diff --git a/core/cc_prebuilt_internal.mk b/core/cc_prebuilt_internal.mk
index 2bf4fdc6eb..0c87151aac 100644
--- a/core/cc_prebuilt_internal.mk
+++ b/core/cc_prebuilt_internal.mk
@@ -135,21 +135,23 @@ else
     endif
 endif
 
-my_shared_libraries := \
+my_shared_libraries := $(strip \
     $(filter-out $(my_system_shared_libraries),$(LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES)) \
-    $(my_system_shared_libraries)
+    $(my_system_shared_libraries))
+
+# Extra shared libraries introduced by LOCAL_CXX_STL (may append some libraries to
+# my_shared_libraries).
+include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/cxx_stl_setup.mk
 
 ifdef my_shared_libraries
-# Extra shared libraries introduced by LOCAL_CXX_STL.
-include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/cxx_stl_setup.mk
 ifdef LOCAL_USE_VNDK
   my_shared_libraries := $(foreach l,$(my_shared_libraries),\
     $(if $(SPLIT_VENDOR.SHARED_LIBRARIES.$(l)),$(l).vendor,$(l)))
 endif
 $(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)$(my_prefix)DEPENDENCIES_ON_SHARED_LIBRARIES += \
   $(my_register_name):$(LOCAL_INSTALLED_MODULE):$(subst $(space),$(comma),$(my_shared_libraries))
-endif
 endif  # my_shared_libraries
+endif  # LOCAL_INSTALLED_MODULE
 
 # We need to enclose the above export_includes and my_built_shared_libraries in
 # "my_strip_module not true" because otherwise the rules are defined in dynamic_binary.mk.