diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index b1c1264..6d2eb01 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -1881,13 +1881,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	buildStubs := false
-	if versioned, ok := c.linker.(versionedInterface); ok {
-		if versioned.buildStubs() {
-			buildStubs = true
-		}
-	}
-
 	rewriteSnapshotLibs := func(lib string, snapshotMap *snapshotMap) string {
 		// only modules with BOARD_VNDK_VERSION uses snapshot.
 		if c.VndkVersion() != actx.DeviceConfig().VndkVersion() {
@@ -1910,7 +1903,7 @@
 
 		lib = rewriteSnapshotLibs(lib, vendorSnapshotHeaderLibs)
 
-		if buildStubs {
+		if c.IsStubs() {
 			actx.AddFarVariationDependencies(append(ctx.Target().Variations(), c.ImageVariation()),
 				depTag, lib)
 		} else {
@@ -1918,12 +1911,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if buildStubs {
-		// Stubs lib does not have dependency to other static/shared libraries.
-		// Don't proceed.
-		return
-	}
-
 	// sysprop_library has to support both C++ and Java. So sysprop_library internally creates one
 	// C++ implementation library and one Java implementation library. When a module links against
 	// sysprop_library, the C++ implementation library has to be linked. syspropImplLibraries is a
@@ -2237,6 +2224,11 @@
 			return false
 		}
 
+		depTag := ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(child)
+		if IsHeaderDepTag(depTag) {
+			return false
+		}
+
 		// Even if target lib has no vendor variant, keep checking dependency
 		// graph in case it depends on vendor_available or product_available
 		// but not double_loadable transtively.
@@ -2483,6 +2475,12 @@
 					}
 				}
 
+				// Stubs lib doesn't link to the shared lib dependencies. Don't set
+				// linkFile, depFile, and ptr.
+				if c.IsStubs() {
+					break
+				}
+
 				linkFile = android.OptionalPathForPath(sharedLibraryInfo.SharedLibrary)
 				depFile = sharedLibraryInfo.TableOfContents
 
@@ -2510,6 +2508,13 @@
 					}
 					return
 				}
+
+				// Stubs lib doesn't link to the static lib dependencies. Don't set
+				// linkFile, depFile, and ptr.
+				if c.IsStubs() {
+					break
+				}
+
 				staticLibraryInfo := ctx.OtherModuleProvider(dep, StaticLibraryInfoProvider).(StaticLibraryInfo)
 				linkFile = android.OptionalPathForPath(staticLibraryInfo.StaticLibrary)
 				if libDepTag.wholeStatic {
@@ -2637,7 +2642,9 @@
 						c.Properties.AndroidMkStaticLibs, makeLibName)
 				}
 			}
-		} else {
+		} else if !c.IsStubs() {
+			// Stubs lib doesn't link to the runtime lib, object, crt, etc. dependencies.
+
 			switch depTag {
 			case runtimeDepTag:
 				c.Properties.AndroidMkRuntimeLibs = append(