diff --git a/android/androidmk.go b/android/androidmk.go
index 68a6415b1..fb515313d 100644
--- a/android/androidmk.go
+++ b/android/androidmk.go
@@ -554,6 +554,14 @@ func (a *AndroidMkEntries) fillInEntries(ctx fillInEntriesContext, mod blueprint
 		a.SetBoolIfTrue("LOCAL_UNINSTALLABLE_MODULE", proptools.Bool(base.commonProperties.No_full_install))
 	}
 
+	if info.UncheckedModule {
+		a.SetBool("LOCAL_DONT_CHECK_MODULE", true)
+	} else if info.CheckbuildTarget != nil {
+		a.SetPath("LOCAL_CHECKED_MODULE", info.CheckbuildTarget)
+	} else {
+		a.SetOptionalPath("LOCAL_CHECKED_MODULE", a.OutputFile)
+	}
+
 	if len(info.TestData) > 0 {
 		a.AddStrings("LOCAL_TEST_DATA", androidMkDataPaths(info.TestData)...)
 	}
diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index 6c89632e7..712569e80 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -1549,26 +1549,43 @@ func (m *ModuleBase) VintfFragmentModuleNames(ctx ConfigAndErrorContext) []strin
 	return m.base().commonProperties.Vintf_fragment_modules.GetOrDefault(m.ConfigurableEvaluator(ctx), nil)
 }
 
+func (m *ModuleBase) generateVariantTarget(ctx *moduleContext) {
+	namespacePrefix := ctx.Namespace().id
+	if namespacePrefix != "" {
+		namespacePrefix = namespacePrefix + "-"
+	}
+
+	if !ctx.uncheckedModule {
+		name := namespacePrefix + ctx.ModuleName() + "-" + ctx.ModuleSubDir() + "-checkbuild"
+		ctx.Phony(name, ctx.checkbuildFiles...)
+		ctx.checkbuildTarget = PathForPhony(ctx, name)
+	}
+
+}
+
 func (m *ModuleBase) generateModuleTarget(ctx *moduleContext) {
 	var allInstalledFiles InstallPaths
-	var allCheckbuildFiles Paths
+	var allCheckbuildTargets Paths
 	ctx.VisitAllModuleVariants(func(module Module) {
 		a := module.base()
-		var checkBuilds Paths
+		var checkbuildTarget Path
+		var uncheckedModule bool
 		if a == m {
 			allInstalledFiles = append(allInstalledFiles, ctx.installFiles...)
-			checkBuilds = ctx.checkbuildFiles
+			checkbuildTarget = ctx.checkbuildTarget
+			uncheckedModule = ctx.uncheckedModule
 		} else {
 			info := OtherModuleProviderOrDefault(ctx, module, InstallFilesProvider)
 			allInstalledFiles = append(allInstalledFiles, info.InstallFiles...)
-			checkBuilds = info.CheckbuildFiles
+			checkbuildTarget = info.CheckbuildTarget
+			uncheckedModule = info.UncheckedModule
 		}
 		// A module's -checkbuild phony targets should
 		// not be created if the module is not exported to make.
 		// Those could depend on the build target and fail to compile
 		// for the current build target.
-		if !ctx.Config().KatiEnabled() || !shouldSkipAndroidMkProcessing(ctx, a) {
-			allCheckbuildFiles = append(allCheckbuildFiles, checkBuilds...)
+		if (!ctx.Config().KatiEnabled() || !shouldSkipAndroidMkProcessing(ctx, a)) && !uncheckedModule && checkbuildTarget != nil {
+			allCheckbuildTargets = append(allCheckbuildTargets, checkbuildTarget)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -1589,11 +1606,10 @@ func (m *ModuleBase) generateModuleTarget(ctx *moduleContext) {
 		deps = append(deps, info.InstallTarget)
 	}
 
