diff --git a/apex/platform_bootclasspath_test.go b/apex/platform_bootclasspath_test.go
index 920fc0c0b..17ade1d5c 100644
--- a/apex/platform_bootclasspath_test.go
+++ b/apex/platform_bootclasspath_test.go
@@ -791,6 +791,128 @@ func TestNonBootJarInFragment(t *testing.T) {
 		`)
 }
 
+// Skip bcp_fragment content validation of source apexes if prebuilts are active.
+func TestNonBootJarInPrebuilts(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		description               string
+		selectedApexContributions string
+		expectedError             string
+	}{
+		{
+			description:               "source is active",
+			selectedApexContributions: "",
+			expectedError:             "in contents must also be declared in PRODUCT_APEX_BOOT_JARS",
+		},
+		{
+			description:               "prebuilts are active",
+			selectedApexContributions: "myapex.prebuilt.contributions",
+			expectedError:             "", // skip content validation of source bcp fragment
+		},
+	}
+	bp := `
+// Source
+apex {
+	name: "myapex",
+	key: "myapex.key",
+	bootclasspath_fragments: ["apex-fragment"],
+	updatable: false,
+	min_sdk_version: "29",
+}
+
+override_apex {
+	name: "myapex.override", // overrides the min_sdk_version, thereby creating different variants of its transitive deps
+	base: "myapex",
+	min_sdk_version: "34",
+}
+
+apex_key {
+	name: "myapex.key",
+	public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+	private_key: "testkey.pem",
+}
+
+java_library {
+	name: "foo",
+	srcs: ["b.java"],
+	installable: true,
+	apex_available: ["myapex"],
+	permitted_packages: ["foo"],
+	min_sdk_version: "29",
+}
+
+java_library {
+	name: "bar",
+	srcs: ["b.java"],
+	installable: true,
+	apex_available: ["myapex"],
+	permitted_packages: ["bar"],
+	min_sdk_version: "29",
+}
+
+bootclasspath_fragment {
+	name: "apex-fragment",
+	contents: ["foo", "bar"],
+	apex_available:[ "myapex" ],
+	hidden_api: {
+		split_packages: ["*"],
+	},
+}
+
+platform_bootclasspath {
+	name: "myplatform-bootclasspath",
+	fragments: [{
+			apex: "myapex",
+			module:"apex-fragment",
+	}],
+}
+
+// prebuilts
+prebuilt_apex {
+	name: "myapex",
+		apex_name: "myapex",
+		src: "myapex.apex",
+		exported_bootclasspath_fragments: ["apex-fragment"],
+	}
+
+	prebuilt_bootclasspath_fragment {
+		name: "apex-fragment",
+		contents: ["foo"],
+		hidden_api: {
+			annotation_flags: "my-bootclasspath-fragment/annotation-flags.csv",
+			metadata: "my-bootclasspath-fragment/metadata.csv",
+			index: "my-bootclasspath-fragment/index.csv",
+			stub_flags: "my-bootclasspath-fragment/stub-flags.csv",
+			all_flags: "my-bootclasspath-fragment/all-flags.csv",
+		},
+	}
+	java_import {
+		name: "foo",
+		jars: ["foo.jar"],
+	}
+
+apex_contributions {
+	name: "myapex.prebuilt.contributions",
+	api_domain: "myapex",
+	contents: ["prebuilt_myapex"],
+}
+`
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		fixture := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+			prepareForTestWithPlatformBootclasspath,
+			PrepareForTestWithApexBuildComponents,
+			prepareForTestWithMyapex,
+			java.FixtureConfigureApexBootJars("myapex:foo"),
+			android.PrepareForTestWithBuildFlag("RELEASE_APEX_CONTRIBUTIONS_ADSERVICES", tc.selectedApexContributions),
+		)
+		if tc.expectedError != "" {
+			fixture = fixture.ExtendWithErrorHandler(android.FixtureExpectsAtLeastOneErrorMatchingPattern(tc.expectedError))
+		}
+		fixture.RunTestWithBp(t, bp)
+	}
+
+}
+
 // Source and prebuilt apex provide different set of boot jars
 func TestNonBootJarMissingInPrebuiltFragment(t *testing.T) {
 	bp := `
diff --git a/java/dexpreopt.go b/java/dexpreopt.go
index e15ebb011..f949b123a 100644
--- a/java/dexpreopt.go
+++ b/java/dexpreopt.go
@@ -210,15 +210,19 @@ func disableSourceApexVariant(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) bool {
 		}
 	})
 	// Find the apex variant for this module
-	_, apexVariantsWithoutTestApexes, _ := android.ListSetDifference(apexInfo.InApexVariants, apexInfo.TestApexes)
+	var apexVariantsWithoutTestApexes []string
+	if apexInfo.BaseApexName != "" {
+		// This is a transitive dependency of an override_apex
+		apexVariantsWithoutTestApexes = []string{apexInfo.BaseApexName}
+	} else {
+		_, apexVariantsWithoutTestApexes, _ = android.ListSetDifference(apexInfo.InApexVariants, apexInfo.TestApexes)
+	}
 	disableSource := false
 	// find the selected apexes
 	for _, apexVariant := range apexVariantsWithoutTestApexes {
-		for _, selected := range psi.GetSelectedModulesForApiDomain(apexVariant) {
-			// If the apex_contribution for this api domain contains a prebuilt apex, disable the source variant
-			if strings.HasPrefix(selected, "prebuilt_com.google.android") {
-				disableSource = true
-			}
+		if len(psi.GetSelectedModulesForApiDomain(apexVariant)) > 0 {
+			// If the apex_contribution for this api domain is non-empty, disable the source variant
+			disableSource = true
 		}
 	}
 	return disableSource