diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index a2dbbfc35..f62ee680b 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -11738,3 +11738,121 @@ func TestUpdatableApexMinSdkVersionCurrent(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	`)
 }
+
+func TestPrebuiltStubNoinstall(t *testing.T) {
+	testFunc := func(t *testing.T, expectLibfooOnSystemLib bool, fs android.MockFS) {
+		result := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+			prepareForApexTest,
+			android.PrepareForTestWithAndroidMk,
+			android.PrepareForTestWithMakevars,
+			android.FixtureMergeMockFs(fs),
+		).RunTest(t)
+
+		ldRule := result.ModuleForTests("installedlib", "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared").Rule("ld")
+		android.AssertStringDoesContain(t, "", ldRule.Args["libFlags"], "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared/libfoo.so")
+
+		installRules := result.InstallMakeRulesForTesting(t)
+
+		var installedlibRule *android.InstallMakeRule
+		for i, rule := range installRules {
+			if rule.Target == "out/target/product/test_device/system/lib/installedlib.so" {
+				if installedlibRule != nil {
+					t.Errorf("Duplicate install rules for %s", rule.Target)
+				}
+				installedlibRule = &installRules[i]
+			}
+		}
+		if installedlibRule == nil {
+			t.Errorf("No install rule found for installedlib")
+			return
+		}
+
+		if expectLibfooOnSystemLib {
+			android.AssertStringListContains(t,
+				"installedlib doesn't have install dependency on libfoo impl",
+				installedlibRule.OrderOnlyDeps,
+				"out/target/product/test_device/system/lib/libfoo.so")
+		} else {
+			android.AssertStringListDoesNotContain(t,
+				"installedlib has install dependency on libfoo stub",
+				installedlibRule.Deps,
+				"out/target/product/test_device/system/lib/libfoo.so")
+			android.AssertStringListDoesNotContain(t,
+				"installedlib has order-only install dependency on libfoo stub",
+				installedlibRule.OrderOnlyDeps,
+				"out/target/product/test_device/system/lib/libfoo.so")
+		}
+	}
+
+	prebuiltLibfooBp := []byte(`
+		cc_prebuilt_library {
+			name: "libfoo",
+			prefer: true,
+			srcs: ["libfoo.so"],
+			stubs: {
+				versions: ["1"],
+			},
+			apex_available: ["apexfoo"],
+		}
+	`)
+
+	apexfooBp := []byte(`
+		apex {
+			name: "apexfoo",
+			key: "apexfoo.key",
+			native_shared_libs: ["libfoo"],
+			updatable: false,
+			compile_multilib: "both",
+		}
+		apex_key {
+			name: "apexfoo.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+	`)
+
+	installedlibBp := []byte(`
+		cc_library {
+			name: "installedlib",
+			shared_libs: ["libfoo"],
+		}
+	`)
+
+	t.Run("prebuilt stub (without source): no install", func(t *testing.T) {
+		testFunc(
+			t,
+			/*expectLibfooOnSystemLib=*/ false,
+			android.MockFS{
+				"prebuilts/module_sdk/art/current/Android.bp": prebuiltLibfooBp,
+				"apexfoo/Android.bp":                          apexfooBp,
+				"system/sepolicy/apex/apexfoo-file_contexts":  nil,
+				"Android.bp": installedlibBp,
+			},
+		)
+	})
+
+	disabledSourceLibfooBp := []byte(`
+		cc_library {
+			name: "libfoo",
+			enabled: false,
+			stubs: {
+				versions: ["1"],
+			},
+			apex_available: ["apexfoo"],
+		}
+	`)
+
+	t.Run("prebuilt stub (with disabled source): no install", func(t *testing.T) {
+		testFunc(
+			t,
+			/*expectLibfooOnSystemLib=*/ false,
+			android.MockFS{
+				"prebuilts/module_sdk/art/current/Android.bp": prebuiltLibfooBp,
+				"impl/Android.bp":                            disabledSourceLibfooBp,
+				"apexfoo/Android.bp":                         apexfooBp,
+				"system/sepolicy/apex/apexfoo-file_contexts": nil,
+				"Android.bp":                                 installedlibBp,
+			},
+		)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/cc/prebuilt.go b/cc/prebuilt.go
index e9f790f73..e023a324c 100644
--- a/cc/prebuilt.go
+++ b/cc/prebuilt.go
@@ -205,17 +205,6 @@ func (p *prebuiltLibraryLinker) link(ctx ModuleContext,
 				TableOfContents: p.tocFile,
 			})
 
-			// TODO(b/220898484): Mainline module sdk prebuilts of stub libraries use a stub
-			// library as their source and must not be installed, but other prebuilts like
-			// libclang_rt.* libraries set `stubs` property because they are LLNDK libraries,
-			// but use an implementation library as their source and need to be installed.
