diff --git a/ui/build/finder.go b/ui/build/finder.go
index a899822..da7f255 100644
--- a/ui/build/finder.go
+++ b/ui/build/finder.go
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
 
 	// Recursively look for all METADATA files.
 	metadataFiles := f.FindNamedAt(".", "METADATA")
+	metadataFiles = ignoreNonAndroidMetadataFiles(metadataFiles)
 	err = dumpListToFile(ctx, config, metadataFiles, filepath.Join(dumpDir, "METADATA.list"))
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.Fatalf("Could not find METADATA: %v", err)
@@ -223,3 +224,16 @@
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func ignoreNonAndroidMetadataFiles(metadataFiles []string) []string {
+	result := make([]string, 0, len(metadataFiles))
+	for _, file := range metadataFiles {
+		// Ignore files like prebuilts/clang/host/linux-x86/clang-r536225/python3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip-23.1.2.dist-info/METADATA
+		// these METADATA files are from upstream and are not the METADATA files used in Android codebase.
+		if strings.Contains(file, "prebuilts/clang/host/") && strings.Contains(file, "/site-packages/") {
+			continue
+		}
+		result = append(result, file)
+	}
+	return result
+}