diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index 362501d64..dfc61a5a5 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -2063,8 +2063,15 @@ func (c *config) ApiSurfacesDir(s ApiSurface, version string) string {
 		version)
 }
 
+func (c *config) JavaCoverageEnabled() bool {
+	return c.IsEnvTrue("EMMA_INSTRUMENT") || c.IsEnvTrue("EMMA_INSTRUMENT_STATIC") || c.IsEnvTrue("EMMA_INSTRUMENT_FRAMEWORK")
+}
+
 func (c *config) BuildFromTextStub() bool {
-	return c.buildFromTextStub
+	// TODO: b/302320354 - Remove the coverage build specific logic once the
+	// robust solution for handling native properties in from-text stub build
+	// is implemented.
+	return c.buildFromTextStub && !c.JavaCoverageEnabled()
 }
 
 func (c *config) SetBuildFromTextStub(b bool) {
diff --git a/java/java_test.go b/java/java_test.go
index c4fc55bc4..c54c0e68f 100644
--- a/java/java_test.go
+++ b/java/java_test.go
@@ -2599,3 +2599,33 @@ func TestApiLibraryDroidstubsDependency(t *testing.T) {
 		currentApiTimestampPath,
 	)
 }
+
+func TestDisableFromTextStubForCoverageBuild(t *testing.T) {
+	result := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+		prepareForJavaTest,
+		PrepareForTestWithJavaSdkLibraryFiles,
+		PrepareForTestWithJacocoInstrumentation,
+		FixtureWithLastReleaseApis("foo"),
+		android.FixtureModifyConfig(func(config android.Config) {
+			config.SetApiLibraries([]string{"foo"})
+			config.SetBuildFromTextStub(true)
+		}),
+		android.FixtureModifyEnv(func(env map[string]string) {
+			env["EMMA_INSTRUMENT"] = "true"
+		}),
+	).RunTestWithBp(t, `
+		java_sdk_library {
+			name: "foo",
+			srcs: ["A.java"],
+		}
+	`)
+	android.AssertBoolEquals(t, "stub module expected to depend on from-source stub",
+		true, CheckModuleHasDependency(t, result.TestContext,
+			apiScopePublic.stubsLibraryModuleName("foo"), "android_common",
+			apiScopePublic.sourceStubLibraryModuleName("foo")))
+
+	android.AssertBoolEquals(t, "stub module expected to not depend on from-text stub",
+		false, CheckModuleHasDependency(t, result.TestContext,
+			apiScopePublic.stubsLibraryModuleName("foo"), "android_common",
+			apiScopePublic.apiLibraryModuleName("foo")))
+}