diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 3bd07df30..c4c07f7c9 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -571,13 +571,15 @@ func checkLinkType(ctx android.ModuleContext, from *Module, to *Library, tag dep
 func (j *Module) collectDeps(ctx android.ModuleContext) deps {
 	var deps deps
 
-	sdkDep := decodeSdkDep(ctx, String(j.deviceProperties.Sdk_version))
-	if sdkDep.invalidVersion {
-		ctx.AddMissingDependencies([]string{sdkDep.module})
-	} else if sdkDep.useFiles {
-		// sdkDep.jar is actually equivalent to turbine header.jar.
-		deps.classpath = append(deps.classpath, sdkDep.jar)
-		deps.aidlIncludeDirs = append(deps.aidlIncludeDirs, sdkDep.aidl)
+	if ctx.Device() {
+		sdkDep := decodeSdkDep(ctx, String(j.deviceProperties.Sdk_version))
+		if sdkDep.invalidVersion {
+			ctx.AddMissingDependencies([]string{sdkDep.module})
+		} else if sdkDep.useFiles {
+			// sdkDep.jar is actually equivalent to turbine header.jar.
+			deps.classpath = append(deps.classpath, sdkDep.jar)
+			deps.aidlIncludeDirs = append(deps.aidlIncludeDirs, sdkDep.aidl)
+		}
 	}
 
 	ctx.VisitDirectDeps(func(module android.Module) {