-	if len(allCheckbuildFiles) > 0 {
+	if len(allCheckbuildTargets) > 0 {
 		name := namespacePrefix + ctx.ModuleName() + "-checkbuild"
-		ctx.Phony(name, allCheckbuildFiles...)
-		info.CheckbuildTarget = PathForPhony(ctx, name)
-		deps = append(deps, info.CheckbuildTarget)
+		ctx.Phony(name, allCheckbuildTargets...)
+		deps = append(deps, PathForPhony(ctx, name))
 	}
 
 	if len(deps) > 0 {
@@ -1710,9 +1726,11 @@ func (m *ModuleBase) archModuleContextFactory(ctx archModuleContextFactoryContex
 }
 
 type InstallFilesInfo struct {
-	InstallFiles    InstallPaths
-	CheckbuildFiles Paths
-	PackagingSpecs  []PackagingSpec
+	InstallFiles     InstallPaths
+	CheckbuildFiles  Paths
+	CheckbuildTarget Path
+	UncheckedModule  bool
+	PackagingSpecs   []PackagingSpec
 	// katiInstalls tracks the install rules that were created by Soong but are being exported
 	// to Make to convert to ninja rules so that Make can add additional dependencies.
 	KatiInstalls             katiInstalls
@@ -1949,9 +1967,13 @@ func (m *ModuleBase) GenerateBuildActions(blueprintCtx blueprint.ModuleContext)
 			return
 		}
 
+		m.generateVariantTarget(ctx)
+
 		installFiles.LicenseMetadataFile = ctx.licenseMetadataFile
 		installFiles.InstallFiles = ctx.installFiles
 		installFiles.CheckbuildFiles = ctx.checkbuildFiles
+		installFiles.CheckbuildTarget = ctx.checkbuildTarget
+		installFiles.UncheckedModule = ctx.uncheckedModule
 		installFiles.PackagingSpecs = ctx.packagingSpecs
 		installFiles.KatiInstalls = ctx.katiInstalls
 		installFiles.KatiSymlinks = ctx.katiSymlinks
diff --git a/android/module_context.go b/android/module_context.go
index 6765560d9..3889e40e8 100644
--- a/android/module_context.go
+++ b/android/module_context.go
@@ -122,6 +122,16 @@ type ModuleContext interface {
 	// dependency tags for which IsInstallDepNeeded returns true.
 	InstallFile(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path, deps ...InstallPath) InstallPath
 
+	// InstallFileWithoutCheckbuild creates a rule to copy srcPath to name in the installPath directory,
+	// with the given additional dependencies, but does not add the file to the list of files to build
+	// during `m checkbuild`.
+	//
+	// The installed file will be returned by FilesToInstall(), and the PackagingSpec for the
+	// installed file will be returned by PackagingSpecs() on this module or by
+	// TransitivePackagingSpecs() on modules that depend on this module through dependency tags
+	// for which IsInstallDepNeeded returns true.
+	InstallFileWithoutCheckbuild(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path, deps ...InstallPath) InstallPath
+
 	// InstallFileWithExtraFilesZip creates a rule to copy srcPath to name in the installPath
 	// directory, and also unzip a zip file containing extra files to install into the same
 	// directory.
@@ -168,7 +178,8 @@ type ModuleContext interface {
 	// dependency tags for which IsInstallDepNeeded returns true.
 	PackageFile(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path) PackagingSpec
 
-	CheckbuildFile(srcPath Path)
+	CheckbuildFile(srcPaths ...Path)
+	UncheckedModule()
 
 	InstallInData() bool
 	InstallInTestcases() bool
@@ -237,11 +248,13 @@ type ModuleContext interface {
 type moduleContext struct {
 	bp blueprint.ModuleContext
 	baseModuleContext
-	packagingSpecs  []PackagingSpec
-	installFiles    InstallPaths
-	checkbuildFiles Paths
-	module          Module
-	phonies         map[string]Paths
+	packagingSpecs   []PackagingSpec
+	installFiles     InstallPaths
+	checkbuildFiles  Paths
+	checkbuildTarget Path
+	uncheckedModule  bool
+	module           Module
+	phonies          map[string]Paths
 	// outputFiles stores the output of a module by tag and is used to set
 	// the OutputFilesProvider in GenerateBuildActions
 	outputFiles OutputFilesInfo
@@ -512,17 +525,22 @@ func (m *moduleContext) requiresFullInstall() bool {
 
 func (m *moduleContext) InstallFile(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path,
 	deps ...InstallPath) InstallPath {
-	return m.installFile(installPath, name, srcPath, deps, false, true, nil)
+	return m.installFile(installPath, name, srcPath, deps, false, true, true, nil)
+}
+
+func (m *moduleContext) InstallFileWithoutCheckbuild(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path,
+	deps ...InstallPath) InstallPath {
+	return m.installFile(installPath, name, srcPath, deps, false, true, false, nil)
 }
 
