diff --git a/dexpreopt/class_loader_context.go b/dexpreopt/class_loader_context.go
index 658e8e2..36513b6 100644
--- a/dexpreopt/class_loader_context.go
+++ b/dexpreopt/class_loader_context.go
@@ -210,6 +210,34 @@
 	Subcontexts []*ClassLoaderContext
 }
 
+// excludeLibs excludes the libraries from this ClassLoaderContext.
+//
+// This treats the supplied context as being immutable (as it may come from a dependency). So, it
+// implements copy-on-exclusion logic. That means that if any of the excluded libraries are used
+// within this context then this will return a deep copy of this without those libraries.
+//
+// If this ClassLoaderContext matches one of the libraries to exclude then this returns (nil, true)
+// to indicate that this context should be excluded from the containing list.
+//
+// If any of this ClassLoaderContext's Subcontexts reference the excluded libraries then this
+// returns a pointer to a copy of this without the excluded libraries and true to indicate that this
+// was copied.
+//
+// Otherwise, this returns a pointer to this and false to indicate that this was not copied.
+func (c *ClassLoaderContext) excludeLibs(excludedLibs []string) (*ClassLoaderContext, bool) {
+	if android.InList(c.Name, excludedLibs) {
+		return nil, true
+	}
+
+	if excludedList, modified := excludeLibsFromCLCList(c.Subcontexts, excludedLibs); modified {
+		clcCopy := *c
+		clcCopy.Subcontexts = excludedList
+		return &clcCopy, true
+	}
+
+	return c, false
+}
+
 // ClassLoaderContextMap is a map from SDK version to CLC. There is a special entry with key
 // AnySdkVersion that stores unconditional CLC that is added regardless of the target SDK version.
 //
@@ -408,6 +436,67 @@
 	return string(bytes)
 }
 
+// excludeLibsFromCLCList excludes the libraries from the ClassLoaderContext in this list.
+//
+// This treats the supplied list as being immutable (as it may come from a dependency). So, it
+// implements copy-on-exclusion logic. That means that if any of the excluded libraries are used
+// within the contexts in the list then this will return a deep copy of the list without those
+// libraries.
+//
+// If any of the ClassLoaderContext in the list reference the excluded libraries then this returns a
+// copy of this list without the excluded libraries and true to indicate that this was copied.
+//
+// Otherwise, this returns the list and false to indicate that this was not copied.
+func excludeLibsFromCLCList(clcList []*ClassLoaderContext, excludedLibs []string) ([]*ClassLoaderContext, bool) {
+	modifiedList := false
+	copiedList := make([]*ClassLoaderContext, 0, len(clcList))
+	for _, clc := range clcList {
+		resultClc, modifiedClc := clc.excludeLibs(excludedLibs)
+		if resultClc != nil {
+			copiedList = append(copiedList, resultClc)
+		}
+		modifiedList = modifiedList || modifiedClc
+	}
+
+	if modifiedList {
+		return copiedList, true
+	} else {
+		return clcList, false
+	}
+}
+
+// ExcludeLibs excludes the libraries from the ClassLoaderContextMap.
+//
+// If the list o libraries is empty then this returns the ClassLoaderContextMap.
+//
+// This treats the ClassLoaderContextMap as being immutable (as it may come from a dependency). So,
+// it implements copy-on-exclusion logic. That means that if any of the excluded libraries are used
+// within the contexts in the map then this will return a deep copy of the map without those
+// libraries.
+//
+// Otherwise, this returns the map unchanged.
+func (clcMap ClassLoaderContextMap) ExcludeLibs(excludedLibs []string) ClassLoaderContextMap {
+	if len(excludedLibs) == 0 {
+		return clcMap
+	}
+
+	excludedClcMap := make(ClassLoaderContextMap)
+	modifiedMap := false
+	for sdkVersion, clcList := range clcMap {
+		excludedList, modifiedList := excludeLibsFromCLCList(clcList, excludedLibs)
+		if len(excludedList) != 0 {
+			excludedClcMap[sdkVersion] = excludedList
+		}
+		modifiedMap = modifiedMap || modifiedList
+	}
+
+	if modifiedMap {
+		return excludedClcMap
+	} else {
+		return clcMap
+	}
+}
+
 // Now that the full unconditional context is known, reconstruct conditional context.
 // Apply filters for individual libraries, mirroring what the PackageManager does when it
 // constructs class loader context on device.
diff --git a/dexpreopt/class_loader_context_test.go b/dexpreopt/class_loader_context_test.go
index 4a3d390..5d3a9d9 100644
--- a/dexpreopt/class_loader_context_test.go
+++ b/dexpreopt/class_loader_context_test.go
@@ -284,6 +284,111 @@
 	})
 }
 
