diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index caafaa2..50d48ab 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -1624,13 +1624,6 @@
 	})
 }
 
-type JavaApiLibraryDepsInfo struct {
-	JavaInfo
-	StubsSrcJar android.Path
-}
-
-var JavaApiLibraryDepsProvider = blueprint.NewProvider(JavaApiLibraryDepsInfo{})
-
 type ApiLibrary struct {
 	android.ModuleBase
 	android.DefaultableModuleBase
@@ -1672,10 +1665,11 @@
 	// merge zipped after metalava invocation
 	Static_libs []string
 
-	// Java Api library to provide the full API surface text files and jar file.
-	// If this property is set, the provided full API surface text files and
-	// jar file are passed to metalava invocation.
-	Dep_api_srcs *string
+	// Java Api library to provide the full API surface stub jar file.
+	// If this property is set, the stub jar of this module is created by
+	// extracting the compiled class files provided by the
+	// full_api_surface_stub module.
+	Full_api_surface_stub *string
 }
 
 func ApiLibraryFactory() android.Module {
@@ -1762,35 +1756,37 @@
 	}
 }
 
-// This method extracts the stub java files from the srcjar file provided from dep_api_srcs module
-// and replaces the java stubs generated by invoking metalava in this module.
+// This method extracts the stub class files from the stub jar file provided
+// from full_api_surface_stub module instead of compiling the srcjar generated from invoking metalava.
 // This method is used because metalava can generate compilable from-text stubs only when
-// the codebase encompasses all classes listed in the input API text file, but a class can extend
+// the codebase encompasses all classes listed in the input API text file, and a class can extend
 // a class that is not within the same API domain.
-func (al *ApiLibrary) extractApiSrcs(ctx android.ModuleContext, rule *android.RuleBuilder, stubsDir android.OptionalPath, depApiSrcsSrcJar android.Path) {
-	generatedStubsList := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "metalava", "sources.txt")
+func (al *ApiLibrary) extractApiSrcs(ctx android.ModuleContext, rule *android.RuleBuilder, stubsDir android.OptionalPath, fullApiSurfaceStubJar android.Path) {
+	classFilesList := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "metalava", "classes.txt")
 	unzippedSrcJarDir := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "metalava", "unzipDir")
 
 	rule.Command().
 		BuiltTool("list_files").
 		Text(stubsDir.String()).
-		FlagWithOutput("--out ", generatedStubsList).
+		FlagWithOutput("--out ", classFilesList).
 		FlagWithArg("--extensions ", ".java").
-		FlagWithArg("--root ", unzippedSrcJarDir.String())
+		FlagWithArg("--root ", unzippedSrcJarDir.String()).
+		Flag("--classes")
 
 	rule.Command().
 		Text("unzip").
 		Flag("-q").
-		Input(depApiSrcsSrcJar).
+		Input(fullApiSurfaceStubJar).
 		FlagWithArg("-d ", unzippedSrcJarDir.String())
 
 	rule.Command().
 		BuiltTool("soong_zip").
-		Flag("-srcjar").
+		Flag("-jar").
 		Flag("-write_if_changed").
+		Flag("-ignore_missing_files").
 		FlagWithArg("-C ", unzippedSrcJarDir.String()).
-		FlagWithInput("-l ", generatedStubsList).
-		FlagWithOutput("-o ", al.stubsSrcJar)
+		FlagWithInput("-l ", classFilesList).
+		FlagWithOutput("-o ", al.stubsJarWithoutStaticLibs)
 }
 
