diff --git a/java/aar.go b/java/aar.go
index 42866f8..0639e64 100644
--- a/java/aar.go
+++ b/java/aar.go
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@
 	// Defaults to sdk_version if not set. See sdk_version for possible values.
 	Min_sdk_version *string
 	// List of java static libraries that the included ARR (android library prebuilts) has dependencies to.
-	Static_libs []string
+	Static_libs proptools.Configurable[[]string]
 	// List of java libraries that the included ARR (android library prebuilts) has dependencies to.
 	Libs []string
 	// If set to true, run Jetifier against .aar file. Defaults to false.
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@
 	}
 
 	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, a.properties.Libs...)
-	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, a.properties.Static_libs...)
+	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, a.properties.Static_libs.GetOrDefault(ctx, nil)...)
 
 	a.usesLibrary.deps(ctx, false)
 }
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...)
 }
 
diff --git a/java/droiddoc.go b/java/droiddoc.go
index f81c5ba..2929bb8 100644
--- a/java/droiddoc.go
+++ b/java/droiddoc.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	Filter_packages []string
 
 	// list of java libraries that will be in the classpath.
-	Libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+	Libs proptools.Configurable[[]string] `android:"arch_variant"`
 
 	// If set to false, don't allow this module(-docs.zip) to be exported. Defaults to true.
 	Installable *bool
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, j.properties.Libs...)
+	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, j.properties.Libs.GetOrDefault(ctx, nil)...)
 }
 
 func (j *Javadoc) collectAidlFlags(ctx android.ModuleContext, deps deps) droiddocBuilderFlags {
diff --git a/java/generated_java_library.go b/java/generated_java_library.go
index d5e6d8f..79f1b6f 100644
--- a/java/generated_java_library.go
+++ b/java/generated_java_library.go
@@ -70,14 +70,6 @@
 	module.Library.properties.Libs = append(module.Library.properties.Libs, name)
 }
 
-// Add a java shared library as a dependency, as if they had said `libs: [ "name" ]`
-func (module *GeneratedJavaLibraryModule) AddStaticLibrary(name string) {
-	if module.depsMutatorDone {
-		panic("GeneratedJavaLibraryModule.AddStaticLibrary called after DepsMutator")
-	}
-	module.Library.properties.Static_libs = append(module.Library.properties.Static_libs, name)
-}
-
 func (module *GeneratedJavaLibraryModule) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	module.callbacks.DepsMutator(module, ctx)
 	module.depsMutatorDone = true
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 8cc1085..93b2976 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -1994,11 +1994,11 @@
 
 	// List of shared java libs that this module has dependencies to and
 	// should be passed as classpath in javac invocation
-	Libs []string
+	Libs proptools.Configurable[[]string]
 
 	// List of java libs that this module has static dependencies to and will be
 	// merge zipped after metalava invocation
-	Static_libs []string
+	Static_libs proptools.Configurable[[]string]
 
 	// Version of previously released API file for compatibility check.
 	Previous_api *string `android:"path"`
@@ -2174,8 +2174,8 @@
 
 		}
 	}
-	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, al.properties.Libs...)
-	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, al.properties.Static_libs...)
+	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, al.properties.Libs.GetOrDefault(ctx, nil)...)
+	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, al.properties.Static_libs.GetOrDefault(ctx, nil)...)
 
 	for _, aconfigDeclarationsName := range al.properties.Aconfig_declarations {
 		ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), aconfigDeclarationTag, aconfigDeclarationsName)
@@ -2406,16 +2406,16 @@
 
 func (al *ApiLibrary) IDEInfo(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, i *android.IdeInfo) {
 	i.Deps = append(i.Deps, al.ideDeps(ctx)...)
-	i.Libs = append(i.Libs, al.properties.Libs...)
-	i.Static_libs = append(i.Static_libs, al.properties.Static_libs...)
+	i.Libs = append(i.Libs, al.properties.Libs.GetOrDefault(ctx, nil)...)
+	i.Static_libs = append(i.Static_libs, al.properties.Static_libs.GetOrDefault(ctx, nil)...)
 	i.SrcJars = append(i.SrcJars, al.stubsSrcJar.String())
 }
 
 // deps of java_api_library for module_bp_java_deps.json
 func (al *ApiLibrary) ideDeps(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) []string {
 	ret := []string{}
-	ret = append(ret, al.properties.Libs...)
-	ret = append(ret, al.properties.Static_libs...)
+	ret = append(ret, al.properties.Libs.GetOrDefault(ctx, nil)...)
+	ret = append(ret, al.properties.Static_libs.GetOrDefault(ctx, nil)...)
 	if al.properties.System_modules != nil {
 		ret = append(ret, proptools.String(al.properties.System_modules))
 	}
@@ -2459,7 +2459,7 @@
 	Libs []string
 
 	// List of static java libs that this module has dependencies to
-	Static_libs []string
+	Static_libs proptools.Configurable[[]string]
 
 	// List of files to remove from the jar file(s)
 	Exclude_files []string
@@ -2600,7 +2600,7 @@
 
 func (j *Import) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, j.properties.Libs...)
-	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, j.properties.Static_libs...)
+	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, j.properties.Static_libs.GetOrDefault(ctx, nil)...)
 
 	if ctx.Device() && Bool(j.dexProperties.Compile_dex) {
 		sdkDeps(ctx, android.SdkContext(j), j.dexer)
diff --git a/java/rro.go b/java/rro.go
index 0fc6e1c..8bb9be2 100644
--- a/java/rro.go
+++ b/java/rro.go
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@
 // This file contains the module implementations for runtime_resource_overlay and
 // override_runtime_resource_overlay.
 
