diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 557b9b7..c6d8234 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -842,10 +842,12 @@
 		}
 
 		addDependenciesForNativeModules(ctx, deps, target, imageVariation)
-		ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{
-			{Mutator: "os", Variation: target.OsVariation()},
-			{Mutator: "arch", Variation: target.ArchVariation()},
-		}, shBinaryTag, a.properties.Sh_binaries...)
+		if isPrimaryAbi {
+			ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{
+				{Mutator: "os", Variation: target.OsVariation()},
+				{Mutator: "arch", Variation: target.ArchVariation()},
+			}, shBinaryTag, a.properties.Sh_binaries...)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Common-arch dependencies come next
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 02dc6e6..85d1d71 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -5046,6 +5046,7 @@
 			key: "myapex.key",
 			sh_binaries: ["myscript"],
 			updatable: false,
+			compile_multilib: "both",
 		}
 
 		apex_key {