 func (m *moduleContext) InstallExecutable(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path,
 	deps ...InstallPath) InstallPath {
-	return m.installFile(installPath, name, srcPath, deps, true, true, nil)
+	return m.installFile(installPath, name, srcPath, deps, true, true, true, nil)
 }
 
 func (m *moduleContext) InstallFileWithExtraFilesZip(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path,
 	extraZip Path, deps ...InstallPath) InstallPath {
-	return m.installFile(installPath, name, srcPath, deps, false, true, &extraFilesZip{
+	return m.installFile(installPath, name, srcPath, deps, false, true, true, &extraFilesZip{
 		zip: extraZip,
 		dir: installPath,
 	})
@@ -562,7 +580,7 @@ func (m *moduleContext) packageFile(fullInstallPath InstallPath, srcPath Path, e
 }
 
 func (m *moduleContext) installFile(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path, deps []InstallPath,
-	executable bool, hooks bool, extraZip *extraFilesZip) InstallPath {
+	executable bool, hooks bool, checkbuild bool, extraZip *extraFilesZip) InstallPath {
 
 	fullInstallPath := installPath.Join(m, name)
 	if hooks {
@@ -629,7 +647,9 @@ func (m *moduleContext) installFile(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPat
 
 	m.packageFile(fullInstallPath, srcPath, executable)
 
-	m.checkbuildFiles = append(m.checkbuildFiles, srcPath)
+	if checkbuild {
+		m.checkbuildFiles = append(m.checkbuildFiles, srcPath)
+	}
 
 	return fullInstallPath
 }
@@ -670,7 +690,6 @@ func (m *moduleContext) InstallSymlink(installPath InstallPath, name string, src
 		}
 
 		m.installFiles = append(m.installFiles, fullInstallPath)
-		m.checkbuildFiles = append(m.checkbuildFiles, srcPath)
 	}
 
 	overrides := CopyOf(m.Module().base().commonProperties.Overrides)
@@ -743,15 +762,21 @@ func (m *moduleContext) InstallTestData(installPath InstallPath, data []DataPath
 	ret := make(InstallPaths, 0, len(data))
 	for _, d := range data {
 		relPath := d.ToRelativeInstallPath()
-		installed := m.installFile(installPath, relPath, d.SrcPath, nil, false, false, nil)
+		installed := m.installFile(installPath, relPath, d.SrcPath, nil, false, false, true, nil)
 		ret = append(ret, installed)
 	}
 
 	return ret
 }
 
-func (m *moduleContext) CheckbuildFile(srcPath Path) {
-	m.checkbuildFiles = append(m.checkbuildFiles, srcPath)
+// CheckbuildFile specifies the output files that should be built by checkbuild.
+func (m *moduleContext) CheckbuildFile(srcPaths ...Path) {
+	m.checkbuildFiles = append(m.checkbuildFiles, srcPaths...)
+}
+
+// UncheckedModule marks the current module has having no files that should be built by checkbuild.
+func (m *moduleContext) UncheckedModule() {
+	m.uncheckedModule = true
 }
 
 func (m *moduleContext) blueprintModuleContext() blueprint.ModuleContext {
diff --git a/apex/androidmk.go b/apex/androidmk.go
index 4112108dd..933682ab1 100644
--- a/apex/androidmk.go
+++ b/apex/androidmk.go
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ func (a *apexBundle) androidMkForFiles(w io.Writer, apexBundleName, moduleDir st
 		fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_SOONG_INSTALLED_MODULE :=", filepath.Join(modulePath, fi.stem()))
 		fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_SOONG_INSTALL_PAIRS :=", fi.builtFile.String()+":"+filepath.Join(modulePath, fi.stem()))
 		fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_PREBUILT_MODULE_FILE :=", fi.builtFile.String())
+		if fi.checkbuildTarget != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_CHECKED_MODULE :=", fi.checkbuildTarget.String())
+		} else {
+			fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_CHECKED_MODULE :=", fi.builtFile.String())
+		}
 		fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS :=", fi.class.nameInMake())
 		if fi.module != nil {
 			// This apexFile's module comes from Soong
diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index ad1d3b11c..6421c8ef1 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -577,6 +577,8 @@ type apexFile struct {
 	customStem string
 	symlinks   []string // additional symlinks
 
