diff --git a/init/Android.bp b/init/Android.bp
index 7d863c884..cf7637f96 100644
--- a/init/Android.bp
+++ b/init/Android.bp
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ cc_defaults {
         "libprotobuf-cpp-lite",
         "libpropertyinfoserializer",
         "libpropertyinfoparser",
-        "libselinux",
     ],
     shared_libs: [
         "libcutils",
@@ -87,6 +86,7 @@ cc_defaults {
         "libc++",
         "libdl",
         "libz",
+        "libselinux",
     ],
 }
 
diff --git a/init/Android.mk b/init/Android.mk
index da27a73f4..a81a0f6b0 100644
--- a/init/Android.mk
+++ b/init/Android.mk
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := \
     libseccomp_policy \
     libcrypto_utils \
     libsparse \
-    libselinux \
     libprocessgroup \
     libavb \
     libkeyutils \
@@ -76,6 +75,7 @@ shared_libs := \
     libcrypto \
     libdl \
     libz \
+    libselinux \
 
 ifneq ($(BOARD_BUILD_SYSTEM_ROOT_IMAGE),true)
 # init is static executable for non-system-as-root devices, because the dynamic linker