diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 574604b..fdb1cfc 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@
 			}
 		} else {
 			// indirect dependencies
-			if am, ok := child.(android.ApexModule); ok && am.CanHaveApexVariants() && am.IsInstallableToApex() {
+			if am, ok := child.(android.ApexModule); ok {
 				// We cannot use a switch statement on `depTag` here as the checked
 				// tags used below are private (e.g. `cc.sharedDepTag`).
 				if cc.IsSharedDepTag(depTag) || cc.IsRuntimeDepTag(depTag) {
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@
 						filesInfo = append(filesInfo, apexFile{fileToCopy, moduleName, dirInApex, nativeTest, cc, nil})
 						return true
 					}
-				} else {
+				} else if am.CanHaveApexVariants() && am.IsInstallableToApex() {
 					ctx.ModuleErrorf("unexpected tag %q for indirect dependency %q", depTag, depName)
 				}
 			}