diff --git a/java/hiddenapi_singleton.go b/java/hiddenapi_singleton.go
index ad84cde..e9e4a45 100644
--- a/java/hiddenapi_singleton.go
+++ b/java/hiddenapi_singleton.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"android/soong/android"
 )
@@ -152,11 +153,23 @@
 		// Collect dex jar paths for modules that had hiddenapi encode called on them.
 		if h, ok := module.(hiddenAPIIntf); ok {
 			if jar := h.bootDexJar(); jar != nil {
-				// For a java lib included in an APEX, only take the one built for
-				// the platform variant, and skip the variants for APEXes.
-				// Otherwise, the hiddenapi tool will complain about duplicated classes
-				if a, ok := module.(android.ApexModule); ok {
-					if android.InAnyApex(module.Name()) && !a.IsForPlatform() {
+				// Don't add multiple variants of the same library to bootDexJars, otherwise
+				// hiddenapi tool will complain about duplicated classes. Such multiple variants
+				// of the same library can happen when the library is included in one or more APEXes.
+				// TODO(b/146308764): remove this heuristic
+				if a, ok := module.(android.ApexModule); ok && android.InAnyApex(module.Name()) {
+					if a.AvailableFor("//apex_available:platform") && !a.IsForPlatform() {
+						// skip the apex variants if the jar is available for the platform
+						return
+					}
+					apexName := a.ApexName()
+					if strings.Contains(apexName, "test") {
+						// skip the if the jar is in test APEX
+						return
+					}
+
+					if strings.Contains(apexName, "com.android.art") && apexName != "com.android.art.release" {
+						// skip the ART APEX variants other than com.android.art.release
 						return
 					}
 				}