diff --git a/java/droidstubs.go b/java/droidstubs.go
index 151c94a43..bb2388f96 100644
--- a/java/droidstubs.go
+++ b/java/droidstubs.go
@@ -525,8 +525,7 @@ func metalavaCmd(ctx android.ModuleContext, rule *android.RuleBuilder, javaVersi
 		cmd.FlagWithInputList("-classpath ", classpath.Paths(), ":")
 	}
 
-	cmd.Flag("--no-banner").
-		Flag("--color").
+	cmd.Flag("--color").
 		Flag("--quiet").
 		Flag("--format=v2").
 		FlagWithArg("--repeat-errors-max ", "10").
diff --git a/java/hiddenapi_modular.go b/java/hiddenapi_modular.go
index c6b921bb2..f31f5d1a8 100644
--- a/java/hiddenapi_modular.go
+++ b/java/hiddenapi_modular.go
@@ -1236,7 +1236,6 @@ func buildRuleToGenerateRemovedDexSignatures(ctx android.ModuleContext, suffix s
 	rule := android.NewRuleBuilder(pctx, ctx)
 	rule.Command().
 		BuiltTool("metalava").
-		Flag("--no-banner").
 		Inputs(removedTxtFiles).
 		FlagWithOutput("--dex-api ", output)
 	rule.Build("modular-hiddenapi-removed-dex-signatures"+suffix, "modular hiddenapi removed dex signatures"+suffix)
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 50d48ab6d..389cdcede 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -1716,8 +1716,7 @@ func metalavaStubCmd(ctx android.ModuleContext, rule *android.RuleBuilder,
 		FlagWithArg("-encoding ", "UTF-8").
 		FlagWithInputList("--source-files ", srcs, " ")
 
-	cmd.Flag("--no-banner").
-		Flag("--color").
+	cmd.Flag("--color").
 		Flag("--quiet").
 		Flag("--format=v2").
 		Flag("--include-annotations").