-import "android/soong/android"
+import (
+	"android/soong/android"
+
+	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
+)
 
 func init() {
 	RegisterRuntimeResourceOverlayBuildComponents(android.InitRegistrationContext)
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@
 	Min_sdk_version *string
 
 	// list of android_library modules whose resources are extracted and linked against statically
-	Static_libs []string
+	Static_libs proptools.Configurable[[]string]
 
 	// list of android_app modules whose resources are extracted and linked against
 	Resource_libs []string
@@ -120,7 +124,7 @@
 		ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), certificateTag, cert)
 	}
 
-	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, r.properties.Static_libs...)
+	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, r.properties.Static_libs.GetOrDefault(ctx, nil)...)
 	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, r.properties.Resource_libs...)
 
 	for _, aconfig_declaration := range r.aaptProperties.Flags_packages {
diff --git a/java/sdk_library.go b/java/sdk_library.go
index 98b65dd..b7aa4e5 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library.go
@@ -1744,11 +1744,13 @@
 func (module *SdkLibrary) createImplLibrary(mctx android.DefaultableHookContext) {
 	visibility := childModuleVisibility(module.sdkLibraryProperties.Impl_library_visibility)
 
+	staticLibs := module.properties.Static_libs.Clone()
+	staticLibs.AppendSimpleValue(module.sdkLibraryProperties.Impl_only_static_libs)
 	props := struct {
 		Name           *string
 		Visibility     []string
 		Libs           []string
-		Static_libs    []string
+		Static_libs    proptools.Configurable[[]string]
 		Apex_available []string
 		Stem           *string
 	}{
@@ -1757,7 +1759,7 @@
 
 		Libs: append(module.properties.Libs, module.sdkLibraryProperties.Impl_only_libs...),
 
-		Static_libs: append(module.properties.Static_libs, module.sdkLibraryProperties.Impl_only_static_libs...),
+		Static_libs: staticLibs,
 		// Pass the apex_available settings down so that the impl library can be statically
 		// embedded within a library that is added to an APEX. Needed for updatable-media.
 		Apex_available: module.ApexAvailable(),
@@ -1863,7 +1865,7 @@
 		Sdk_version                      *string
 		Api_surface                      *string
 		System_modules                   *string
-		Libs                             []string
+		Libs                             proptools.Configurable[[]string]
 		Output_javadoc_comments          *bool
 		Arg_files                        []string
 		Args                             *string
@@ -1907,10 +1909,11 @@
 	props.Installable = proptools.BoolPtr(false)
 	// A droiddoc module has only one Libs property and doesn't distinguish between
 	// shared libs and static libs. So we need to add both of these libs to Libs property.
-	props.Libs = module.properties.Libs
-	props.Libs = append(props.Libs, module.properties.Static_libs...)
-	props.Libs = append(props.Libs, module.sdkLibraryProperties.Stub_only_libs...)
-	props.Libs = append(props.Libs, module.scopeToProperties[apiScope].Libs...)
+	props.Libs = proptools.NewConfigurable[[]string](nil, nil)
+	props.Libs.AppendSimpleValue(module.properties.Libs)
+	props.Libs.Append(module.properties.Static_libs)
+	props.Libs.AppendSimpleValue(module.sdkLibraryProperties.Stub_only_libs)
+	props.Libs.AppendSimpleValue(module.scopeToProperties[apiScope].Libs)
 	props.Aidl.Include_dirs = module.deviceProperties.Aidl.Include_dirs
 	props.Aidl.Local_include_dirs = module.deviceProperties.Aidl.Local_include_dirs
 	props.Java_version = module.properties.Java_version
@@ -2024,7 +2027,7 @@
 		Name              *string
 		Visibility        []string
 		Api_contributions []string
-		Libs              []string
+		Libs              proptools.Configurable[[]string]
 		Static_libs       []string
 		System_modules    *string
 		Enable_validation *bool
@@ -2056,11 +2059,12 @@
 	props.Api_contributions = apiContributions
 
 	// Ensure that stub-annotations is added to the classpath before any other libs
-	props.Libs = []string{"stub-annotations"}
-	props.Libs = append(props.Libs, module.properties.Libs...)
-	props.Libs = append(props.Libs, module.properties.Static_libs...)
-	props.Libs = append(props.Libs, module.sdkLibraryProperties.Stub_only_libs...)
-	props.Libs = append(props.Libs, module.scopeToProperties[apiScope].Libs...)
+	props.Libs = proptools.NewConfigurable[[]string](nil, nil)
+	props.Libs.AppendSimpleValue([]string{"stub-annotations"})
+	props.Libs.AppendSimpleValue(module.properties.Libs)
+	props.Libs.Append(module.properties.Static_libs)
+	props.Libs.AppendSimpleValue(module.sdkLibraryProperties.Stub_only_libs)
+	props.Libs.AppendSimpleValue(module.scopeToProperties[apiScope].Libs)
 	props.Static_libs = module.sdkLibraryProperties.Stub_only_static_libs
 
 	props.System_modules = module.deviceProperties.System_modules
@@ -2370,7 +2374,7 @@
 
