diff --git a/java/dexpreopt.go b/java/dexpreopt.go
index a38642a..e15ebb0 100644
--- a/java/dexpreopt.go
+++ b/java/dexpreopt.go
@@ -88,18 +88,11 @@
 				entries.SetString("LOCAL_MODULE_PATH", install.installDirOnDevice.String())
 				entries.SetString("LOCAL_INSTALLED_MODULE_STEM", install.installFileOnDevice)
 				entries.SetString("LOCAL_NOT_AVAILABLE_FOR_PLATFORM", "false")
-				// Unset LOCAL_SOONG_INSTALLED_MODULE so that this does not default to the primary .apex file
-				// Without this, installation of the dexpreopt artifacts get skipped
-				entries.SetString("LOCAL_SOONG_INSTALLED_MODULE", "")
 			},
 		},
 	}
 }
 
-func (install dexpreopterInstall) PackageFile(ctx android.ModuleContext) android.PackagingSpec {
-	return ctx.PackageFile(install.installDirOnDevice, install.installFileOnDevice, install.outputPathOnHost)
-}
-
 type Dexpreopter struct {
 	dexpreopter
 }
@@ -583,13 +576,16 @@
 				// Preopting of boot classpath jars in the ART APEX are handled in
 				// java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go, and other APEX jars are not preopted.
 				// The installs will be handled by Make as sub-modules of the java library.
-				d.builtInstalledForApex = append(d.builtInstalledForApex, dexpreopterInstall{
+				di := dexpreopterInstall{
 					name:                arch + "-" + installBase,
 					moduleName:          libName,
 					outputPathOnHost:    install.From,
 					installDirOnDevice:  installPath,
 					installFileOnDevice: installBase,
-				})
+				}
+				ctx.InstallFile(di.installDirOnDevice, di.installFileOnDevice, di.outputPathOnHost)
+				d.builtInstalledForApex = append(d.builtInstalledForApex, di)
+
 			}
 		} else if !d.preventInstall {
 			ctx.InstallFile(installPath, installBase, install.From)
diff --git a/java/systemserver_classpath_fragment.go b/java/systemserver_classpath_fragment.go
index bad2cf1..3225a3a 100644
--- a/java/systemserver_classpath_fragment.go
+++ b/java/systemserver_classpath_fragment.go
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@
 	return tag == systemServerClasspathFragmentContentDepTag
 }
 
+// The dexpreopt artifacts of apex system server jars are installed onto system image.
+func (s systemServerClasspathFragmentContentDependencyTag) InstallDepNeeded() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
 func (s *SystemServerClasspathModule) ComponentDepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	module := ctx.Module()
 	_, isSourceModule := module.(*SystemServerClasspathModule)