diff --git a/apex/builder.go b/apex/builder.go
index 763ce4d..6f645ab 100644
--- a/apex/builder.go
+++ b/apex/builder.go
@@ -704,8 +704,9 @@
 		optFlags = append(optFlags, "--override_apk_package_name "+manifestPackageName)
 	}
 
-	if a.properties.AndroidManifest != nil {
-		androidManifestFile := android.PathForModuleSrc(ctx, proptools.String(a.properties.AndroidManifest))
+	androidManifest := a.properties.AndroidManifest.GetOrDefault(a.ConfigurableEvaluator(ctx), "")
+	if androidManifest != "" {
+		androidManifestFile := android.PathForModuleSrc(ctx, androidManifest)
 
 		if a.testApex {
 			androidManifestFile = markManifestTestOnly(ctx, androidManifestFile)
@@ -1195,8 +1196,9 @@
 	}
 	// Custom fs_config is "appended" to the last so that entries from the file are preferred
 	// over default ones set above.
-	if a.properties.Canned_fs_config != nil {
-		cmd.Text("cat").Input(android.PathForModuleSrc(ctx, *a.properties.Canned_fs_config))
+	customFsConfig := a.properties.Canned_fs_config.GetOrDefault(a.ConfigurableEvaluator(ctx), "")
+	if customFsConfig != "" {
+		cmd.Text("cat").Input(android.PathForModuleSrc(ctx, customFsConfig))
 	}
 	cmd.Text(")").FlagWithOutput("> ", cannedFsConfig)
 	builder.Build("generateFsConfig", fmt.Sprintf("Generating canned fs config for %s", a.BaseModuleName()))