diff --git a/java/aar.go b/java/aar.go
index db2ea66..42866f8 100644
--- a/java/aar.go
+++ b/java/aar.go
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@
 	// Functionality common to Module and Import.
 	embeddableInModuleAndImport
 
-	providesTransitiveHeaderJars
+	providesTransitiveHeaderJarsForR8
 
 	properties AARImportProperties
 
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@
 	android.WriteFileRule(ctx, transitiveAaptResourcePackagesFile, strings.Join(transitiveAaptResourcePackages, "\n"))
 	a.transitiveAaptResourcePackagesFile = transitiveAaptResourcePackagesFile
 
-	a.collectTransitiveHeaderJars(ctx)
+	a.collectTransitiveHeaderJarsForR8(ctx)
 
 	a.classLoaderContexts = a.usesLibrary.classLoaderContextForUsesLibDeps(ctx)
 
@@ -1358,13 +1358,13 @@
 	ctx.CheckbuildFile(a.implementationJarFile)
 
 	android.SetProvider(ctx, JavaInfoProvider, &JavaInfo{
-		HeaderJars:                     android.PathsIfNonNil(a.headerJarFile),
-		ResourceJars:                   android.PathsIfNonNil(resourceJarFile),
-		TransitiveLibsHeaderJars:       a.transitiveLibsHeaderJars,
-		TransitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars: a.transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars,
-		ImplementationAndResourcesJars: android.PathsIfNonNil(a.implementationAndResourcesJarFile),
-		ImplementationJars:             android.PathsIfNonNil(a.implementationJarFile),
-		StubsLinkType:                  Implementation,
+		HeaderJars:                          android.PathsIfNonNil(a.headerJarFile),
+		ResourceJars:                        android.PathsIfNonNil(resourceJarFile),
+		TransitiveLibsHeaderJarsForR8:       a.transitiveLibsHeaderJarsForR8,
+		TransitiveStaticLibsHeaderJarsForR8: a.transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJarsForR8,
+		ImplementationAndResourcesJars:      android.PathsIfNonNil(a.implementationAndResourcesJarFile),
+		ImplementationJars:                  android.PathsIfNonNil(a.implementationJarFile),
+		StubsLinkType:                       Implementation,
 		// TransitiveAconfigFiles: // TODO(b/289117800): LOCAL_ACONFIG_FILES for prebuilts
 	})
 
diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index cbe6a43..652cc00 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -1276,8 +1276,8 @@
 
 		android.SetProvider(ctx, JavaInfoProvider, &JavaInfo{
 			HeaderJars:                          android.PathsIfNonNil(j.headerJarFile),
-			TransitiveLibsHeaderJars:            j.transitiveLibsHeaderJars,
-			TransitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars:      j.transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars,
+			TransitiveLibsHeaderJarsForR8:       j.transitiveLibsHeaderJarsForR8,
+			TransitiveStaticLibsHeaderJarsForR8: j.transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJarsForR8,
 			AidlIncludeDirs:                     j.exportAidlIncludeDirs,
 			ExportedPlugins:                     j.exportedPluginJars,
 			ExportedPluginClasses:               j.exportedPluginClasses,
@@ -1793,8 +1793,8 @@
 	android.SetProvider(ctx, JavaInfoProvider, &JavaInfo{
 		HeaderJars:                          android.PathsIfNonNil(j.headerJarFile),
 		RepackagedHeaderJars:                android.PathsIfNonNil(j.repackagedHeaderJarFile),
-		TransitiveLibsHeaderJars:            j.transitiveLibsHeaderJars,
-		TransitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars:      j.transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars,
+		TransitiveLibsHeaderJarsForR8:       j.transitiveLibsHeaderJarsForR8,
+		TransitiveStaticLibsHeaderJarsForR8: j.transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJarsForR8,
 		ImplementationAndResourcesJars:      android.PathsIfNonNil(j.implementationAndResourcesJar),
 		ImplementationJars:                  android.PathsIfNonNil(j.implementationJarFile),
 		ResourceJars:                        android.PathsIfNonNil(j.resourceJar),
@@ -1974,22 +1974,18 @@
 	return instrumentedJar
 }
 
-type providesTransitiveHeaderJars struct {
+type providesTransitiveHeaderJarsForR8 struct {
 	// set of header jars for all transitive libs deps
-	transitiveLibsHeaderJars *android.DepSet[android.Path]
+	transitiveLibsHeaderJarsForR8 *android.DepSet[android.Path]
 	// set of header jars for all transitive static libs deps
-	transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars *android.DepSet[android.Path]
+	transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJarsForR8 *android.DepSet[android.Path]
 }
 
-func (j *providesTransitiveHeaderJars) TransitiveLibsHeaderJars() *android.DepSet[android.Path] {
-	return j.transitiveLibsHeaderJars
-}
-
-func (j *providesTransitiveHeaderJars) TransitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars() *android.DepSet[android.Path] {
-	return j.transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars
-}
-
-func (j *providesTransitiveHeaderJars) collectTransitiveHeaderJars(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
+// collectTransitiveHeaderJarsForR8 visits direct dependencies and collects all transitive libs and static_libs
+// header jars.  The semantics of the collected jars are odd (it collects combined jars that contain the static
+// libs, but also the static libs, and it collects transitive libs dependencies of static_libs), so these
+// are only used to expand the --lib arguments to R8.
+func (j *providesTransitiveHeaderJarsForR8) collectTransitiveHeaderJarsForR8(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	directLibs := android.Paths{}
 	directStaticLibs := android.Paths{}
 	transitiveLibs := []*android.DepSet[android.Path]{}
@@ -2012,16 +2008,16 @@
 				return
 			}
 
