diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index d8f004c..3256aac 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@
 		// ensure all direct android.Module deps are enabled
 		ctx.VisitDirectDepsBlueprint(func(bm blueprint.Module) {
 			if m, ok := bm.(Module); ok {
-				ctx.validateAndroidModule(bm, ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(m), ctx.baseModuleContext.strictVisitDeps)
+				ctx.validateAndroidModule(bm, ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(m), ctx.baseModuleContext.strictVisitDeps, false)
 			}
 		})