2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaInfoBuildHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaInfoBuildHelper.java
index fed792eb5f..4ff6468940 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaInfoBuildHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaInfoBuildHelper.java
@@ -536,6 +536,12 @@ final class JavaInfoBuildHelper {
             sourceJarsP ->
                 transitiveSourceJars.addTransitive(sourceJarsP.getTransitiveSourceJars()));
 
+    // When sources are not provided, the subsequent output Jar will be empty. As such, the output
+    // Jar is omitted from the set of Runtime Jars.
+    if (!sourceJars.isEmpty() || !sourceFiles.isEmpty()) {
+      javaInfoBuilder.setRuntimeJars(ImmutableList.of(outputJar));
+    }
+
     return javaInfoBuilder
         .addProvider(JavaCompilationArgsProvider.class, javaCompilationArgsProvider)
         .addProvider(
@@ -545,7 +551,6 @@ final class JavaInfoBuildHelper {
         .addProvider(JavaRunfilesProvider.class, new JavaRunfilesProvider(runfiles))
         .addProvider(JavaPluginInfoProvider.class, transitivePluginsProvider)
         .setNeverlink(neverlink)
-        .setRuntimeJars(ImmutableList.of(outputJar))
         .build();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaLibraryHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaLibraryHelper.java
index c035f5c433..37929cb8b9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaLibraryHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaLibraryHelper.java
@@ -267,8 +267,11 @@ public final class JavaLibraryHelper {
         /* instrumentationMetadataJar= */ null,
         nativeHeaderOutput);
 
-    artifactsBuilder.addRuntimeJar(output);
-    Artifact iJar = helper.createCompileTimeJarAction(output, artifactsBuilder);
+    Artifact iJar = null;
+    if (!sourceJars.isEmpty() || !sourceFiles.isEmpty()) {
+      artifactsBuilder.addRuntimeJar(output);
+      iJar = helper.createCompileTimeJarAction(output, artifactsBuilder);
+    }
 
     if (createOutputSourceJar) {
       helper.createSourceJarAction(