diff --git a/android/visibility.go b/android/visibility.go
index 94af343..a7e718b 100644
--- a/android/visibility.go
+++ b/android/visibility.go
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
 
 // Describes the properties provided by a module that contain visibility rules.
 type visibilityPropertyImpl struct {
-	name          string
-	stringsGetter func() []string
+	name            string
+	stringsProperty *[]string
 }
 
 type visibilityProperty interface {
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@
 	getStrings() []string
 }
 
-func newVisibilityProperty(name string, stringsGetter func() []string) visibilityProperty {
+func newVisibilityProperty(name string, stringsProperty *[]string) visibilityProperty {
 	return visibilityPropertyImpl{
-		name:          name,
-		stringsGetter: stringsGetter,
+		name:            name,
+		stringsProperty: stringsProperty,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 }
 
 func (p visibilityPropertyImpl) getStrings() []string {
-	return p.stringsGetter()
+	return *p.stringsProperty
 }
 
 // A compositeRule is a visibility rule composed from a list of atomic visibility rules.
@@ -211,16 +211,7 @@
 // Checks the per-module visibility rule lists before defaults expansion.
 func visibilityRuleChecker(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	qualified := createQualifiedModuleName(ctx)
-	if d, ok := ctx.Module().(Defaults); ok {
-		// Defaults modules don't store the payload properties in m.base().
-		for _, props := range d.properties() {
-			if cp, ok := props.(*commonProperties); ok {
-				if visibility := cp.Visibility; visibility != nil {
-					checkRules(ctx, qualified.pkg, "visibility", visibility)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	} else if m, ok := ctx.Module().(Module); ok {
+	if m, ok := ctx.Module().(Module); ok {
 		visibilityProperties := m.visibilityProperties()
 		for _, p := range visibilityProperties {
 			if visibility := p.getStrings(); visibility != nil {
@@ -294,14 +285,12 @@
 	qualifiedModuleId := m.qualifiedModuleId(ctx)
 	currentPkg := qualifiedModuleId.pkg
 
-	// Parse all the properties into rules and store them.
-	visibilityProperties := m.visibilityProperties()
-	for _, p := range visibilityProperties {
-		if visibility := p.getStrings(); visibility != nil {
-			rule := parseRules(ctx, currentPkg, visibility)
-			if rule != nil {
-				moduleToVisibilityRuleMap(ctx).Store(qualifiedModuleId, rule)
-			}
+	// Parse the visibility rules that control access to the module and store them by id
+	// for use when enforcing the rules.
+	if visibility := m.visibility(); visibility != nil {
+		rule := parseRules(ctx, currentPkg, m.visibility())
+		if rule != nil {
+			moduleToVisibilityRuleMap(ctx).Store(qualifiedModuleId, rule)
 		}
 	}
 }