diff --git a/android/androidmk.go b/android/androidmk.go
index 1a9cabd..69df358 100644
--- a/android/androidmk.go
+++ b/android/androidmk.go
@@ -366,7 +366,9 @@
 	// Collate the contributions this module makes to the dist.
 	distContributions := &distContributions{}
 
-	distContributions.licenseMetadataFile = amod.licenseMetadataFile
+	if !exemptFromRequiredApplicableLicensesProperty(mod.(Module)) {
+		distContributions.licenseMetadataFile = amod.licenseMetadataFile
+	}
 
 	// Iterate over this module's dist structs, merged from the dist and dists properties.
 	for _, dist := range amod.Dists() {
@@ -458,10 +460,12 @@
 		ret = append(ret, fmt.Sprintf(".PHONY: %s\n", d.goals))
 		// Create dist-for-goals calls for each of the copy instructions.
 		for _, c := range d.copies {
-			ret = append(
-				ret,
-				fmt.Sprintf("$(if $(strip $(ALL_TARGETS.%s.META_LIC)),,$(eval ALL_TARGETS.%s.META_LIC := %s))\n",
-					c.from.String(), c.from.String(), distContributions.licenseMetadataFile.String()))
+			if distContributions.licenseMetadataFile != nil {
+				ret = append(
+					ret,
+					fmt.Sprintf("$(if $(strip $(ALL_TARGETS.%s.META_LIC)),,$(eval ALL_TARGETS.%s.META_LIC := %s))\n",
+						c.from.String(), c.from.String(), distContributions.licenseMetadataFile.String()))
+			}
 			ret = append(
 				ret,
 				fmt.Sprintf("$(call dist-for-goals,%s,%s:%s)\n", d.goals, c.from.String(), c.dest))
diff --git a/android/gen_notice.go b/android/gen_notice.go
index 2eb6bec..008aac5 100644
--- a/android/gen_notice.go
+++ b/android/gen_notice.go
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@
 }
 
 func (m *genNoticeModule) DepsMutator(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext) {
+	if ctx.ContainsProperty("licenses") {
+		ctx.PropertyErrorf("licenses", "not supported on \"gen_notice\" modules")
+	}
 	if proptools.Bool(m.properties.Html) && proptools.Bool(m.properties.Xml) {
 		ctx.ModuleErrorf("can be html or xml but not both")
 	}
@@ -195,6 +198,16 @@
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unrecognized tag %q", tag)
 }
 
+var _ AndroidMkEntriesProvider = (*genNoticeModule)(nil)
+
+// Implements AndroidMkEntriesProvider
+func (m *genNoticeModule) AndroidMkEntries() []AndroidMkEntries {
+	return []AndroidMkEntries{AndroidMkEntries{
+		Class:      "ETC",
+		OutputFile: OptionalPathForPath(m.output),
+	}}
+}
+
 // missingReferencesRule emits an ErrorRule for missing module references.
 func missingReferencesRule(ctx BuilderContext, m *genNoticeModule) {
 	if len(m.missing) < 1 {
diff --git a/android/gen_notice_test.go b/android/gen_notice_test.go
index b45ce4f..99d982b 100644
--- a/android/gen_notice_test.go
+++ b/android/gen_notice_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@
 	expectedErrors []string
 }{
 	{
+		name: "gen_notice must not accept licenses property",
+		fs: map[string][]byte{
+			"top/Android.bp": []byte(`
+				gen_notice {
+					name: "top_license",
+					licenses: ["other_license"],
+				}`),
+		},
+		expectedErrors: []string{
+			`not supported on "gen_notice" modules`,
+		},
+	},
+	{
 		name: "bad gen_notice",
 		fs: map[string][]byte{
 			"top/Android.bp": []byte(`