 func (al *ApiLibrary) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
@@ -1800,8 +1796,8 @@
 	}
 	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, al.properties.Libs...)
 	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, al.properties.Static_libs...)
-	if al.properties.Dep_api_srcs != nil {
-		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, depApiSrcsTag, String(al.properties.Dep_api_srcs))
+	if al.properties.Full_api_surface_stub != nil {
+		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, depApiSrcsTag, String(al.properties.Full_api_surface_stub))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1823,7 +1819,7 @@
 	var srcFiles android.Paths
 	var classPaths android.Paths
 	var staticLibs android.Paths
-	var depApiSrcsStubsSrcJar android.Path
+	var depApiSrcsStubsJar android.Path
 	ctx.VisitDirectDeps(func(dep android.Module) {
 		tag := ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(dep)
 		switch tag {
@@ -1841,9 +1837,8 @@
 			provider := ctx.OtherModuleProvider(dep, JavaInfoProvider).(JavaInfo)
 			staticLibs = append(staticLibs, provider.HeaderJars...)
 		case depApiSrcsTag:
-			provider := ctx.OtherModuleProvider(dep, JavaApiLibraryDepsProvider).(JavaApiLibraryDepsInfo)
-			classPaths = append(classPaths, provider.HeaderJars...)
-			depApiSrcsStubsSrcJar = provider.StubsSrcJar
+			provider := ctx.OtherModuleProvider(dep, JavaInfoProvider).(JavaInfo)
+			depApiSrcsStubsJar = provider.HeaderJars[0]
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -1861,31 +1856,31 @@
 	al.stubsFlags(ctx, cmd, stubsDir)
 
 	al.stubsSrcJar = android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "metalava", ctx.ModuleName()+"-"+"stubs.srcjar")
+	al.stubsJarWithoutStaticLibs = android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "metalava", "stubs.jar")
+	al.stubsJar = android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, ctx.ModuleName(), fmt.Sprintf("%s.jar", ctx.ModuleName()))
 
-	if depApiSrcsStubsSrcJar != nil {
-		al.extractApiSrcs(ctx, rule, stubsDir, depApiSrcsStubsSrcJar)
-	} else {
-		rule.Command().
-			BuiltTool("soong_zip").
-			Flag("-write_if_changed").
-			Flag("-jar").
-			FlagWithOutput("-o ", al.stubsSrcJar).
-			FlagWithArg("-C ", stubsDir.String()).
-			FlagWithArg("-D ", stubsDir.String())
+	if depApiSrcsStubsJar != nil {
+		al.extractApiSrcs(ctx, rule, stubsDir, depApiSrcsStubsJar)
 	}
+	rule.Command().
+		BuiltTool("soong_zip").
+		Flag("-write_if_changed").
+		Flag("-jar").
+		FlagWithOutput("-o ", al.stubsSrcJar).
+		FlagWithArg("-C ", stubsDir.String()).
+		FlagWithArg("-D ", stubsDir.String())
 
 	rule.Build("metalava", "metalava merged")
 
-	al.stubsJarWithoutStaticLibs = android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, ctx.ModuleName(), "stubs.jar")
-	al.stubsJar = android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, ctx.ModuleName(), fmt.Sprintf("%s.jar", ctx.ModuleName()))
+	if depApiSrcsStubsJar == nil {
+		var flags javaBuilderFlags
+		flags.javaVersion = getStubsJavaVersion()
+		flags.javacFlags = strings.Join(al.properties.Javacflags, " ")
+		flags.classpath = classpath(classPaths)
 
-	var flags javaBuilderFlags
-	flags.javaVersion = getStubsJavaVersion()
-	flags.javacFlags = strings.Join(al.properties.Javacflags, " ")
-	flags.classpath = classpath(classPaths)
-
-	TransformJavaToClasses(ctx, al.stubsJarWithoutStaticLibs, 0, android.Paths{},
-		android.Paths{al.stubsSrcJar}, flags, android.Paths{})
+		TransformJavaToClasses(ctx, al.stubsJarWithoutStaticLibs, 0, android.Paths{},
+			android.Paths{al.stubsSrcJar}, flags, android.Paths{})
+	}
 
 	builder := android.NewRuleBuilder(pctx, ctx)
 	builder.Command().
@@ -1917,13 +1912,6 @@
 		ImplementationJars:             android.PathsIfNonNil(al.stubsJar),
 		AidlIncludeDirs:                android.Paths{},
 	})
-
-	ctx.SetProvider(JavaApiLibraryDepsProvider, JavaApiLibraryDepsInfo{
-		JavaInfo: JavaInfo{
-			HeaderJars: android.PathsIfNonNil(al.stubsJar),
-		},
-		StubsSrcJar: al.stubsSrcJar,
-	})
 }
 
 func (al *ApiLibrary) DexJarBuildPath() OptionalDexJarPath {