diff --git a/java/sdk_library.go b/java/sdk_library.go
index fcc105d56..ee311106c 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library.go
@@ -2385,9 +2385,6 @@ type sdkLibrarySdkMemberProperties struct {
 	// Scope to per scope properties.
 	Scopes map[*apiScope]scopeProperties
 
-	// Additional libraries that the exported stubs libraries depend upon.
-	Libs []string
-
 	// The Java stubs source files.
 	Stub_srcs []string
 
@@ -2439,7 +2436,6 @@ func (s *sdkLibrarySdkMemberProperties) PopulateFromVariant(ctx android.SdkMembe
 		}
 	}
 
-	s.Libs = sdk.properties.Libs
 	s.Naming_scheme = sdk.commonSdkLibraryProperties.Naming_scheme
 	s.Shared_library = proptools.BoolPtr(sdk.sharedLibrary())
 	s.Compile_dex = sdk.dexProperties.Compile_dex
@@ -2504,8 +2500,4 @@ func (s *sdkLibrarySdkMemberProperties) AddToPropertySet(ctx android.SdkMemberCo
 		}
 		propertySet.AddProperty("doctag_files", dests)
 	}
-
-	if len(s.Libs) > 0 {
-		propertySet.AddPropertyWithTag("libs", s.Libs, ctx.SnapshotBuilder().SdkMemberReferencePropertyTag(false))
-	}
 }