diff --git a/android/testing.go b/android/testing.go
index 595e09bbd..03d7bd5a6 100644
--- a/android/testing.go
+++ b/android/testing.go
@@ -73,8 +73,19 @@ var PrepareForTestWithOverrides = FixtureRegisterWithContext(func(ctx Registrati
 	ctx.PostDepsMutators(RegisterOverridePostDepsMutators)
 })
 
-// Prepares an integration test with build components from the android package.
-var PrepareForIntegrationTestWithAndroid = GroupFixturePreparers(
+// Test fixture preparer that will register most java build components.
+//
+// Singletons and mutators should only be added here if they are needed for a majority of java
+// module types, otherwise they should be added under a separate preparer to allow them to be
+// selected only when needed to reduce test execution time.
+//
+// Module types do not have much of an overhead unless they are used so this should include as many
+// module types as possible. The exceptions are those module types that require mutators and/or
+// singletons in order to function in which case they should be kept together in a separate
+// preparer.
+//
+// The mutators in this group were chosen because they are needed by the vast majority of tests.
+var PrepareForTestWithAndroidBuildComponents = GroupFixturePreparers(
 	// Sorted alphabetically as the actual order does not matter as tests automatically enforce the
 	// correct order.
 	PrepareForTestWithArchMutator,
@@ -87,6 +98,13 @@ var PrepareForIntegrationTestWithAndroid = GroupFixturePreparers(
 	PrepareForTestWithVisibility,
 )
 
+// Prepares an integration test with all build components from the android package.
+//
+// This should only be used by tests that want to run with as much of the build enabled as possible.
+var PrepareForIntegrationTestWithAndroid = GroupFixturePreparers(
+	PrepareForTestWithAndroidBuildComponents,
+)
+
 func NewTestArchContext(config Config) *TestContext {
 	ctx := NewTestContext(config)
 	ctx.preDeps = append(ctx.preDeps, registerArchMutator)