diff --git a/android/neverallow.go b/android/neverallow.go
index b89d150..e135f57 100644
--- a/android/neverallow.go
+++ b/android/neverallow.go
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 	AddNeverAllowRules(createInitFirstStageRules()...)
 	AddNeverAllowRules(createProhibitFrameworkAccessRules()...)
 	AddNeverAllowRules(createCcStubsRule())
-	AddNeverAllowRules(createJavaExcludeStaticLibsRule())
 	AddNeverAllowRules(createProhibitHeaderOnlyRule())
 	AddNeverAllowRules(createLimitNdkExportRule()...)
 }
@@ -253,14 +252,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-func createJavaExcludeStaticLibsRule() Rule {
-	return NeverAllow().
-		NotIn("build/soong", "libcore", "frameworks/base/api").
-		ModuleType("java_library").
-		WithMatcher("exclude_static_libs", isSetMatcherInstance).
-		Because("exclude_static_libs property is only allowed for java modules defined in build/soong, libcore, and frameworks/base/api")
-}
-
 func createProhibitHeaderOnlyRule() Rule {
 	return NeverAllow().
 		Without("name", "framework-minus-apex-headers").
diff --git a/android/neverallow_test.go b/android/neverallow_test.go
index b2620ef..192c924 100644
--- a/android/neverallow_test.go
+++ b/android/neverallow_test.go
@@ -344,23 +344,6 @@
 			`module "outside_allowed_list": violates neverallow`,
 		},
 	},
-	// Test for the rule restricting use of exclude_static_libs
-	{
-		name: `"exclude_static_libs" outside allowed directory`,
-		fs: map[string][]byte{
-			"a/b/Android.bp": []byte(`
-				java_library {
-					name: "baz",
-					exclude_static_libs: [
-						"bar",
-					],
-				}
-			`),
-		},
-		expectedErrors: []string{
-			`exclude_static_libs property is only allowed for java modules defined in build/soong, libcore, and frameworks/base/api`,
-		},
-	},
 	// Test for only allowing headers_only for framework-minus-apex-headers
 	{
 		name: `"headers_only" outside framework-minus-apex-headers modules`,
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 {