diff --git a/java/aar.go b/java/aar.go
index 1e8e6d8..adea87f 100644
--- a/java/aar.go
+++ b/java/aar.go
@@ -188,8 +188,7 @@
 	return linkFlags, linkDeps, resDirs, overlayDirs, rroDirs, resourceZips
 }
 
-func (a *aapt) deps(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext, sdkContext sdkContext) {
-	sdkDep := decodeSdkDep(ctx, sdkContext)
+func (a *aapt) deps(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext, sdkDep sdkDep) {
 	if sdkDep.frameworkResModule != "" {
 		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, frameworkResTag, sdkDep.frameworkResModule)
 	}
@@ -401,8 +400,9 @@
 
 func (a *AndroidLibrary) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	a.Module.deps(ctx)
-	if !Bool(a.properties.No_framework_libs) && !Bool(a.properties.No_standard_libs) {
-		a.aapt.deps(ctx, sdkContext(a))
+	sdkDep := decodeSdkDep(ctx, sdkContext(a))
+	if sdkDep.hasFrameworkLibs() {
+		a.aapt.deps(ctx, sdkDep)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -513,6 +513,14 @@
 	return a.sdkVersion()
 }
 
+func (a *AARImport) noFrameworkLibs() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+func (a *AARImport) noStandardLibs() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
 var _ AndroidLibraryDependency = (*AARImport)(nil)
 
 func (a *AARImport) ExportPackage() android.Path {
diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index 78e0501..cab97de 100644
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -159,8 +159,9 @@
 		ctx.PropertyErrorf("stl", "sdk_version must be set in order to use c++_shared")
 	}
 
-	if !Bool(a.properties.No_framework_libs) && !Bool(a.properties.No_standard_libs) {
-		a.aapt.deps(ctx, sdkContext(a))
+	sdkDep := decodeSdkDep(ctx, sdkContext(a))
+	if sdkDep.hasFrameworkLibs() {
+		a.aapt.deps(ctx, sdkDep)
 	}
 
 	embedJni := a.shouldEmbedJnis(ctx)
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	a.usesLibrary.deps(ctx, Bool(a.properties.No_framework_libs))
+	a.usesLibrary.deps(ctx, sdkDep.hasFrameworkLibs())
 }
 
 func (a *AndroidApp) OverridablePropertiesDepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
@@ -783,7 +784,7 @@
 		ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), certificateTag, cert)
 	}
 
-	a.usesLibrary.deps(ctx, false)
+	a.usesLibrary.deps(ctx, true)
 }
 
 func (a *AndroidAppImport) uncompressEmbeddedJniLibs(
@@ -937,11 +938,14 @@
 	usesLibraryProperties UsesLibraryProperties
 }
 
-func (u *usesLibrary) deps(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext, noFrameworkLibs bool) {
+func (u *usesLibrary) deps(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext, hasFrameworkLibs bool) {
 	if !ctx.Config().UnbundledBuild() {
 		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, usesLibTag, u.usesLibraryProperties.Uses_libs...)
 		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, usesLibTag, u.presentOptionalUsesLibs(ctx)...)
-		if !noFrameworkLibs {
+		// Only add these extra dependencies if the module depends on framework libs. This avoids
+		// creating a cyclic dependency:
+		//     e.g. framework-res -> org.apache.http.legacy -> ... -> framework-res.
+		if hasFrameworkLibs {
 			// dexpreopt/dexpreopt.go needs the paths to the dex jars of these libraries in case construct_context.sh needs
 			// to pass them to dex2oat.  Add them as a dependency so we can determine the path to the dex jar of each
 			// library to dexpreopt.
diff --git a/java/droiddoc.go b/java/droiddoc.go
index 992c8b5..e1476a2 100644
--- a/java/droiddoc.go
+++ b/java/droiddoc.go
@@ -538,16 +538,24 @@
 	return j.sdkVersion()
 }
 
