diff --git a/java/sdk_library.go b/java/sdk_library.go
index 676557e..91869ed 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library.go
@@ -1905,6 +1905,11 @@
 	return false
 }
 
+func (module *SdkLibraryImport) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, sdkVersion int) error {
+	// we don't check prebuilt modules for sdk_version
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (module *SdkLibraryImport) OutputFiles(tag string) (android.Paths, error) {
 	return module.commonOutputFiles(tag)
 }
@@ -2071,6 +2076,11 @@
 	// do nothing
 }
 
+func (module *sdkLibraryXml) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, sdkVersion int) error {
+	// sdkLibraryXml doesn't need to be checked separately because java_sdk_library is checked
+	return nil
+}
+
 // File path to the runtime implementation library
 func (module *sdkLibraryXml) implPath() string {
 	implName := proptools.String(module.properties.Lib_name)