diff --git a/apex/ld.config.txt b/apex/ld.config.txt
index af8ec066c0..8f60bb21c9 100644
--- a/apex/ld.config.txt
+++ b/apex/ld.config.txt
@@ -38,9 +38,14 @@ namespace.default.link.platform.shared_libs = libEGL.so:libGLESv1_CM.so:libGLESv
 namespace.platform.isolated = true
 
 namespace.platform.search.paths  = /system/${LIB}
-namespace.platform.search.paths += /apex/com.android.runtime/${LIB}
 namespace.platform.asan.search.paths  = /data/asan/system/${LIB}
 namespace.platform.asan.search.paths +=           /system/${LIB}
+
+# TODO(b/140790209): These directories are wrong in R and later because they
+# only contain Bionic internal libraries dependencies that should not be
+# accessed from the outside. However, they may be necessary for APEX builds that
+# are pushed to Q. Remove them as soon as Q compatibility is no longer required.
+namespace.platform.search.paths += /apex/com.android.runtime/${LIB}
 namespace.platform.asan.search.paths += /apex/com.android.runtime/${LIB}
 
 # /system/lib/libc.so, etc are symlinks to /apex/com.android.lib/lib/bionic/libc.so, etc.