diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidBinary.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidBinary.java
index f9bc6e6c68c549..8ea2c5ee439870 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidBinary.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidBinary.java
@@ -2233,6 +2233,10 @@ public static Function<Artifact, Artifact> collectDesugaredJars(
     if (!AndroidCommon.getAndroidConfig(ruleContext).desugarJava8()) {
       return Functions.identity();
     }
+    if (Allowlist.hasAllowlist(ruleContext, "enable_starlark_dex_desugar_proguard")
+        && Allowlist.isAvailable(ruleContext, "enable_starlark_dex_desugar_proguard")) {
+      return Functions.identity();
+    }
     AndroidRuntimeJarProvider.Builder result =
         collectDesugaredJarsFromAttributes(
             ruleContext, semantics.getAttributesWithJavaRuntimeDeps(ruleContext));