diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index 7c26cc3..32bfc17 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@
 	// list of java libraries that will be compiled into the resulting jar
 	Static_libs proptools.Configurable[[]string] `android:"arch_variant"`
 
-	// list of java libraries that should not be used to build this module
-	Exclude_static_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
-
 	// manifest file to be included in resulting jar
 	Manifest *string `android:"path"`
 
@@ -827,7 +824,7 @@
 }
 
 func (j *Module) staticLibs(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) []string {
-	return android.RemoveListFromList(j.properties.Static_libs.GetOrDefault(ctx, nil), j.properties.Exclude_static_libs)
+	return j.properties.Static_libs.GetOrDefault(ctx, nil)
 }
 
 func (j *Module) deps(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
diff --git a/java/java_test.go b/java/java_test.go
index e976b08..db154ce 100644
--- a/java/java_test.go
+++ b/java/java_test.go
@@ -2454,37 +2454,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-func TestJavaExcludeStaticLib(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx, _ := testJava(t, `
-	java_library {
-		name: "bar",
-	}
-	java_library {
-		name: "foo",
-	}
-	java_library {
-		name: "baz",
-		static_libs: [
-			"foo",
-			"bar",
-		],
-		exclude_static_libs: [
-			"bar",
-		],
-	}
-	`)
-
-	// "bar" not included as dependency of "baz"
-	CheckModuleDependencies(t, ctx, "baz", "android_common", []string{
-		`core-lambda-stubs`,
-		`ext`,
-		`foo`,
-		`framework`,
-		`stable-core-platform-api-stubs-system-modules`,
-		`stable.core.platform.api.stubs`,
-	})
-}
-
 func TestJavaLibraryWithResourcesStem(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, _ := testJavaWithFS(t, `
     java_library {