diff --git a/build/core/maven_artifact.mk b/build/core/maven_artifact.mk
index 5f6a2a10..3f8e7fda 100644
--- a/build/core/maven_artifact.mk
+++ b/build/core/maven_artifact.mk
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ $(LOCAL_PREBUILT_MODULE_FILE):
 	@echo -e ${CL_GRN}"Download:"${CL_RST}" $@"
 
 ifneq ($(filter-out disabled, $(LOCAL_JACK_ENABLED)),)
+ifneq ($(LOCAL_MAVEN_PACKAGING),apk)
 # This is required to be defined before the LOCAL_MODULES target below gets defined, it's a NOOP registered again in
 # BUILD_PREBUILT.  This is done because BUILD_PREBUILT doesn't actually handle generating the .jack files properly and
 # only generates a target but doesn't set the LOCAL_MODULE dependent on it.
@@ -59,9 +60,10 @@ $(call intermediates-dir-for,JAVA_LIBRARIES,$(LOCAL_MODULE),,COMMON):
 # This adds another step required for LOCAL_MODULE to be completed -- generating the jack file, it just so happens
 # to be built when doing a brunch, but not when doing an mmm, so this makes it work with both
 $(LOCAL_MODULE): $(call intermediates-dir-for,JAVA_LIBRARIES,$(LOCAL_MODULE),,COMMON)/classes.jack
+endif # LOCAL_MAVEN_PACKING is not apk
 endif # LOCAL_JACK_ENABLED is full or partial
 
 include $(BUILD_PREBUILT)
 
 # the "fetchprebuilts" target will go through and pre-download all of the maven dependencies in the tree
-fetchprebuilts: $(LOCAL_PREBUILT_MODULE_FILE)
\ No newline at end of file
+fetchprebuilts: $(LOCAL_PREBUILT_MODULE_FILE)