diff --git a/cc/sdk.go b/cc/sdk.go
index 3e50c9f..23dd0cb 100644
--- a/cc/sdk.go
+++ b/cc/sdk.go
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@
 
 			// Mark the SDK variant.
 			modules[1].(*Module).Properties.IsSdkVariant = true
+			// SDK variant is not supposed to be installed
+			modules[1].(*Module).Properties.PreventInstall = true
 
 			if ctx.Config().UnbundledBuildApps() {
 				// For an unbundled apps build, hide the platform variant from Make.
 				modules[0].(*Module).Properties.HideFromMake = true
-				modules[0].(*Module).Properties.PreventInstall = true
 			} else {
 				// For a platform build, mark the SDK variant so that it gets a ".sdk" suffix when
 				// exposed to Make.
 				modules[1].(*Module).Properties.SdkAndPlatformVariantVisibleToMake = true
-				modules[1].(*Module).Properties.PreventInstall = true
 			}
 			ctx.AliasVariation("")
 		} else if isCcModule && ccModule.isImportedApiLibrary() {
@@ -64,16 +64,19 @@
 			if apiLibrary.hasNDKStubs() && ccModule.canUseSdk() {
 				// Handle cc_api_library module with NDK stubs and variants only which can use SDK
 				modules := ctx.CreateVariations("", "sdk")
+
+				// Mark the SDK variant.
 				modules[1].(*Module).Properties.IsSdkVariant = true
+				// SDK variant is not supposed to be installed
+				modules[1].(*Module).Properties.PreventInstall = true
+
 				if ctx.Config().UnbundledBuildApps() {
 					// For an unbundled apps build, hide the platform variant from Make.
 					modules[0].(*Module).Properties.HideFromMake = true
-					modules[0].(*Module).Properties.PreventInstall = true
 				} else {
 					// For a platform build, mark the SDK variant so that it gets a ".sdk" suffix when
 					// exposed to Make.
 					modules[1].(*Module).Properties.SdkAndPlatformVariantVisibleToMake = true
-					modules[1].(*Module).Properties.PreventInstall = true
 				}
 			} else {
 				ccModule.Properties.Sdk_version = nil