diff --git a/java/hiddenapi_monolithic.go b/java/hiddenapi_monolithic.go
index a61018d..1e30c5f 100644
--- a/java/hiddenapi_monolithic.go
+++ b/java/hiddenapi_monolithic.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 		case *ClasspathFragmentElement:
 			fragment := e.Module()
 			if info, ok := android.OtherModuleProvider(ctx, fragment, HiddenAPIInfoProvider); ok {
-				monolithicInfo.append(&info)
+				monolithicInfo.append(ctx, fragment, &info)
 			} else {
 				ctx.ModuleErrorf("%s does not provide hidden API information", fragment)
 			}
@@ -79,14 +79,25 @@
 }
 
 // append appends all the files from the supplied info to the corresponding files in this struct.
-func (i *MonolithicHiddenAPIInfo) append(other *HiddenAPIInfo) {
+func (i *MonolithicHiddenAPIInfo) append(ctx android.ModuleContext, otherModule android.Module, other *HiddenAPIInfo) {
 	i.FlagsFilesByCategory.append(other.FlagFilesByCategory)
 	i.AnnotationFlagsPaths = append(i.AnnotationFlagsPaths, other.AnnotationFlagsPath)
 	i.MetadataPaths = append(i.MetadataPaths, other.MetadataPath)
 	i.IndexPaths = append(i.IndexPaths, other.IndexPath)
 
-	i.StubFlagSubsets = append(i.StubFlagSubsets, other.StubFlagSubset())
-	i.FlagSubsets = append(i.FlagSubsets, other.FlagSubset())
+	apexInfo, ok := android.OtherModuleProvider(ctx, otherModule, android.ApexInfoProvider)
+	if !ok {
+		ctx.ModuleErrorf("Could not determine min_version_version of %s\n", otherModule.Name())
+		return
+	}
+	if apexInfo.MinSdkVersion.LessThanOrEqualTo(android.ApiLevelR) {
+		// Restrict verify_overlaps to R and older modules.
+		// The runtime in S does not have the same restriction that
+		// requires the hiddenapi flags to be generated in a monolithic
+		// invocation.
+		i.StubFlagSubsets = append(i.StubFlagSubsets, other.StubFlagSubset())
+		i.FlagSubsets = append(i.FlagSubsets, other.FlagSubset())
+	}
 }
 
 var MonolithicHiddenAPIInfoProvider = blueprint.NewProvider[MonolithicHiddenAPIInfo]()