diff --git a/java/droidstubs.go b/java/droidstubs.go
index f05ef1fdd..1d5dd7624 100644
--- a/java/droidstubs.go
+++ b/java/droidstubs.go
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ func metalavaCmd(ctx android.ModuleContext, rule *android.RuleBuilder, javaVersi
 
 	// Force metalava to sort overloaded methods by their order in the source code.
 	// See b/285312164 for more information.
-	cmd.FlagWithArg("--api-overloaded-method-order ", "source")
+	cmd.FlagWithArg("--format-defaults ", "overloaded-method-order=source")
 
 	return cmd
 }