diff --git a/java/droiddoc.go b/java/droiddoc.go
index 935b839..d2f8d83 100644
--- a/java/droiddoc.go
+++ b/java/droiddoc.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 	// the generated removed Dex API filename by Doclava.
 	Removed_dex_api_filename *string
 
-	// if set to false, don't allow droiddoc to generate stubs source files. Defaults to true.
+	// if set to false, don't allow droiddoc to generate stubs source files. Defaults to false.
 	Create_stubs *bool
 
 	Check_api struct {
@@ -870,6 +870,10 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func (d *Droiddoc) createStubs() bool {
+	return BoolDefault(d.properties.Create_stubs, false)
+}
+
 func (d *Droiddoc) stubsFlags(ctx android.ModuleContext, cmd *android.RuleBuilderCommand, stubsDir android.WritablePath) {
 	if apiCheckEnabled(ctx, d.properties.Check_api.Current, "current") ||
 		apiCheckEnabled(ctx, d.properties.Check_api.Last_released, "last_released") ||
@@ -892,7 +896,7 @@
 		cmd.FlagWithOutput("-removedDexApi ", d.removedDexApiFile)
 	}
 
-	if BoolDefault(d.properties.Create_stubs, true) {
+	if d.createStubs() {
 		cmd.FlagWithArg("-stubs ", stubsDir.String())
 	}
 
diff --git a/java/java_test.go b/java/java_test.go
index 582ebe9..34babfd 100644
--- a/java/java_test.go
+++ b/java/java_test.go
@@ -1107,8 +1107,13 @@
 			"bar-doc/a.java": nil,
 			"bar-doc/b.java": nil,
 		})
+	barDocModule := ctx.ModuleForTests("bar-doc", "android_common")
+	barDoc := barDocModule.Rule("javadoc")
+	notExpected := " -stubs "
+	if strings.Contains(barDoc.RuleParams.Command, notExpected) {
+		t.Errorf("bar-doc command contains flag %q to create stubs, but should not", notExpected)
+	}
 
-	barDoc := ctx.ModuleForTests("bar-doc", "android_common").Rule("javadoc")
 	var javaSrcs []string
 	for _, i := range barDoc.Inputs {
 		javaSrcs = append(javaSrcs, i.Base())
@@ -1117,7 +1122,7 @@
 		t.Errorf("inputs of bar-doc must be []string{\"a.java\"}, but was %#v.", javaSrcs)
 	}
 
-	aidl := ctx.ModuleForTests("bar-doc", "android_common").Rule("aidl")
+	aidl := barDocModule.Rule("aidl")
 	if g, w := barDoc.Implicits.Strings(), aidl.Output.String(); !inList(w, g) {
 		t.Errorf("implicits of bar-doc must contain %q, but was %q.", w, g)
 	}