+func TestCLCMExcludeLibs(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := testContext()
+	const optional = false
+	const implicit = true
+
+	excludeLibs := func(t *testing.T, m ClassLoaderContextMap, excluded_libs ...string) ClassLoaderContextMap {
+		// Dump the CLCM before creating a new copy that excludes a specific set of libraries.
+		before := m.Dump()
+
+		// Create a new CLCM that excludes some libraries.
+		c := m.ExcludeLibs(excluded_libs)
+
+		// Make sure that the original CLCM was not changed.
+		after := m.Dump()
+		android.AssertStringEquals(t, "input CLCM modified", before, after)
+
+		return c
+	}
+
+	t.Run("exclude nothing", func(t *testing.T) {
+		m := make(ClassLoaderContextMap)
+		m.AddContext(ctx, 28, "a", optional, implicit, buildPath(ctx, "a"), installPath(ctx, "a"), nil)
+
+		a := excludeLibs(t, m)
+
+		android.AssertStringEquals(t, "output CLCM ", `{
+  "28": [
+    {
+      "Name": "a",
+      "Optional": false,
+      "Implicit": true,
+      "Host": "out/soong/a.jar",
+      "Device": "/system/a.jar",
+      "Subcontexts": []
+    }
+  ]
+}`, a.Dump())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("one item from list", func(t *testing.T) {
+		m := make(ClassLoaderContextMap)
+		m.AddContext(ctx, 28, "a", optional, implicit, buildPath(ctx, "a"), installPath(ctx, "a"), nil)
+		m.AddContext(ctx, 28, "b", optional, implicit, buildPath(ctx, "b"), installPath(ctx, "b"), nil)
+
+		a := excludeLibs(t, m, "a")
+
+		expected := `{
+  "28": [
+    {
+      "Name": "b",
+      "Optional": false,
+      "Implicit": true,
+      "Host": "out/soong/b.jar",
+      "Device": "/system/b.jar",
+      "Subcontexts": []
+    }
+  ]
+}`
+		android.AssertStringEquals(t, "output CLCM ", expected, a.Dump())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("all items from a list", func(t *testing.T) {
+		m := make(ClassLoaderContextMap)
+		m.AddContext(ctx, 28, "a", optional, implicit, buildPath(ctx, "a"), installPath(ctx, "a"), nil)
+		m.AddContext(ctx, 28, "b", optional, implicit, buildPath(ctx, "b"), installPath(ctx, "b"), nil)
+
+		a := excludeLibs(t, m, "a", "b")
+
+		android.AssertStringEquals(t, "output CLCM ", `{}`, a.Dump())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("items from a subcontext", func(t *testing.T) {
+		s := make(ClassLoaderContextMap)
+		s.AddContext(ctx, AnySdkVersion, "b", optional, implicit, buildPath(ctx, "b"), installPath(ctx, "b"), nil)
+		s.AddContext(ctx, AnySdkVersion, "c", optional, implicit, buildPath(ctx, "c"), installPath(ctx, "c"), nil)
+
+		m := make(ClassLoaderContextMap)
+		m.AddContext(ctx, 28, "a", optional, implicit, buildPath(ctx, "a"), installPath(ctx, "a"), s)
+
+		a := excludeLibs(t, m, "b")
+
+		android.AssertStringEquals(t, "output CLCM ", `{
+  "28": [
+    {
+      "Name": "a",
+      "Optional": false,
+      "Implicit": true,
+      "Host": "out/soong/a.jar",
+      "Device": "/system/a.jar",
+      "Subcontexts": [
+        {
+          "Name": "c",
+          "Optional": false,
+          "Implicit": true,
+          "Host": "out/soong/c.jar",
+          "Device": "/system/c.jar",
+          "Subcontexts": []
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}`, a.Dump())
+	})
+}
+
 func checkError(t *testing.T, have error, want string) {
 	if have == nil {
 		t.Errorf("\nwant error: '%s'\nhave: none", want)
diff --git a/java/aar.go b/java/aar.go
index 4687424..51aad8d 100644
--- a/java/aar.go
+++ b/java/aar.go
@@ -267,11 +267,15 @@
 	})
 
