diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index b53cb0f..6bb2a1a 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 }
 
 func RegisterPreDepsMutators(ctx android.RegisterMutatorsContext) {
-	ctx.BottomUp("apex_vndk_deps", apexVndkDepsMutator).Parallel()
+	ctx.BottomUp("apex_vndk_deps", apexVndkDepsMutator).Parallel().UsesReverseDependencies()
 }
 
 func RegisterPostDepsMutators(ctx android.RegisterMutatorsContext) {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 	// it should create a platform variant.
 	ctx.BottomUp("mark_platform_availability", markPlatformAvailability).Parallel()
 	ctx.Transition("apex", &apexTransitionMutator{})
-	ctx.BottomUp("apex_directly_in_any", apexDirectlyInAnyMutator).Parallel()
+	ctx.BottomUp("apex_directly_in_any", apexDirectlyInAnyMutator).Parallel().MutatesDependencies()
 	ctx.BottomUp("apex_dcla_deps", apexDCLADepsMutator).Parallel()
 }