diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 44aab605b..fa71ffa5c 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -1860,44 +1860,6 @@ func (a *apexBundle) checkUpdatable(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Ensures that a lib providing stub isn't statically linked
-func (a *apexBundle) checkStaticLinkingToStubLibraries(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
-	// Practically, we only care about regular APEXes on the device.
-	if ctx.Host() || a.testApex || a.vndkApex {
-		return
-	}
-
-	a.walkPayloadDeps(ctx, func(ctx android.ModuleContext, from blueprint.Module, to android.ApexModule, externalDep bool) bool {
-		if ccm, ok := to.(*cc.Module); ok {
-			apexName := ctx.ModuleName()
-			fromName := ctx.OtherModuleName(from)
-			toName := ctx.OtherModuleName(to)
-
-			// If `to` is not actually in the same APEX as `from` then it does not need apex_available and neither
-			// do any of its dependencies.
-			if am, ok := from.(android.DepIsInSameApex); ok && !am.DepIsInSameApex(ctx, to) {
-				// As soon as the dependency graph crosses the APEX boundary, don't go further.
-				return false
-			}
-
-			// The dynamic linker and crash_dump tool in the runtime APEX is the only exception to this rule.
-			// It can't make the static dependencies dynamic because it can't
-			// do the dynamic linking for itself.
-			if apexName == "com.android.runtime" && (fromName == "linker" || fromName == "crash_dump") {
-				return false
-			}
-
-			isStubLibraryFromOtherApex := ccm.HasStubsVariants() && !android.DirectlyInApex(apexName, toName)
-			if isStubLibraryFromOtherApex && !externalDep {
-				ctx.ModuleErrorf("%q required by %q is a native library providing stub. "+
-					"It shouldn't be included in this APEX via static linking. Dependency path: %s", to.String(), fromName, ctx.GetPathString(false))
-			}
-
-		}
-		return true
-	})
-}
-
 func (a *apexBundle) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	buildFlattenedAsDefault := ctx.Config().FlattenApex() && !ctx.Config().UnbundledBuild()
 	switch a.properties.ApexType {
@@ -1935,7 +1897,6 @@ func (a *apexBundle) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 
 	a.checkApexAvailability(ctx)
 	a.checkUpdatable(ctx)
-	a.checkStaticLinkingToStubLibraries(ctx)
 
 	handleSpecialLibs := !android.Bool(a.properties.Ignore_system_library_special_case)
 
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 81df02a05..dc6986244 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -4774,42 +4774,6 @@ func TestTestFor(t *testing.T) {
 	ensureNotContains(t, ldFlags, "mylib/android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_1/mylib.so")
 }
 
-func TestNoStaticLinkingToStubsLib(t *testing.T) {
-	testApexError(t, `.*required by "mylib" is a native library providing stub.*`, `
-		apex {
-			name: "myapex",
-			key: "myapex.key",
-			native_shared_libs: ["mylib"],
-		}
-
-		apex_key {
-			name: "myapex.key",
-			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
-			private_key: "testkey.pem",
-		}
-
-		cc_library {
-			name: "mylib",
-			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
-			static_libs: ["otherlib"],
-			system_shared_libs: [],
-			stl: "none",
-			apex_available: [ "myapex" ],
-		}
-
-		cc_library {
-			name: "otherlib",
-			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
-			system_shared_libs: [],
-			stl: "none",
-			stubs: {
-				versions: ["1", "2", "3"],
-			},
-			apex_available: [ "myapex" ],
-		}
-	`)
-}
-
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	run := func() int {
 		setUp()
diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index 4128fa7c0..02c487902 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -2862,9 +2862,6 @@ func (c *Module) DepIsInSameApex(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, dep android.Modu
 				return false
 			}
 		}
-	} else if ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(dep) == llndkImplDep {
-		// We don't track beyond LLNDK
-		return false
 	}
 	return true
 }