diff --git a/java/androidmk.go b/java/androidmk.go
index 4a75d3070..330e594bf 100644
--- a/java/androidmk.go
+++ b/java/androidmk.go
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func (binary *Binary) AndroidMkEntries() []android.AndroidMkEntries {
 }
 
 func (app *AndroidApp) AndroidMkEntries() []android.AndroidMkEntries {
-	if app.hideApexVariantFromMake || app.appProperties.HideFromMake {
+	if app.hideApexVariantFromMake || app.IsHideFromMake() {
 		return []android.AndroidMkEntries{android.AndroidMkEntries{
 			Disabled: true,
 		}}
diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index 3c97a4f46..2bb116ad6 100755
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ type appProperties struct {
 
 	// cc.Coverage related properties
 	PreventInstall    bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
-	HideFromMake      bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
 	IsCoverageVariant bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
 
 	// Whether this app is considered mainline updatable or not. When set to true, this will enforce
@@ -880,10 +879,6 @@ func (a *AndroidApp) SetPreventInstall() {
 	a.appProperties.PreventInstall = true
 }
 
-func (a *AndroidApp) HideFromMake() {
-	a.appProperties.HideFromMake = true
-}
-
 func (a *AndroidApp) MarkAsCoverageVariant(coverage bool) {
 	a.appProperties.IsCoverageVariant = coverage
 }
diff --git a/java/app_test.go b/java/app_test.go
index b91e7e0fc..c4ac4dfdb 100644
--- a/java/app_test.go
+++ b/java/app_test.go
@@ -2042,6 +2042,41 @@ func TestOverrideAndroidAppOverrides(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestOverrideAndroidAppWithPrebuilt(t *testing.T) {
+	result := PrepareForTestWithJavaDefaultModules.RunTestWithBp(
+		t, `
+		android_app {
+			name: "foo",
+			srcs: ["a.java"],
+			sdk_version: "current",
+		}
+
+		override_android_app {
+			name: "bar",
+			base: "foo",
+		}
+
+		android_app_import {
+			name: "bar",
+			prefer: true,
+			apk: "bar.apk",
+			presigned: true,
+		}
+		`)
+
+	// An app that has an override that also has a prebuilt should not be hidden.
+	foo := result.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common")
+	if foo.Module().IsHideFromMake() {
+		t.Errorf("expected foo to have HideFromMake false")
+	}
+
+	// An override that also has a prebuilt should be hidden.
+	barOverride := result.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common_bar")
+	if !barOverride.Module().IsHideFromMake() {
+		t.Errorf("expected bar override variant of foo to have HideFromMake true")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestOverrideAndroidAppStem(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, _ := testJava(t, `
 		android_app {