diff --git a/service/Android.bp b/service/Android.bp
index 1523af9..e1376a1 100644
--- a/service/Android.bp
+++ b/service/Android.bp
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@
     name: "service-connectivity-pre-jarjar",
     sdk_version: "system_server_current",
     min_sdk_version: "30",
+    // NetworkStackApiShimSettingsForCurrentBranch provides the latest available shims depending on
+    // the branch to "service-connectivity".
+    // There are Tethering.apk and TetheringNext.apk variants for the tethering APEX,
+    // which use NetworkStackApiStableShims and NetworkStackApiCurrentShims respectively.
+    // Note that there can be no service-connectivity-next because it would need to be configured in
+    // default_art_config.mk which doesn't support conditionals, hence this scheme of using a
+    // variable here.
+    defaults: ["NetworkStackApiShimSettingsForCurrentBranch"],
     srcs: [
         "src/**/*.java",
         ":framework-connectivity-shared-srcs",
@@ -183,7 +191,6 @@
         "PlatformProperties",
         "service-connectivity-protos",
         "service-connectivity-stats-protos",
-        "NetworkStackApiStableShims",
     ],
     apex_available: [
         "com.android.tethering",