diff --git a/core/app_prebuilt_internal.mk b/core/app_prebuilt_internal.mk
index fe04b84d4e..6335728a8a 100644
--- a/core/app_prebuilt_internal.mk
+++ b/core/app_prebuilt_internal.mk
@@ -169,12 +169,13 @@ LOCAL_DEX_PREOPT := false
 endif
 
 my_dex_jar := $(my_prebuilt_src_file)
-my_manifest_or_apk := $(my_prebuilt_src_file)
 dex_preopt_profile_src_file := $(my_prebuilt_src_file)
 
 #######################################
 # defines built_odex along with rule to install odex
+my_manifest_or_apk := $(my_prebuilt_src_file)
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/dex_preopt_odex_install.mk
+my_manifest_or_apk :=
 #######################################
 ifneq ($(LOCAL_REPLACE_PREBUILT_APK_INSTALLED),)
 # There is a replacement for the prebuilt .apk we can install without any processing.
diff --git a/core/dex_preopt_odex_install.mk b/core/dex_preopt_odex_install.mk
index e0f94bd414..6b05d0d665 100644
--- a/core/dex_preopt_odex_install.mk
+++ b/core/dex_preopt_odex_install.mk
@@ -208,6 +208,17 @@ add_json_class_loader_context = \
 # Verify <uses-library> coherence between the build system and the manifest.
 ################################################################################
 
+# Some libraries do not have a manifest, so there is nothing to check against.
+# Handle it as if the manifest had zero <uses-library> tags: it is ok unless the
+# module has non-empty LOCAL_USES_LIBRARIES or LOCAL_OPTIONAL_USES_LIBRARIES.
+ifndef my_manifest_or_apk
+  ifneq (,$(strip $(LOCAL_USES_LIBRARIES)$(LOCAL_OPTIONAL_USES_LIBRARIES)))
+    $(error $(LOCAL_MODULE) has non-empty <uses-library> list but no manifest)
+  else
+    LOCAL_ENFORCE_USES_LIBRARIES := false
+  endif
+endif
+
 # Verify LOCAL_USES_LIBRARIES/LOCAL_OPTIONAL_USES_LIBRARIES
 # If LOCAL_ENFORCE_USES_LIBRARIES is not set, default to true if either of LOCAL_USES_LIBRARIES or
 # LOCAL_OPTIONAL_USES_LIBRARIES are specified.
@@ -360,7 +371,7 @@ ifdef LOCAL_DEX_PREOPT
   $(call add_json_str,  ProfileClassListing,            $(if $(my_process_profile),$(LOCAL_DEX_PREOPT_PROFILE)))
   $(call add_json_bool, ProfileIsTextListing,           $(my_profile_is_text_listing))
   $(call add_json_str,  EnforceUsesLibrariesStatusFile, $(my_enforced_uses_libraries))
-  $(call add_json_bool, EnforceUsesLibraries,           $(LOCAL_ENFORCE_USES_LIBRARIES))
+  $(call add_json_bool, EnforceUsesLibraries,           $(filter true,$(LOCAL_ENFORCE_USES_LIBRARIES)))
   $(call add_json_str,  ProvidesUsesLibrary,            $(firstword $(LOCAL_PROVIDES_USES_LIBRARY) $(LOCAL_MODULE)))
   $(call add_json_map,  ClassLoaderContexts)
   $(call add_json_class_loader_context, any, $(my_dexpreopt_libs))
diff --git a/core/java_prebuilt_internal.mk b/core/java_prebuilt_internal.mk
index 990b7d4c1a..be733ff6c3 100644
--- a/core/java_prebuilt_internal.mk
+++ b/core/java_prebuilt_internal.mk
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(prebuilt_module_is_dex_javalib),true)
 my_dex_jar := $(my_prebuilt_src_file)
-my_manifest_or_apk := $(my_prebuilt_src_file)
 # This is a target shared library, i.e. a jar with classes.dex.
 
 $(foreach pair,$(PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS), \