+	checkbuildTarget android.Path
+
 	// Info for Android.mk Module name of `module` in AndroidMk. Note the generated AndroidMk
 	// module for apexFile is named something like <AndroidMk module name>.<apex name>[<apex
 	// suffix>]
@@ -612,6 +614,9 @@ func newApexFile(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, builtFile android.Path, androidM
 		module:              module,
 	}
 	if module != nil {
+		if installFilesInfo, ok := android.OtherModuleProvider(ctx, module, android.InstallFilesProvider); ok {
+			ret.checkbuildTarget = installFilesInfo.CheckbuildTarget
+		}
 		ret.moduleDir = ctx.OtherModuleDir(module)
 		ret.partition = module.PartitionTag(ctx.DeviceConfig())
 		ret.requiredModuleNames = module.RequiredModuleNames(ctx)
diff --git a/java/aar.go b/java/aar.go
index 1bd372f95..db2ea66b4 100644
--- a/java/aar.go
+++ b/java/aar.go
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ func (a *aapt) buildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext, opts aaptBuildActionOptio
 			packageName:        a.manifestValues.applicationId,
 		}
 		a.mergedManifestFile = manifestMerger(ctx, transitiveManifestPaths[0], manifestMergerParams)
+		ctx.CheckbuildFile(a.mergedManifestFile)
 		if !a.isLibrary {
 			// Only use the merged manifest for applications.  For libraries, the transitive closure of manifests
 			// will be propagated to the final application and merged there.  The merged manifest for libraries is
@@ -537,6 +538,8 @@ func (a *aapt) buildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext, opts aaptBuildActionOptio
 	aapt2Link(ctx, packageRes, srcJar, proguardOptionsFile, rTxt,
 		linkFlags, linkDeps, compiledRes, compiledOverlay, transitiveAssets, splitPackages,
 		opts.aconfigTextFiles)
+	ctx.CheckbuildFile(packageRes)
+
 	// Extract assets from the resource package output so that they can be used later in aapt2link
 	// for modules that depend on this one.
 	if android.PrefixInList(linkFlags, "-A ") {
@@ -887,7 +890,6 @@ func (a *AndroidLibrary) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext)
 	var res android.Paths
 	if a.androidLibraryProperties.BuildAAR {
 		BuildAAR(ctx, a.aarFile, a.outputFile, a.manifestPath, a.rTxt, res)
-		ctx.CheckbuildFile(a.aarFile)
 	}
 
 	prebuiltJniPackages := android.Paths{}
@@ -1252,10 +1254,12 @@ func (a *AARImport) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	transitiveAssets := android.ReverseSliceInPlace(staticDeps.assets())
 	aapt2Link(ctx, exportPackage, nil, proguardOptionsFile, aaptRTxt,
 		linkFlags, linkDeps, nil, overlayRes, transitiveAssets, nil, nil)
+	ctx.CheckbuildFile(exportPackage)
 	a.exportPackage = exportPackage
 
 	rJar := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "busybox/R.jar")
 	resourceProcessorBusyBoxGenerateBinaryR(ctx, a.rTxt, a.manifest, rJar, nil, true, nil, false)
+	ctx.CheckbuildFile(rJar)
 	a.rJar = rJar
 
 	aapt2ExtractExtraPackages(ctx, extraAaptPackagesFile, a.rJar)
@@ -1350,6 +1354,9 @@ func (a *AARImport) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 		a.headerJarFile = classpathFile
 	}
 
+	ctx.CheckbuildFile(a.headerJarFile)
+	ctx.CheckbuildFile(a.implementationJarFile)
+
 	android.SetProvider(ctx, JavaInfoProvider, &JavaInfo{
 		HeaderJars:                     android.PathsIfNonNil(a.headerJarFile),
 		ResourceJars:                   android.PathsIfNonNil(resourceJarFile),
diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index 87685449a..d5c220d9d 100644
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -1009,6 +1009,8 @@ func (a *AndroidApp) generateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 		ctx.InstallFile(a.installDir, a.outputFile.Base(), a.outputFile, extraInstalledPaths...)
 	}
 
+	ctx.CheckbuildFile(a.outputFile)
+
 	a.buildAppDependencyInfo(ctx)
 
 	providePrebuiltInfo(ctx,
diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index dcf6bf55c..d7c6fbdd3 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -1284,6 +1284,8 @@ func (j *Module) compile(ctx android.ModuleContext, extraSrcJars, extraClasspath
 		}
 		j.headerJarFile = combinedHeaderJarFile
 
