diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 53bdc12..eec98da 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -1342,12 +1342,12 @@
 					}
 					filesInfo = append(filesInfo, af)
 
-					pf, _ := sdkLib.OutputFiles(".xml")
-					if len(pf) != 1 {
+					pf := sdkLib.XmlPermissionsFile()
+					if pf == nil {
 						ctx.PropertyErrorf("java_libs", "%q failed to generate permission XML", depName)
 						return false
 					}
-					filesInfo = append(filesInfo, newApexFile(ctx, pf[0], pf[0].Base(), "etc/permissions", etc, nil))
+					filesInfo = append(filesInfo, newApexFile(ctx, pf, pf.Base(), "etc/permissions", etc, nil))
 					return true // track transitive dependencies
 				} else {
 					ctx.PropertyErrorf("java_libs", "%q of type %q is not supported", depName, ctx.OtherModuleType(child))
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index faf7ae5..8200c87 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -3470,8 +3470,9 @@
 		"etc/permissions/foo.xml",
 	})
 	// Permission XML should point to the activated path of impl jar of java_sdk_library
-	xml := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common_myapex").Output("foo.xml")
-	ensureContains(t, xml.Args["content"], `<library name="foo" file="/apex/myapex/javalib/foo.jar"`)
+	sdkLibrary := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common_myapex").Module().(*java.SdkLibrary)
+	xml := sdkLibrary.XmlPermissionsFileContent()
+	ensureContains(t, xml, `<library name="foo" file="/apex/myapex/javalib/foo.jar"`)
 }
 
 func TestCompatConfig(t *testing.T) {