 	// Add the impl_only_libs and impl_only_static_libs *after* we're done using them in submodules.
 	module.properties.Libs = append(module.properties.Libs, module.sdkLibraryProperties.Impl_only_libs...)
-	module.properties.Static_libs = append(module.properties.Static_libs, module.sdkLibraryProperties.Impl_only_static_libs...)
+	module.properties.Static_libs.AppendSimpleValue(module.sdkLibraryProperties.Impl_only_static_libs)
 }
 
 func (module *SdkLibrary) InitSdkLibraryProperties() {
diff --git a/java/sdk_library_test.go b/java/sdk_library_test.go
index 485776b..c345958 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library_test.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library_test.go
@@ -1528,7 +1528,8 @@
 
 	// The foo.stubs.source should depend on bar-lib
 	fooStubsSources := result.ModuleForTests("foo.stubs.source", "android_common").Module().(*Droidstubs)
-	android.AssertStringListContains(t, "foo stubs should depend on bar-lib", fooStubsSources.Javadoc.properties.Libs, "bar-lib")
+	eval := fooStubsSources.ConfigurableEvaluator(android.PanickingConfigAndErrorContext(result.TestContext))
+	android.AssertStringListContains(t, "foo stubs should depend on bar-lib", fooStubsSources.Javadoc.properties.Libs.GetOrDefault(eval, nil), "bar-lib")
 }
 
 func TestJavaSdkLibrary_Scope_Libs_PassedToDroidstubs(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1554,7 +1555,8 @@
 
 	// The foo.stubs.source should depend on bar-lib
 	fooStubsSources := result.ModuleForTests("foo.stubs.source", "android_common").Module().(*Droidstubs)
-	android.AssertStringListContains(t, "foo stubs should depend on bar-lib", fooStubsSources.Javadoc.properties.Libs, "bar-lib")
+	eval := fooStubsSources.ConfigurableEvaluator(android.PanickingConfigAndErrorContext(result.TestContext))
+	android.AssertStringListContains(t, "foo stubs should depend on bar-lib", fooStubsSources.Javadoc.properties.Libs.GetOrDefault(eval, nil), "bar-lib")
 }
 
 func TestJavaSdkLibrary_ApiLibrary(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1705,18 +1707,15 @@
 	exportableSourceStubsLibraryModuleName := apiScopePublic.exportableSourceStubsLibraryModuleName("foo")
 
 	// Check modules generation
-	topLevelModule := result.ModuleForTests(exportableStubsLibraryModuleName, "android_common")
+	result.ModuleForTests(exportableStubsLibraryModuleName, "android_common")
 	result.ModuleForTests(exportableSourceStubsLibraryModuleName, "android_common")
 
 	// Check static lib dependency
 	android.AssertBoolEquals(t, "exportable top level stubs library module depends on the"+
 		"exportable source stubs library module", true,
-		CheckModuleHasDependency(t, result.TestContext, exportableStubsLibraryModuleName,
-			"android_common", exportableSourceStubsLibraryModuleName),
+		CheckModuleHasDependencyWithTag(t, result.TestContext, exportableStubsLibraryModuleName,
+			"android_common", staticLibTag, exportableSourceStubsLibraryModuleName),
 	)
-	android.AssertArrayString(t, "exportable source stub library is a static lib of the"+
-		"top level exportable stubs library", []string{exportableSourceStubsLibraryModuleName},
-		topLevelModule.Module().(*Library).properties.Static_libs)
 }
 
 // For java libraries depending on java_sdk_library(_import) via libs, assert that
diff --git a/java/testing.go b/java/testing.go
index 03dcee6..ab4ad6d 100644
--- a/java/testing.go
+++ b/java/testing.go
@@ -632,6 +632,18 @@
 	return false
 }
 
+// CheckModuleHasDependency returns true if the module depends on the expected dependency.
+func CheckModuleHasDependencyWithTag(t *testing.T, ctx *android.TestContext, name, variant string, desiredTag blueprint.DependencyTag, expected string) bool {
+	module := ctx.ModuleForTests(name, variant).Module()
+	found := false
+	ctx.VisitDirectDepsWithTags(module, func(m blueprint.Module, tag blueprint.DependencyTag) {
+		if tag == desiredTag && m.Name() == expected {
+			found = true
+		}
+	})
+	return found
+}
+
 // CheckPlatformBootclasspathModules returns the apex:module pair for the modules depended upon by
 // the platform-bootclasspath module.
 func CheckPlatformBootclasspathModules(t *testing.T, result *android.TestResult, name string, expected []string) {