+		ctx.CheckbuildFile(j.headerJarFile)
+
 		android.SetProvider(ctx, JavaInfoProvider, &JavaInfo{
 			HeaderJars:                          android.PathsIfNonNil(j.headerJarFile),
 			TransitiveLibsHeaderJars:            j.transitiveLibsHeaderJars,
@@ -1764,6 +1766,8 @@ func (j *Module) compile(ctx android.ModuleContext, extraSrcJars, extraClasspath
 			j.dexpreopt(ctx, libName, dexOutputFile)
 
 			outputFile = dexOutputFile
+
+			ctx.CheckbuildFile(dexOutputFile)
 		} else {
 			// There is no code to compile into a dex jar, make sure the resources are propagated
 			// to the APK if this is an app.
@@ -1807,7 +1811,8 @@ func (j *Module) compile(ctx android.ModuleContext, extraSrcJars, extraClasspath
 
 	j.collectTransitiveSrcFiles(ctx, srcFiles)
 
-	ctx.CheckbuildFile(outputFile)
+	ctx.CheckbuildFile(j.implementationJarFile)
+	ctx.CheckbuildFile(j.headerJarFile)
 
 	android.SetProvider(ctx, JavaInfoProvider, &JavaInfo{
 		HeaderJars:                          android.PathsIfNonNil(j.headerJarFile),
@@ -1975,6 +1980,8 @@ func (j *Module) compileJavaHeader(ctx android.ModuleContext, srcFiles, srcJars
 	TransformJarsToJar(ctx, combinedHeaderJarOutputPath, "for turbine", jars, android.OptionalPath{},
 		false, nil, []string{"META-INF/TRANSITIVE"})
 
+	ctx.CheckbuildFile(combinedHeaderJarOutputPath)
+
 	return headerJar, combinedHeaderJarOutputPath
 }
 
diff --git a/java/dexpreopt.go b/java/dexpreopt.go
index f949b123a..1c63e3f24 100644
--- a/java/dexpreopt.go
+++ b/java/dexpreopt.go
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ func (d *dexpreopter) dexpreopt(ctx android.ModuleContext, libName string, dexJa
 
 	d.configPath = android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "dexpreopt", dexJarStem, "dexpreopt.config")
 	dexpreopt.WriteModuleConfig(ctx, dexpreoptConfig, d.configPath)
+	ctx.CheckbuildFile(d.configPath)
 
 	if d.dexpreoptDisabled(ctx, libName) {
 		return
@@ -592,7 +593,8 @@ func (d *dexpreopter) dexpreopt(ctx android.ModuleContext, libName string, dexJa
 
 			}
 		} else if !d.preventInstall {
-			ctx.InstallFile(installPath, installBase, install.From)
+			// Install without adding to checkbuild to match behavior of previous Make-based checkbuild rules
+			ctx.InstallFileWithoutCheckbuild(installPath, installBase, install.From)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 55c878eb3..f8e9909bc 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -2735,6 +2735,8 @@ func (j *Import) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 
 	j.exportAidlIncludeDirs = android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, j.properties.Aidl.Export_include_dirs)
 
+	ctx.CheckbuildFile(outputFile)
+
 	if ctx.Device() {
 		// If this is a variant created for a prebuilt_apex then use the dex implementation jar
 		// obtained from the associated deapexer module.
@@ -2801,6 +2803,7 @@ func (j *Import) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 			if ctx.Failed() {
 				return
 			}
+			ctx.CheckbuildFile(dexOutputFile)
 
 			// Initialize the hiddenapi structure.
 			j.initHiddenAPI(ctx, makeDexJarPathFromPath(dexOutputFile), outputFile, j.dexProperties.Uncompress_dex)
diff --git a/java/sdk_library.go b/java/sdk_library.go
index a7a254af8..98b65dd55 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library.go
@@ -1595,6 +1595,11 @@ func (module *SdkLibrary) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext)
 			module.hostdexInstallFile = module.implLibraryModule.hostdexInstallFile
 		}
 
