diff --git a/service/Android.bp b/service/Android.bp
index a26f715..c8f3bd3 100644
--- a/service/Android.bp
+++ b/service/Android.bp
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 //
 
-cc_defaults {
-    name: "libservice-connectivity-defaults",
+cc_library_shared {
+    name: "libservice-connectivity",
     // TODO: build against the NDK (sdk_version: "30" for example)
     cflags: [
         "-Wall",
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     srcs: [
         "jni/com_android_server_TestNetworkService.cpp",
         "jni/com_android_server_connectivity_Vpn.cpp",
+        "jni/onload.cpp",
     ],
     shared_libs: [
         "libbase",
@@ -35,27 +36,11 @@
         // addresses, and remove dependency on libnetutils.
         "libnetutils",
     ],
-}
-
-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",
+        "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 {
     name: "service-connectivity",
     srcs: [
@@ -75,5 +60,6 @@
     ],
     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 2bc8925..f276329 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceInitializer.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceInitializer.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
     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 a762219..f6a2846 100644
--- a/tests/net/Android.bp
+++ b/tests/net/Android.bp
@@ -70,4 +70,7 @@
         "android.test.base",
         "android.test.mock",
     ],
+    jni_libs: [
+        "libservice-connectivity",
+    ],
 }