diff --git a/Tethering/Android.bp b/Tethering/Android.bp
index 3c49383e80..e934d6d3c1 100644
--- a/Tethering/Android.bp
+++ b/Tethering/Android.bp
@@ -179,7 +179,11 @@ android_app {
 
 android_app {
     name: "TetheringNext",
-    defaults: ["TetheringAppDefaults", "TetheringApiLevel"],
+    defaults: [
+        "TetheringAppDefaults",
+        "TetheringApiLevel",
+        "ConnectivityNextEnableDefaults",
+    ],
     static_libs: ["TetheringApiCurrentLib"],
     certificate: "networkstack",
     manifest: "AndroidManifest.xml",
diff --git a/Tethering/apex/Android.bp b/Tethering/apex/Android.bp
index a5216f7105..7863572c52 100644
--- a/Tethering/apex/Android.bp
+++ b/Tethering/apex/Android.bp
@@ -18,8 +18,26 @@ package {
     default_applicable_licenses: ["Android-Apache-2.0"],
 }
 
+// Defaults to enable/disable java targets which uses development APIs. "enabled" may have a
+// different value depending on the branch.
+java_defaults {
+    name: "ConnectivityNextEnableDefaults",
+    enabled: true,
+}
+apex_defaults {
+    name: "ConnectivityApexDefaults",
+    // Tethering app to include in the AOSP apex. Branches that disable the "next" targets may use
+    // a stable tethering app instead, but will generally override the AOSP apex to use updatable
+    // package names and keys, so that apex will be unused anyway.
+    apps: ["TetheringNext"], // Replace to "Tethering" if ConnectivityNextEnableDefaults is false.
+}
+// This is a placeholder comment to avoid merge conflicts
+// as the above target may have different "enabled" values
+// depending on the branch
+
 apex {
     name: "com.android.tethering",
+    defaults: ["ConnectivityApexDefaults"],
     compile_multilib: "both",
     updatable: true,
     min_sdk_version: "30",
@@ -43,7 +61,6 @@ apex {
     ],
     apps: [
         "ServiceConnectivityResources",
-        "TetheringNext",
     ],
     prebuilts: ["current_sdkinfo"],
     manifest: "manifest.json",
diff --git a/Tethering/tests/privileged/Android.bp b/Tethering/tests/privileged/Android.bp
index 214b014c14..c890197227 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/privileged/Android.bp
+++ b/Tethering/tests/privileged/Android.bp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ android_test {
     name: "TetheringPrivilegedTests",
     defaults: [
         "TetheringPrivilegedTestsJniDefaults",
+        "ConnectivityNextEnableDefaults",
     ],
     srcs: [
         "src/**/*.java",
diff --git a/Tethering/tests/unit/Android.bp b/Tethering/tests/unit/Android.bp
index 228f3fde40..5150d39952 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/unit/Android.bp
+++ b/Tethering/tests/unit/Android.bp
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ java_defaults {
         "src/**/*.kt",
     ],
     static_libs: [
-        "TetheringApiCurrentLib",
         "TetheringCommonTests",
         "androidx.test.rules",
         "frameworks-base-testutils",
@@ -85,6 +84,9 @@ java_defaults {
 android_library {
     name: "TetheringTestsLatestSdkLib",
     defaults: ["TetheringTestsDefaults"],
+    static_libs: [
+        "TetheringApiStableLib",
+    ],
     target_sdk_version: "30",
     visibility: [
         "//packages/modules/Connectivity/tests:__subpackages__",
@@ -99,7 +101,13 @@ android_test {
         "device-tests",
         "mts-tethering",
     ],
-    defaults: ["TetheringTestsDefaults"],
+    defaults: [
+        "TetheringTestsDefaults",
+        "ConnectivityNextEnableDefaults",
+    ],
+    static_libs: [
+        "TetheringApiCurrentLib",
+    ],
     compile_multilib: "both",
     jarjar_rules: ":TetheringTestsJarJarRules",
 }