diff --git a/filesystem/filesystem.go b/filesystem/filesystem.go
index e3f3ce8..6606037 100644
--- a/filesystem/filesystem.go
+++ b/filesystem/filesystem.go
@@ -469,6 +469,13 @@
 	if ps.SkipInstall() {
 		return false
 	}
+	// "apex" is a fake partition used to install files in out/target/product/<device>/apex/.
+	// Don't include these files in the partition. We should also look into removing the following
+	// TODO to check the PackagingSpec's partition against this filesystem's partition for all
+	// modules, not just autogenerated ones, which will fix this as well.
+	if ps.Partition() == "apex" {
+		return false
+	}
 	if proptools.Bool(f.properties.Is_auto_generated) { // TODO (spandandas): Remove this.
 		pt := f.PartitionType()
 		return ps.Partition() == pt || strings.HasPrefix(ps.Partition(), pt+"/")