diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index cb05807..5d5c09a 100755
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
 		return false
 	}
 
-	return shouldUncompressDex(ctx, &a.dexpreopter)
+	return shouldUncompressDex(ctx, android.RemoveOptionalPrebuiltPrefix(ctx.ModuleName()), &a.dexpreopter)
 }
 
 func (a *AndroidApp) shouldEmbedJnis(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) bool {