diff --git a/Android.bp b/Android.bp
index 4b3c22da5c7cc22e74a6ae48cd82edf18b7b3a25..d234411571908ad802c4535bed24feb93a473ec5 100644
--- a/Android.bp
+++ b/Android.bp
@@ -1268,7 +1268,6 @@ filegroup {
 
 // TODO(b/145644363): move this to under StubLibraries.bp or ApiDocs.bp
 metalava_framework_docs_args = "--manifest $(location core/res/AndroidManifest.xml) " +
-    "--ignore-classes-on-classpath " +
     "--hide-package com.android.server " +
     "--hide-package android.audio.policy.configuration.V7_0 " +
     "--error UnhiddenSystemApi " +
diff --git a/ApiDocs.bp b/ApiDocs.bp
index ba93a489fd5a834f2b31669138fefca1c6090260..ada80bbc9874183e5599e152a5dd73ed106b234d 100644
--- a/ApiDocs.bp
+++ b/ApiDocs.bp
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ droidstubs {
     arg_files: [
         "core/res/AndroidManifest.xml",
     ],
-    args: metalava_framework_docs_args,
+    args: metalava_framework_docs_args +
+        // Needed for hidden libcore annotations for now.
+        " --ignore-classes-on-classpath ",
     write_sdk_values: true,
 }
 
@@ -101,7 +103,10 @@ droidstubs {
     arg_files: [
         "core/res/AndroidManifest.xml",
     ],
-    args: metalava_framework_docs_args + " --show-annotation android.annotation.SystemApi\\(client=android.annotation.SystemApi.Client.PRIVILEGED_APPS\\) ",
+    args: metalava_framework_docs_args +
+        // Needed for hidden libcore annotations for now.
+        " --ignore-classes-on-classpath " +
+        " --show-annotation android.annotation.SystemApi\\(client=android.annotation.SystemApi.Client.PRIVILEGED_APPS\\) ",
     write_sdk_values: true,
 }
 
diff --git a/StubLibraries.bp b/StubLibraries.bp
index 6cabc573659e4c11ce0555e1b508d436f7a4f1aa..d4abeee27c31244bddae62bedc4d6777c1c5f527 100644
--- a/StubLibraries.bp
+++ b/StubLibraries.bp
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ stubs_defaults {
         ":art.module.public.api{.public.stubs.source}",
         "**/package.html",
     ],
-    sdk_version: "core_platform",
+    sdk_version: "none",
+    system_modules: "none",
+    java_version: "1.8",
     arg_files: ["core/res/AndroidManifest.xml"],
     // TODO(b/147699819): remove below aidl includes.
     aidl: {
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ stubs_defaults {
         "android.hardware.usb.gadget-V1.0-java",
         "android.hardware.vibrator-V1.3-java",
         "framework-protos",
+        "stable.core.platform.api.stubs",
         // There are a few classes from modules used as type arguments that
         // need to be resolved by metalava. For now, we can use a previously
         // finalized stub library to resolve them. If a new class gets added,