+func (j *Javadoc) noFrameworkLibs() bool {
+	return Bool(j.properties.No_framework_libs)
+}
+
+func (j *Javadoc) noStandardLibs() bool {
+	return Bool(j.properties.No_standard_libs)
+}
+
 func (j *Javadoc) addDeps(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	if ctx.Device() {
-		if !Bool(j.properties.No_standard_libs) {
-			sdkDep := decodeSdkDep(ctx, sdkContext(j))
+		sdkDep := decodeSdkDep(ctx, sdkContext(j))
+		if sdkDep.hasStandardLibs() {
 			if sdkDep.useDefaultLibs {
 				ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, bootClasspathTag, config.DefaultBootclasspathLibraries...)
 				if ctx.Config().TargetOpenJDK9() {
 					ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, systemModulesTag, config.DefaultSystemModules)
 				}
-				if !Bool(j.properties.No_framework_libs) {
+				if sdkDep.hasFrameworkLibs() {
 					ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, config.DefaultLibraries...)
 				}
 			} else if sdkDep.useModule {
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index a1addb3..82f799e 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -440,6 +440,16 @@
 
 	jars android.Paths
 	aidl android.OptionalPath
+
+	noStandardLibs, noFrameworksLibs bool
+}
+
+func (s sdkDep) hasStandardLibs() bool {
+	return !s.noStandardLibs
+}
+
+func (s sdkDep) hasFrameworkLibs() bool {
+	return !s.noStandardLibs && !s.noFrameworksLibs
 }
 
 type jniLib struct {
@@ -476,14 +486,22 @@
 	return j.sdkVersion()
 }
 
+func (j *Module) noFrameworkLibs() bool {
+	return Bool(j.properties.No_framework_libs)
+}
+
+func (j *Module) noStandardLibs() bool {
+	return Bool(j.properties.No_standard_libs)
+}
+
 func (j *Module) deps(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	if ctx.Device() {
-		if !Bool(j.properties.No_standard_libs) {
-			sdkDep := decodeSdkDep(ctx, sdkContext(j))
+		sdkDep := decodeSdkDep(ctx, sdkContext(j))
+		if sdkDep.hasStandardLibs() {
 			if sdkDep.useDefaultLibs {
 				ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, bootClasspathTag, config.DefaultBootclasspathLibraries...)
 				ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, systemModulesTag, config.DefaultSystemModules)
-				if !Bool(j.properties.No_framework_libs) {
+				if sdkDep.hasFrameworkLibs() {
 					ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, config.DefaultLibraries...)
 				}
 			} else if sdkDep.useModule {
@@ -913,7 +931,7 @@
 	flags.processor = strings.Join(deps.processorClasses, ",")
 
 	if len(flags.bootClasspath) == 0 && ctx.Host() && flags.javaVersion != "1.9" &&
-		!Bool(j.properties.No_standard_libs) &&
+		decodeSdkDep(ctx, sdkContext(j)).hasStandardLibs() &&
 		inList(flags.javaVersion, []string{"1.6", "1.7", "1.8"}) {
 		// Give host-side tools a version of OpenJDK's standard libraries
 		// close to what they're targeting. As of Dec 2017, AOSP is only
diff --git a/java/sdk.go b/java/sdk.go
index 90b8fac..76d36f6 100644
--- a/java/sdk.go
+++ b/java/sdk.go
@@ -38,12 +38,18 @@
 var apiFingerprintPathKey = android.NewOnceKey("apiFingerprintPathKey")
 
 type sdkContext interface {
-	// sdkVersion eturns the sdk_version property of the current module, or an empty string if it is not set.
+	// sdkVersion returns the sdk_version property of the current module, or an empty string if it is not set.
 	sdkVersion() string
 	// minSdkVersion returns the min_sdk_version property of the current module, or sdkVersion() if it is not set.
 	minSdkVersion() string
 	// targetSdkVersion returns the target_sdk_version property of the current module, or sdkVersion() if it is not set.
 	targetSdkVersion() string
+
+	// Temporarily provide access to the no_standard_libs property (where present).
+	noStandardLibs() bool
+
+	// Temporarily provide access to the no_frameworks_libs property (where present).
+	noFrameworkLibs() bool
 }
 
 func sdkVersionOrDefault(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, v string) string {
@@ -138,6 +144,10 @@
 			useFiles: true,
 			jars:     android.Paths{jarPath.Path(), lambdaStubsPath},
 			aidl:     android.OptionalPathForPath(aidlPath.Path()),
+
+			// Pass values straight through for now to match previous behavior.
+			noStandardLibs:   sdkContext.noStandardLibs(),
+			noFrameworksLibs: sdkContext.noFrameworkLibs(),
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -148,6 +158,10 @@
 			systemModules:      m + "_system_modules",
 			frameworkResModule: r,
 			aidl:               android.OptionalPathForPath(aidl),
+
+			// Pass values straight through for now to match previous behavior.
+			noStandardLibs:   sdkContext.noStandardLibs(),
+			noFrameworksLibs: sdkContext.noFrameworkLibs(),
 		}
 
