diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index a758caf5b..74b2eec5b 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -5908,7 +5908,6 @@ func TestApexWithApps(t *testing.T) {
 			srcs: ["foo/bar/MyClass.java"],
 			sdk_version: "current",
 			system_modules: "none",
-			use_embedded_native_libs: true,
 			jni_libs: ["libjni"],
 			stl: "none",
 			apex_available: [ "myapex" ],
diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index 441091b17..22958e5c8 100644
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ func (a *AndroidTestHelperApp) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleCon
 
 func (a *AndroidApp) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	a.checkAppSdkVersions(ctx)
-	a.checkEmbedJnis(ctx)
 	a.generateAndroidBuildActions(ctx)
 	a.generateJavaUsedByApex(ctx)
 }
@@ -379,17 +378,6 @@ func (a *AndroidApp) checkAppSdkVersions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	a.checkSdkVersions(ctx)
 }
 
-// Ensures that use_embedded_native_libs are set for apk-in-apex
-func (a *AndroidApp) checkEmbedJnis(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) {
-	apexInfo, _ := android.ModuleProvider(ctx, android.ApexInfoProvider)
-	apkInApex := !apexInfo.IsForPlatform()
-	hasJnis := len(a.appProperties.Jni_libs) > 0
-
-	if apkInApex && hasJnis && !Bool(a.appProperties.Use_embedded_native_libs) {
-		ctx.ModuleErrorf("APK in APEX should have use_embedded_native_libs: true")
-	}
-}
-
 // If an updatable APK sets min_sdk_version, min_sdk_vesion of JNI libs should match with it.
 // This check is enforced for "updatable" APKs (including APK-in-APEX).
 func (a *AndroidApp) checkJniLibsSdkVersion(ctx android.ModuleContext, minSdkVersion android.ApiLevel) {
@@ -445,9 +433,9 @@ func (a *AndroidApp) shouldUncompressDex(ctx android.ModuleContext) bool {
 }
 
 func (a *AndroidApp) shouldEmbedJnis(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) bool {
+	apexInfo, _ := android.ModuleProvider(ctx, android.ApexInfoProvider)
 	return ctx.Config().UnbundledBuild() || Bool(a.appProperties.Use_embedded_native_libs) ||
-		Bool(a.appProperties.Updatable) ||
-		a.appProperties.AlwaysPackageNativeLibs
+		!apexInfo.IsForPlatform() || a.appProperties.AlwaysPackageNativeLibs
 }
 
 func generateAaptRenamePackageFlags(packageName string, renameResourcesPackage bool) []string {