diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index fb2ad6c..db93912 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -252,9 +252,6 @@
 	// Default is ["//apex_available:platform"].
 	Apex_available []string
 
-	// See ApexModule.InAnyApex()
-	InAnyApex bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
-
 	// See ApexModule.NotAvailableForPlatform()
 	NotAvailableForPlatform bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
 
@@ -351,7 +348,12 @@
 
 // Implements ApexModule
 func (m *ApexModuleBase) InAnyApex() bool {
-	return m.ApexProperties.InAnyApex
+	for _, apex_name := range m.ApexProperties.Apex_available {
+		if apex_name != AvailableToPlatform {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
 }
 
 // Implements ApexModule
@@ -609,8 +611,6 @@
 		apexInfos, _ = mergeApexVariations(apexInfos)
 	}
 
-	base.ApexProperties.InAnyApex = true
-
 	if platformVariation && !ctx.Host() && !module.AvailableFor(AvailableToPlatform) && module.NotAvailableForPlatform() {
 		// Do not install the module for platform, but still allow it to output
 		// uninstallable AndroidMk entries in certain cases when they have side