diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 0b48873..288042b 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -2454,7 +2454,7 @@
 	ret := []string{}
 	ret = append(ret, al.properties.Libs.GetOrDefault(ctx, nil)...)
 	ret = append(ret, al.properties.Static_libs.GetOrDefault(ctx, nil)...)
-	if al.properties.System_modules != nil {
+	if proptools.StringDefault(al.properties.System_modules, "none") != "none" {
 		ret = append(ret, proptools.String(al.properties.System_modules))
 	}
 	// Other non java_library dependencies like java_api_contribution are ignored for now.
diff --git a/java/jdeps_test.go b/java/jdeps_test.go
index 7a0fb10..1435000 100644
--- a/java/jdeps_test.go
+++ b/java/jdeps_test.go
@@ -134,3 +134,42 @@
 
 	android.AssertStringListContains(t, "IdeInfo.Deps should contain versioned sdk module", dpInfo.Deps, "sdk_public_29_android")
 }
+
+func TestDoNotAddNoneSystemModulesToDeps(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+		prepareForJavaTest,
+		android.FixtureMergeEnv(
+			map[string]string{
+				"DISABLE_STUB_VALIDATION": "true",
+			},
+		),
+	).RunTestWithBp(t,
+		`
+		java_library {
+			name: "javalib",
+			srcs: ["foo.java"],
+			sdk_version: "none",
+			system_modules: "none",
+		}
+
+		java_api_library {
+			name: "javalib.stubs",
+			stubs_type: "everything",
+			api_contributions: ["javalib-current.txt"],
+			api_surface: "public",
+			system_modules: "none",
+		}
+		java_api_contribution {
+			name: "javalib-current.txt",
+			api_file: "javalib-current.txt",
+			api_surface: "public",
+		}
+	`)
+	javalib := ctx.ModuleForTests("javalib", "android_common").Module().(*Library)
+	dpInfo, _ := android.OtherModuleProvider(ctx, javalib, android.IdeInfoProviderKey)
+	android.AssertStringListDoesNotContain(t, "IdeInfo.Deps should contain not contain `none`", dpInfo.Deps, "none")
+
+	javalib_stubs := ctx.ModuleForTests("javalib.stubs", "android_common").Module().(*ApiLibrary)
+	dpInfo, _ = android.OtherModuleProvider(ctx, javalib_stubs, android.IdeInfoProviderKey)
+	android.AssertStringListDoesNotContain(t, "IdeInfo.Deps should contain not contain `none`", dpInfo.Deps, "none")
+}