diff --git a/android/defaults.go b/android/defaults.go
index 03b2efb..7906e94 100644
--- a/android/defaults.go
+++ b/android/defaults.go
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
 	}
 
 	for _, defaults := range defaultsList {
-		if ctx.Config().runningAsBp2Build {
+		if ctx.Config().BuildMode == Bp2build {
 			applyNamespacedVariableDefaults(defaults, ctx)
 		}