diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index abf6b15..1ced393 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -3725,7 +3725,7 @@
 }
 
 func ensureExactDeapexedContents(t *testing.T, ctx *android.TestContext, moduleName string, variant string, files []string) {
-	deapexer := ctx.ModuleForTests(moduleName+".deapexer", variant).Rule("deapexer")
+	deapexer := ctx.ModuleForTests(moduleName+".deapexer", variant).Description("deapex")
 	outputs := make([]string, 0, len(deapexer.ImplicitOutputs)+1)
 	if deapexer.Output != nil {
 		outputs = append(outputs, deapexer.Output.String())