diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index d536ca11b..8c56bd771 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -1837,6 +1837,7 @@ func (al *ApiLibrary) extractApiSrcs(ctx android.ModuleContext, rule *android.Ru
 func (al *ApiLibrary) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	apiContributions := al.properties.Api_contributions
 	addValidations := !ctx.Config().IsEnvTrue("DISABLE_STUB_VALIDATION") &&
+		!ctx.Config().IsEnvTrue("WITHOUT_CHECK_API") &&
 		proptools.BoolDefault(al.properties.Enable_validation, true)
 	for _, apiContributionName := range apiContributions {
 		ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), javaApiContributionTag, apiContributionName)