-			if dep.TransitiveLibsHeaderJars != nil {
-				transitiveLibs = append(transitiveLibs, dep.TransitiveLibsHeaderJars)
+			if dep.TransitiveLibsHeaderJarsForR8 != nil {
+				transitiveLibs = append(transitiveLibs, dep.TransitiveLibsHeaderJarsForR8)
 			}
-			if dep.TransitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars != nil {
-				transitiveStaticLibs = append(transitiveStaticLibs, dep.TransitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars)
+			if dep.TransitiveStaticLibsHeaderJarsForR8 != nil {
+				transitiveStaticLibs = append(transitiveStaticLibs, dep.TransitiveStaticLibsHeaderJarsForR8)
 			}
 		}
 	})
-	j.transitiveLibsHeaderJars = android.NewDepSet(android.POSTORDER, directLibs, transitiveLibs)
-	j.transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars = android.NewDepSet(android.POSTORDER, directStaticLibs, transitiveStaticLibs)
+	j.transitiveLibsHeaderJarsForR8 = android.NewDepSet(android.POSTORDER, directLibs, transitiveLibs)
+	j.transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJarsForR8 = android.NewDepSet(android.POSTORDER, directStaticLibs, transitiveStaticLibs)
 }
 
 func (j *Module) HeaderJars() android.Paths {
@@ -2287,7 +2283,7 @@
 
 	sdkLinkType, _ := j.getSdkLinkType(ctx, ctx.ModuleName())
 
-	j.collectTransitiveHeaderJars(ctx)
+	j.collectTransitiveHeaderJarsForR8(ctx)
 	ctx.VisitDirectDeps(func(module android.Module) {
 		otherName := ctx.OtherModuleName(module)
 		tag := ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(module)
diff --git a/java/dex.go b/java/dex.go
index 6c739a2..7d42efc 100644
--- a/java/dex.go
+++ b/java/dex.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 	resourcesInput          android.OptionalPath
 	resourcesOutput         android.OptionalPath
 
-	providesTransitiveHeaderJars
+	providesTransitiveHeaderJarsForR8
 }
 
 func (d *dexer) effectiveOptimizeEnabled() bool {
@@ -307,14 +307,14 @@
 	r8Deps = append(r8Deps, flags.dexClasspath...)
 
 	transitiveStaticLibsLookupMap := map[android.Path]bool{}
-	if d.transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars != nil {
-		for _, jar := range d.transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars.ToList() {
+	if d.transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJarsForR8 != nil {
+		for _, jar := range d.transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJarsForR8.ToList() {
 			transitiveStaticLibsLookupMap[jar] = true
 		}
 	}
 	transitiveHeaderJars := android.Paths{}
-	if d.transitiveLibsHeaderJars != nil {
-		for _, jar := range d.transitiveLibsHeaderJars.ToList() {
+	if d.transitiveLibsHeaderJarsForR8 != nil {
+		for _, jar := range d.transitiveLibsHeaderJarsForR8.ToList() {
 			if _, ok := transitiveStaticLibsLookupMap[jar]; ok {
 				// don't include a lib if it is already packaged in the current JAR as a static lib
 				continue
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index f8e9909..8cc1085 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -259,10 +259,10 @@
 	RepackagedHeaderJars android.Paths
 
 	// set of header jars for all transitive libs deps
-	TransitiveLibsHeaderJars *android.DepSet[android.Path]
+	TransitiveLibsHeaderJarsForR8 *android.DepSet[android.Path]
 
 	// set of header jars for all transitive static libs deps
-	TransitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars *android.DepSet[android.Path]
+	TransitiveStaticLibsHeaderJarsForR8 *android.DepSet[android.Path]
 
 	// ImplementationAndResourceJars is a list of jars that contain the implementations of classes
 	// in the module as well as any resources included in the module.
@@ -2634,7 +2634,7 @@
 
 	var flags javaBuilderFlags
 
-	j.collectTransitiveHeaderJars(ctx)
+	j.collectTransitiveHeaderJarsForR8(ctx)
 	var staticJars android.Paths
 	var staticResourceJars android.Paths
 	var staticHeaderJars android.Paths
@@ -2817,14 +2817,14 @@
 	}
 
 	android.SetProvider(ctx, JavaInfoProvider, &JavaInfo{
-		HeaderJars:                     android.PathsIfNonNil(j.combinedHeaderFile),
-		TransitiveLibsHeaderJars:       j.transitiveLibsHeaderJars,
-		TransitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars: j.transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJars,
-		ImplementationAndResourcesJars: android.PathsIfNonNil(j.combinedImplementationFile),
-		ImplementationJars:             android.PathsIfNonNil(implementationJarFile.WithoutRel()),
-		ResourceJars:                   android.PathsIfNonNil(resourceJarFile),
-		AidlIncludeDirs:                j.exportAidlIncludeDirs,
-		StubsLinkType:                  j.stubsLinkType,
+		HeaderJars:                          android.PathsIfNonNil(j.combinedHeaderFile),
+		TransitiveLibsHeaderJarsForR8:       j.transitiveLibsHeaderJarsForR8,
+		TransitiveStaticLibsHeaderJarsForR8: j.transitiveStaticLibsHeaderJarsForR8,
+		ImplementationAndResourcesJars:      android.PathsIfNonNil(j.combinedImplementationFile),
+		ImplementationJars:                  android.PathsIfNonNil(implementationJarFile.WithoutRel()),
+		ResourceJars:                        android.PathsIfNonNil(resourceJarFile),
+		AidlIncludeDirs:                     j.exportAidlIncludeDirs,
+		StubsLinkType:                       j.stubsLinkType,
 		// TODO(b/289117800): LOCAL_ACONFIG_FILES for prebuilts
 	})