 func (a *aapt) buildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext, sdkContext android.SdkContext,
-	classLoaderContexts dexpreopt.ClassLoaderContextMap, extraLinkFlags ...string) {
+	classLoaderContexts dexpreopt.ClassLoaderContextMap, excludedLibs []string,
+	extraLinkFlags ...string) {
 
 	transitiveStaticLibs, transitiveStaticLibManifests, staticRRODirs, assetPackages, libDeps, libFlags :=
 		aaptLibs(ctx, sdkContext, classLoaderContexts)
 
+	// Exclude any libraries from the supplied list.
+	classLoaderContexts = classLoaderContexts.ExcludeLibs(excludedLibs)
+
 	// App manifest file
 	manifestFile := proptools.StringDefault(a.aaptProperties.Manifest, "AndroidManifest.xml")
 	manifestSrcPath := android.PathForModuleSrc(ctx, manifestFile)
@@ -530,7 +534,7 @@
 func (a *AndroidLibrary) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	a.aapt.isLibrary = true
 	a.classLoaderContexts = a.usesLibrary.classLoaderContextForUsesLibDeps(ctx)
-	a.aapt.buildActions(ctx, android.SdkContext(a), a.classLoaderContexts)
+	a.aapt.buildActions(ctx, android.SdkContext(a), a.classLoaderContexts, nil)
 
 	a.hideApexVariantFromMake = !ctx.Provider(android.ApexInfoProvider).(android.ApexInfo).IsForPlatform()
 
diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index 9f2f99a..e4432ff 100755
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -425,7 +425,8 @@
 
 	a.aapt.splitNames = a.appProperties.Package_splits
 	a.aapt.LoggingParent = String(a.overridableAppProperties.Logging_parent)
-	a.aapt.buildActions(ctx, android.SdkContext(a), a.classLoaderContexts, aaptLinkFlags...)
+	a.aapt.buildActions(ctx, android.SdkContext(a), a.classLoaderContexts,
+		a.usesLibraryProperties.Exclude_uses_libs, aaptLinkFlags...)
 
 	// apps manifests are handled by aapt, don't let Module see them
 	a.properties.Manifest = nil
@@ -1211,6 +1212,23 @@
 	// libraries, because SDK ones are automatically picked up by Soong. The <uses-library> name
 	// normally is the same as the module name, but there are exceptions.
 	Provides_uses_lib *string
+
+	// A list of shared library names to exclude from the classpath of the APK. Adding a library here
+	// will prevent it from being used when precompiling the APK and prevent it from being implicitly
+	// added to the APK's manifest's <uses-library> elements.
+	//
+	// Care must be taken when using this as it could result in runtime errors if the APK actually
+	// uses classes provided by the library and which are not provided in any other way.
+	//
+	// This is primarily intended for use by various CTS tests that check the runtime handling of the
+	// android.test.base shared library (and related libraries) but which depend on some common
+	// libraries that depend on the android.test.base library. Without this those tests will end up
+	// with a <uses-library android:name="android.test.base"/> in their manifest which would either
+	// render the tests worthless (as they would be testing the wrong behavior), or would break the
+	// test altogether by providing access to classes that the tests were not expecting. Those tests
+	// provide the android.test.base statically and use jarjar to rename them so they do not collide
+	// with the classes provided by the android.test.base library.
+	Exclude_uses_libs []string
 }
 
 // usesLibrary provides properties and helper functions for AndroidApp and AndroidAppImport to verify that the
diff --git a/java/rro.go b/java/rro.go
index 0b4d091..be84aff 100644
--- a/java/rro.go
+++ b/java/rro.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 		aaptLinkFlags = append(aaptLinkFlags,
 			"--rename-overlay-target-package "+*r.overridableProperties.Target_package_name)
 	}
-	r.aapt.buildActions(ctx, r, nil, aaptLinkFlags...)
+	r.aapt.buildActions(ctx, r, nil, nil, aaptLinkFlags...)
 
 	// Sign the built package
 	_, certificates := collectAppDeps(ctx, r, false, false)