diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 808e1db..689fe75 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 
 var defaultJavaLibraries = []string{"core-libart", "core-junit", "ext", "framework"}
 
-func javaDepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
+func (j *javaBase) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	if j, ok := ctx.Module().(JavaModuleType); ok {
 		ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), nil, j.JavaDependencies(ctx)...)
 	}
@@ -513,6 +513,9 @@
 	classJarSpecs, resourceJarSpecs []jarSpec
 }
 
+func (j *JavaPrebuilt) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
+}
+
 func (j *JavaPrebuilt) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	if len(j.properties.Srcs) != 1 {
 		ctx.ModuleErrorf("expected exactly one jar in srcs")