+		if installFilesInfo, ok := android.OtherModuleProvider(ctx, module.implLibraryModule, android.InstallFilesProvider); ok {
+			if installFilesInfo.CheckbuildTarget != nil {
+				ctx.CheckbuildFile(installFilesInfo.CheckbuildTarget)
+			}
+		}
 		android.SetProvider(ctx, blueprint.SrcsFileProviderKey, blueprint.SrcsFileProviderData{SrcPaths: module.implLibraryModule.uniqueSrcFiles.Strings()})
 	}
 
diff --git a/rust/rust.go b/rust/rust.go
index 5a973c4e7..240c22178 100644
--- a/rust/rust.go
+++ b/rust/rust.go
@@ -947,6 +947,7 @@ func (mod *Module) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(actx android.ModuleContext) {
 			sourceLib := sourceMod.(*Module).compiler.(*libraryDecorator)
 			mod.sourceProvider.setOutputFiles(sourceLib.sourceProvider.Srcs())
 		}
+		ctx.CheckbuildFile(mod.sourceProvider.Srcs()...)
 		android.SetProvider(ctx, blueprint.SrcsFileProviderKey, blueprint.SrcsFileProviderData{SrcPaths: mod.sourceProvider.Srcs().Strings()})
 	}
 
@@ -957,15 +958,13 @@ func (mod *Module) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(actx android.ModuleContext) {
 			return
 		}
 		mod.outputFile = android.OptionalPathForPath(buildOutput.outputFile)
+		ctx.CheckbuildFile(buildOutput.outputFile)
 		if buildOutput.kytheFile != nil {
 			mod.kytheFiles = append(mod.kytheFiles, buildOutput.kytheFile)
 		}
 		bloaty.MeasureSizeForPaths(ctx, mod.compiler.strippedOutputFilePath(), android.OptionalPathForPath(mod.compiler.unstrippedOutputFilePath()))
 
 		mod.docTimestampFile = mod.compiler.rustdoc(ctx, flags, deps)
-		if mod.docTimestampFile.Valid() {
-			ctx.CheckbuildFile(mod.docTimestampFile.Path())
-		}
 
 		apexInfo, _ := android.ModuleProvider(actx, android.ApexInfoProvider)
 		if !proptools.BoolDefault(mod.Installable(), mod.EverInstallable()) && !mod.ProcMacro() {
diff --git a/sdk/sdk.go b/sdk/sdk.go
index 5b644fd85..2fb3a3f30 100644
--- a/sdk/sdk.go
+++ b/sdk/sdk.go
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ func (s *sdk) AndroidMkEntries() []android.AndroidMkEntries {
 		OutputFile: s.snapshotFile,
 		DistFiles:  android.MakeDefaultDistFiles(s.snapshotFile.Path(), s.infoFile.Path()),
 		Include:    "$(BUILD_PHONY_PACKAGE)",
+		ExtraEntries: []android.AndroidMkExtraEntriesFunc{
+			func(ctx android.AndroidMkExtraEntriesContext, entries *android.AndroidMkEntries) {
+				entries.SetBool("LOCAL_DONT_CHECK_MODULE", true)
+			},
+		},
 		ExtraFooters: []android.AndroidMkExtraFootersFunc{
 			func(w io.Writer, name, prefix, moduleDir string) {
 				// Allow the sdk to be built by simply passing its name on the command line.
diff --git a/sdk/update.go b/sdk/update.go
index a4b1967af..e1b363a89 100644
--- a/sdk/update.go
+++ b/sdk/update.go
@@ -563,11 +563,11 @@ be unnecessary as every module in the sdk already has its own licenses property.
 	}
 	builder.infoContents = string(output)
 	android.WriteFileRuleVerbatim(ctx, info, builder.infoContents)
-	installedInfo := ctx.InstallFile(android.PathForMainlineSdksInstall(ctx), info.Base(), info)
+	installedInfo := ctx.InstallFileWithoutCheckbuild(android.PathForMainlineSdksInstall(ctx), info.Base(), info)
 	s.infoFile = android.OptionalPathForPath(installedInfo)
 
 	// Install the zip, making sure that the info file has been installed as well.
-	installedZip := ctx.InstallFile(android.PathForMainlineSdksInstall(ctx), outputZipFile.Base(), outputZipFile, installedInfo)
+	installedZip := ctx.InstallFileWithoutCheckbuild(android.PathForMainlineSdksInstall(ctx), outputZipFile.Base(), outputZipFile, installedInfo)
 	s.snapshotFile = android.OptionalPathForPath(installedZip)
 }