 		if m == "core.current.stubs" {
@@ -182,6 +196,10 @@
 		return sdkDep{
 			useDefaultLibs:     true,
 			frameworkResModule: "framework-res",
+
+			// Pass values straight through for now to match previous behavior.
+			noStandardLibs:   sdkContext.noStandardLibs(),
+			noFrameworksLibs: sdkContext.noFrameworkLibs(),
 		}
 	case "current":
 		return toModule("android_stubs_current", "framework-res", sdkFrameworkAidlPath(ctx))
diff --git a/java/sdk_library.go b/java/sdk_library.go
index e383533..05c7e81 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library.go
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@
 	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, publicApiStubsTag, module.stubsName(apiScopePublic))
 	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, publicApiFileTag, module.docsName(apiScopePublic))
 
-	if !Bool(module.properties.No_standard_libs) {
+	sdkDep := decodeSdkDep(ctx, sdkContext(&module.Library))
+	if sdkDep.hasStandardLibs() {
 		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, systemApiStubsTag, module.stubsName(apiScopeSystem))
 		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, systemApiFileTag, module.docsName(apiScopeSystem))
 		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, testApiFileTag, module.docsName(apiScopeTest))
@@ -401,6 +402,8 @@
 		}
 	}{}
 
+	sdkDep := decodeSdkDep(mctx, sdkContext(&module.Library))
+
 	props.Name = proptools.StringPtr(module.stubsName(apiScope))
 	// sources are generated from the droiddoc
 	props.Srcs = []string{":" + module.docsName(apiScope)}
@@ -411,7 +414,7 @@
 		props.Product_variables.Unbundled_build.Enabled = proptools.BoolPtr(false)
 	}
 	props.Product_variables.Pdk.Enabled = proptools.BoolPtr(false)
-	props.No_standard_libs = module.Library.Module.properties.No_standard_libs
+	props.No_standard_libs = proptools.BoolPtr(!sdkDep.hasStandardLibs())
 	props.System_modules = module.Library.Module.deviceProperties.System_modules
 	props.Openjdk9.Srcs = module.Library.Module.properties.Openjdk9.Srcs
 	props.Openjdk9.Javacflags = module.Library.Module.properties.Openjdk9.Javacflags
@@ -462,6 +465,8 @@
 		}
 	}{}
 
+	sdkDep := decodeSdkDep(mctx, sdkContext(&module.Library))
+
 	props.Name = proptools.StringPtr(module.docsName(apiScope))
 	props.Srcs = append(props.Srcs, module.Library.Module.properties.Srcs...)
 	props.Srcs = append(props.Srcs, module.sdkLibraryProperties.Api_srcs...)
@@ -472,7 +477,7 @@
 	props.Libs = append(props.Libs, module.Library.Module.properties.Static_libs...)
 	props.Aidl.Include_dirs = module.Library.Module.deviceProperties.Aidl.Include_dirs
 	props.Aidl.Local_include_dirs = module.Library.Module.deviceProperties.Aidl.Local_include_dirs
-	props.No_standard_libs = module.Library.Module.properties.No_standard_libs
+	props.No_standard_libs = proptools.BoolPtr(!sdkDep.hasStandardLibs())
 	props.Java_version = module.Library.Module.properties.Java_version
 
 	props.Merge_annotations_dirs = module.sdkLibraryProperties.Merge_annotations_dirs
@@ -701,7 +706,8 @@
 	module.createStubsLibrary(mctx, apiScopePublic)
 	module.createDocs(mctx, apiScopePublic)
 
-	if !Bool(module.properties.No_standard_libs) {
+	sdkDep := decodeSdkDep(mctx, sdkContext(&module.Library))
+	if sdkDep.hasStandardLibs() {
 		// for system API stubs
 		module.createStubsLibrary(mctx, apiScopeSystem)
 		module.createDocs(mctx, apiScopeSystem)