diff --git a/apex/appsearch/Android.bp b/apex/appsearch/Android.bp
index 827842633942e..e6237fa1ee607 100644
--- a/apex/appsearch/Android.bp
+++ b/apex/appsearch/Android.bp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ apex {
     key: "com.android.appsearch.key",
     certificate: ":com.android.appsearch.certificate",
     updatable: false,
+    jni_libs: ["libicing"],
     generate_hashtree: false,
 }
 
diff --git a/apex/appsearch/service/Android.bp b/apex/appsearch/service/Android.bp
index e5675f688fd73..5ab7ff9f13c07 100644
--- a/apex/appsearch/service/Android.bp
+++ b/apex/appsearch/service/Android.bp
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ java_library {
         "framework-appsearch.impl",
         "unsupportedappusage", // TODO(b/181887768) should be removed
     ],
-    required: [
-        "libicing",
-    ],
     defaults: ["framework-system-server-module-defaults"],
     permitted_packages: [
         "com.android.server.appsearch",