diff --git a/android/license.go b/android/license.go
index 3bc6199b2..cb375a2e5 100644
--- a/android/license.go
+++ b/android/license.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ type licenseProperties struct {
 type licenseModule struct {
 	ModuleBase
 	DefaultableModuleBase
+	SdkBase
 
 	properties licenseProperties
 }
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ func LicenseFactory() Module {
 	// The visibility property needs to be checked and parsed by the visibility module.
 	setPrimaryVisibilityProperty(module, "visibility", &module.properties.Visibility)
 
+	InitSdkAwareModule(module)
 	initAndroidModuleBase(module)
 	InitDefaultableModule(module)
 
diff --git a/android/sdk.go b/android/sdk.go
index 8992bab35..95924561a 100644
--- a/android/sdk.go
+++ b/android/sdk.go
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ type sdkAwareWithoutModule interface {
 	sdkBase() *SdkBase
 	MakeMemberOf(sdk SdkRef)
 	IsInAnySdk() bool
+
+	// IsVersioned determines whether the module is versioned, i.e. has a name of the form
+	// <name>@<version>
+	IsVersioned() bool
+
 	ContainingSdk() SdkRef
 	MemberName() string
 	BuildWithSdks(sdks SdkRefs)
@@ -140,6 +145,11 @@ func (s *SdkBase) IsInAnySdk() bool {
 	return s.properties.ContainingSdk != nil
 }
 
+// IsVersioned returns true if this module is versioned.
+func (s *SdkBase) IsVersioned() bool {
+	return strings.Contains(s.module.Name(), "@")
+}
+
 // ContainingSdk returns the SDK that this module is a member of
 func (s *SdkBase) ContainingSdk() SdkRef {
 	if s.properties.ContainingSdk != nil {
diff --git a/sdk/sdk.go b/sdk/sdk.go
index 2f56de69d..624c0fa9b 100644
--- a/sdk/sdk.go
+++ b/sdk/sdk.go
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ func memberDepsMutator(mctx android.TopDownMutatorContext) {
 // built with libfoo.mysdk.11 and libfoo.mysdk.12, respectively depending on which sdk they are
 // using.
 func memberInterVersionMutator(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
-	if m, ok := mctx.Module().(android.SdkAware); ok && m.IsInAnySdk() {
+	if m, ok := mctx.Module().(android.SdkAware); ok && m.IsInAnySdk() && m.IsVersioned() {
 		if !m.ContainingSdk().Unversioned() {
 			memberName := m.MemberName()
 			tag := sdkMemberVersionedDepTag{member: memberName, version: m.ContainingSdk().Version}
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ func sdkDepsMutator(mctx android.TopDownMutatorContext) {
 // Step 5: if libfoo.mysdk.11 is in the context where version 11 of mysdk is requested, the
 // versioned module is used instead of the un-versioned (in-development) module libfoo
 func sdkDepsReplaceMutator(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
-	if versionedSdkMember, ok := mctx.Module().(android.SdkAware); ok && versionedSdkMember.IsInAnySdk() {
+	if versionedSdkMember, ok := mctx.Module().(android.SdkAware); ok && versionedSdkMember.IsInAnySdk() && versionedSdkMember.IsVersioned() {
 		if sdk := versionedSdkMember.ContainingSdk(); !sdk.Unversioned() {
 			// Only replace dependencies to <sdkmember> with <sdkmember@required-version>
 			// if the depending module requires it. e.g.
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ func sdkDepsReplaceMutator(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 			// TODO(b/183204176): Remove this after fixing.
 			defer func() {
 				if r := recover(); r != nil {
-					mctx.ModuleErrorf("%s", r)
+					mctx.ModuleErrorf("sdkDepsReplaceMutator %s", r)
 				}
 			}()