diff --git a/service/Android.bp b/service/Android.bp
index c8f3bd3..a26f715 100644
--- a/service/Android.bp
+++ b/service/Android.bp
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 //
 
-cc_library_shared {
-    name: "libservice-connectivity",
+cc_defaults {
+    name: "libservice-connectivity-defaults",
     // TODO: build against the NDK (sdk_version: "30" for example)
     cflags: [
         "-Wall",
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     srcs: [
         "jni/com_android_server_TestNetworkService.cpp",
         "jni/com_android_server_connectivity_Vpn.cpp",
-        "jni/onload.cpp",
     ],
     shared_libs: [
         "libbase",
@@ -36,9 +35,25 @@
         // addresses, and remove dependency on libnetutils.
         "libnetutils",
     ],
-    apex_available: [
-        "com.android.tethering",
+}
+
+cc_library_shared {
+    name: "libservice-connectivity",
+    defaults: ["libservice-connectivity-defaults"],
+    srcs: [
+        "jni/onload.cpp",
     ],
+    apex_available: [
+        // TODO: move this library to the tethering APEX and remove libservice-connectivity-static
+        // "com.android.tethering",
+    ],
+}
+
+// Static library linked into libservices.core until libservice-connectivity can be loaded from
+// the tethering APEX instead.
+cc_library_static {
+    name: "libservice-connectivity-static",
+    defaults: ["libservice-connectivity-defaults"],
 }
 
 java_library {
@@ -60,6 +75,5 @@
     ],
     apex_available: [
         "//apex_available:platform",
-        "com.android.tethering",
     ],
 }
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceInitializer.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceInitializer.java
index f276329..2bc8925 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceInitializer.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceInitializer.java
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
 
     public ConnectivityServiceInitializer(Context context) {
         super(context);
-        // Load JNI libraries used by ConnectivityService and its dependencies
-        System.loadLibrary("service-connectivity");
         // TODO: Define formal APIs to get the needed services.
         mConnectivity = new ConnectivityService(context, getNetworkManagementService(),
                 getNetworkStatsService(), getNetworkPolicyManager());
diff --git a/tests/net/Android.bp b/tests/net/Android.bp
index f6a2846..a762219 100644
--- a/tests/net/Android.bp
+++ b/tests/net/Android.bp
@@ -70,7 +70,4 @@
         "android.test.base",
         "android.test.mock",
     ],
-    jni_libs: [
-        "libservice-connectivity",
-    ],
 }