-			// This discrepancy should be resolved without the prefix hack below.
-			isModuleSdkPrebuilts := android.HasAnyPrefix(ctx.ModuleDir(), []string{
-				"prebuilts/runtime/mainline/", "prebuilts/module_sdk/"})
-			if p.hasStubsVariants() && !p.buildStubs() && !ctx.Host() && isModuleSdkPrebuilts {
-				ctx.Module().MakeUninstallable()
-			}
-
 			return outputFile
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cc/prebuilt_test.go b/cc/prebuilt_test.go
index 71b7e4369..86e6af96a 100644
--- a/cc/prebuilt_test.go
+++ b/cc/prebuilt_test.go
@@ -385,112 +385,6 @@ func TestPrebuiltLibrarySanitized(t *testing.T) {
 	assertString(t, static2.OutputFile().Path().Base(), "libf.hwasan.a")
 }
 
-func TestPrebuiltStubNoinstall(t *testing.T) {
-	testFunc := func(t *testing.T, expectLibfooOnSystemLib bool, fs android.MockFS) {
-		result := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
-			prepareForPrebuiltTest,
-			android.PrepareForTestWithMakevars,
-			android.FixtureMergeMockFs(fs),
-		).RunTest(t)
-
-		ldRule := result.ModuleForTests("installedlib", "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared").Rule("ld")
-		android.AssertStringDoesContain(t, "", ldRule.Args["libFlags"], "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared/libfoo.so")
-
-		installRules := result.InstallMakeRulesForTesting(t)
-		var installedlibRule *android.InstallMakeRule
-		for i, rule := range installRules {
-			if rule.Target == "out/target/product/test_device/system/lib/installedlib.so" {
-				if installedlibRule != nil {
-					t.Errorf("Duplicate install rules for %s", rule.Target)
-				}
-				installedlibRule = &installRules[i]
-			}
-		}
-		if installedlibRule == nil {
-			t.Errorf("No install rule found for installedlib")
-			return
-		}
-
-		if expectLibfooOnSystemLib {
-			android.AssertStringListContains(t,
-				"installedlib doesn't have install dependency on libfoo impl",
-				installedlibRule.OrderOnlyDeps,
-				"out/target/product/test_device/system/lib/libfoo.so")
-		} else {
-			android.AssertStringListDoesNotContain(t,
-				"installedlib has install dependency on libfoo stub",
-				installedlibRule.Deps,
-				"out/target/product/test_device/system/lib/libfoo.so")
-			android.AssertStringListDoesNotContain(t,
-				"installedlib has order-only install dependency on libfoo stub",
-				installedlibRule.OrderOnlyDeps,
-				"out/target/product/test_device/system/lib/libfoo.so")
-		}
-	}
-
-	prebuiltLibfooBp := []byte(`
-		cc_prebuilt_library {
-			name: "libfoo",
-			prefer: true,
-			srcs: ["libfoo.so"],
-			stubs: {
-				versions: ["1"],
-			},
-		}
-	`)
-
-	installedlibBp := []byte(`
-		cc_library {
-			name: "installedlib",
-			shared_libs: ["libfoo"],
-		}
-	`)
-
-	t.Run("prebuilt stub (without source): no install", func(t *testing.T) {
-		testFunc(
-			t,
-			/*expectLibfooOnSystemLib=*/ false,
-			android.MockFS{
-				"prebuilts/module_sdk/art/current/Android.bp": prebuiltLibfooBp,
-				"Android.bp": installedlibBp,
-			},
-		)
-	})
-
-	disabledSourceLibfooBp := []byte(`
-		cc_library {
-			name: "libfoo",
-			enabled: false,
-			stubs: {
-				versions: ["1"],
-			},
-		}
-	`)
-
-	t.Run("prebuilt stub (with disabled source): no install", func(t *testing.T) {
-		testFunc(
-			t,
-			/*expectLibfooOnSystemLib=*/ false,
-			android.MockFS{
-				"prebuilts/module_sdk/art/current/Android.bp": prebuiltLibfooBp,
-				"impl/Android.bp": disabledSourceLibfooBp,
-				"Android.bp":      installedlibBp,
-			},
-		)
-	})
-
-	t.Run("prebuilt impl (with `stubs` property set): install", func(t *testing.T) {
-		testFunc(
-			t,
-			/*expectLibfooOnSystemLib=*/ true,
-			android.MockFS{
-				"impl/Android.bp": prebuiltLibfooBp,
-				"Android.bp":      installedlibBp,
-			},
-		)
-	})
-}
-
 func TestPrebuiltBinaryNoSrcsNoError(t *testing.T) {
 	const bp = `
 cc_prebuilt_binary {