diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 3fef1ee41..891182514 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -1954,8 +1954,10 @@ func (a *apexBundle) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 					fi := apexFileForNativeLibrary(ctx, c, handleSpecialLibs)
 					fi.isJniLib = isJniLib
 					filesInfo = append(filesInfo, fi)
-					// bootstrap bionic libs are treated as provided by system
-					if c.HasStubsVariants() && !cc.InstallToBootstrap(c.BaseModuleName(), ctx.Config()) {
+					// Collect the list of stub-providing libs except:
+					// - VNDK libs are only for vendors
+					// - bootstrap bionic libs are treated as provided by system
+					if c.HasStubsVariants() && !a.vndkApex && !cc.InstallToBootstrap(c.BaseModuleName(), ctx.Config()) {
 						provideNativeLibs = append(provideNativeLibs, fi.Stem())
 					}
 					return true // track transitive dependencies
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 7159a4593..6a832af93 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -2817,6 +2817,40 @@ func TestVndkApexWithBinder32(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestVndkApexShouldNotProvideNativeLibs(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, _ := testApex(t, `
+		apex_vndk {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			file_contexts: ":myapex-file_contexts",
+		}
+
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+
+		cc_library {
+			name: "libz",
+			vendor_available: true,
+			vndk: {
+				enabled: true,
+			},
+			stubs: {
+				symbol_file: "libz.map.txt",
+				versions: ["30"],
+			}
+		}
+	`+vndkLibrariesTxtFiles("current"), withFiles(map[string][]byte{
+		"libz.map.txt": nil,
+	}))
+
+	apexManifestRule := ctx.ModuleForTests("myapex", "android_common_image").Rule("apexManifestRule")
+	provideNativeLibs := names(apexManifestRule.Args["provideNativeLibs"])
+	ensureListEmpty(t, provideNativeLibs)
+}
+
 func TestDependenciesInApexManifest(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, _ := testApex(t, `
 		apex {