diff --git a/tools/gn2bp/Android.bp.swp b/tools/gn2bp/Android.bp.swp
index b1ecc8e..c881767 100644
--- a/tools/gn2bp/Android.bp.swp
+++ b/tools/gn2bp/Android.bp.swp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 }
 
 // GN: //components/cronet/android:cronet_api_java
+// TODO(danstahr): add the API helpers separately after the main API is checked in and thoroughly reviewed
 filegroup {
     name: "cronet_aml_api_sources",
     srcs: [
@@ -60,18 +61,6 @@
         "components/cronet/android/api/src/android/net/http/UploadDataSink.java",
         "components/cronet/android/api/src/android/net/http/UrlRequest.java",
         "components/cronet/android/api/src/android/net/http/UrlResponseInfo.java",
-        "components/cronet/android/api/src/android/net/http/apihelpers/ByteArrayCallback.java",
-        "components/cronet/android/api/src/android/net/http/apihelpers/ContentTypeParametersParser.java",
-        "components/cronet/android/api/src/android/net/http/apihelpers/HttpResponse.java",
-        "components/cronet/android/api/src/android/net/http/apihelpers/ImplicitFlowControlCallback.java",
-        "components/cronet/android/api/src/android/net/http/apihelpers/InMemoryTransformCallback.java",
-        "components/cronet/android/api/src/android/net/http/apihelpers/JsonCallback.java",
-        "components/cronet/android/api/src/android/net/http/apihelpers/RedirectHandler.java",
-        "components/cronet/android/api/src/android/net/http/apihelpers/RedirectHandlers.java",
-        "components/cronet/android/api/src/android/net/http/apihelpers/RequestCompletionListener.java",
-        "components/cronet/android/api/src/android/net/http/apihelpers/StringCallback.java",
-        "components/cronet/android/api/src/android/net/http/apihelpers/UploadDataProviders.java",
-        "components/cronet/android/api/src/android/net/http/apihelpers/UrlRequestCallbacks.java",
     ],
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/gn2bp/gen_android_bp b/tools/gn2bp/gen_android_bp
index e10523d..6ae3609 100755
--- a/tools/gn2bp/gen_android_bp
+++ b/tools/gn2bp/gen_android_bp
@@ -1564,8 +1564,12 @@
 
 def create_java_api_module(blueprint, gn):
   source_module = Module('filegroup', module_prefix + 'api_sources', java_api_target_name)
+  # TODO add the API helpers separately after the main API is checked in and thoroughly reviewed
   source_module.srcs.update([gn_utils.label_to_path(source)
-                             for source in get_api_java_sources(gn)])
+                             for source in get_api_java_sources(gn)
+                             if "apihelpers" not in source])
+  source_module.comment += "\n// TODO(danstahr): add the API helpers separately after the main" \
+                           " API is checked in and thoroughly reviewed"
   source_module.srcs.update([
     ':' + create_action_module(blueprint, gn.get_target(dep), 'java_genrule').name
     for dep in get_api_java_actions(gn)])