diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index 75b552f..bc956bd 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 	Libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 
 	// list of java libraries that will be compiled into the resulting jar
-	Static_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+	Static_libs proptools.Configurable[[]string] `android:"arch_variant"`
 
 	// list of java libraries that should not be used to build this module
 	Exclude_static_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
@@ -836,6 +836,10 @@
 	return j.ApexModuleBase.AvailableFor(what)
 }
 
+func (j *Module) staticLibs(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) []string {
+	return android.RemoveListFromList(j.properties.Static_libs.GetOrDefault(ctx, nil), j.properties.Exclude_static_libs)
+}
+
 func (j *Module) deps(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	if ctx.Device() {
 		j.linter.deps(ctx)
@@ -852,8 +856,7 @@
 
 	libDeps := ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, j.properties.Libs...)
 
-	j.properties.Static_libs = android.RemoveListFromList(j.properties.Static_libs, j.properties.Exclude_static_libs)
-	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, j.properties.Static_libs...)
+	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, j.staticLibs(ctx)...)
 
 	// Add dependency on libraries that provide additional hidden api annotations.
 	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, hiddenApiAnnotationsTag, j.properties.Hiddenapi_additional_annotations...)
@@ -935,7 +938,7 @@
 		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, "jacocoagent")
 	}
 
-	if j.useCompose() {
+	if j.useCompose(ctx) {
 		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(ctx.Config().BuildOSCommonTarget.Variations(), kotlinPluginTag,
 			"androidx.compose.compiler_compiler-hosted")
 	}
@@ -1839,8 +1842,8 @@
 	j.outputFile = outputFile.WithoutRel()
 }
 
-func (j *Module) useCompose() bool {
-	return android.InList("androidx.compose.runtime_runtime", j.properties.Static_libs)
+func (j *Module) useCompose(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) bool {
+	return android.InList("androidx.compose.runtime_runtime", j.staticLibs(ctx))
 }
 
 func collectDepProguardSpecInfo(ctx android.ModuleContext) (transitiveProguardFlags, transitiveUnconditionalExportedFlags []*android.DepSet[android.Path]) {
@@ -2097,7 +2100,7 @@
 	}
 	dpInfo.Deps = append(dpInfo.Deps, j.CompilerDeps()...)
 	dpInfo.Aidl_include_dirs = append(dpInfo.Aidl_include_dirs, j.deviceProperties.Aidl.Include_dirs...)
-	dpInfo.Static_libs = append(dpInfo.Static_libs, j.properties.Static_libs...)
+	dpInfo.Static_libs = append(dpInfo.Static_libs, j.staticLibs(ctx)...)
 	dpInfo.Libs = append(dpInfo.Libs, j.properties.Libs...)
 }