- a/core/prebuilt_internal.mk
+++ b/core/prebuilt_internal.mk
@@ -436,16 +436,12 @@ ifdef LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE
 # for host java libraries deps should be in the common dir, so we make a copy in
 # the common dir.
 common_classes_jar := $(intermediates.COMMON)/classes.jar
-common_javalib_jar := $(intermediates.COMMON)/javalib.jar
 
-$(common_classes_jar) $(common_javalib_jar): PRIVATE_MODULE := $(LOCAL_MODULE)
+$(common_classes_jar): PRIVATE_MODULE := $(LOCAL_MODULE)
 
 $(common_classes_jar) : $(my_src_jar)
 	$(transform-prebuilt-to-target)
 
-$(common_javalib_jar) : $(common_classes_jar)
-	$(transform-prebuilt-to-target)
-
 else # !LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE
 # for target java libraries, the LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE is in a product-specific dir,
 # while the deps should be in the common dir, so we make a copy in the common dir.