diff --git a/java/aar.go b/java/aar.go
index 4687424..51aad8d 100644
--- a/java/aar.go
+++ b/java/aar.go
@@ -267,11 +267,15 @@
 	})
 
 func (a *aapt) buildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext, sdkContext android.SdkContext,
-	classLoaderContexts dexpreopt.ClassLoaderContextMap, extraLinkFlags ...string) {
+	classLoaderContexts dexpreopt.ClassLoaderContextMap, excludedLibs []string,
+	extraLinkFlags ...string) {
 
 	transitiveStaticLibs, transitiveStaticLibManifests, staticRRODirs, assetPackages, libDeps, libFlags :=
 		aaptLibs(ctx, sdkContext, classLoaderContexts)
 
+	// Exclude any libraries from the supplied list.
+	classLoaderContexts = classLoaderContexts.ExcludeLibs(excludedLibs)
+
 	// App manifest file
 	manifestFile := proptools.StringDefault(a.aaptProperties.Manifest, "AndroidManifest.xml")
 	manifestSrcPath := android.PathForModuleSrc(ctx, manifestFile)
@@ -530,7 +534,7 @@
 func (a *AndroidLibrary) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	a.aapt.isLibrary = true
 	a.classLoaderContexts = a.usesLibrary.classLoaderContextForUsesLibDeps(ctx)
-	a.aapt.buildActions(ctx, android.SdkContext(a), a.classLoaderContexts)
+	a.aapt.buildActions(ctx, android.SdkContext(a), a.classLoaderContexts, nil)
 
 	a.hideApexVariantFromMake = !ctx.Provider(android.ApexInfoProvider).(android.ApexInfo).IsForPlatform()