diff --git a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/java/proto/java_lite_proto_library.bzl b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/java/proto/java_lite_proto_library.bzl
index 56afa3f41c0dca..fbe4f387dda8c9 100644
--- a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/java/proto/java_lite_proto_library.bzl
+++ b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/java/proto/java_lite_proto_library.bzl
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 """A Starlark implementation of the java_lite_proto_library rule."""
 
 load(":common/java/java_semantics.bzl", "semantics")
+load(":common/java/proto/java_proto_library.bzl", "JavaProtoAspectInfo", "java_compile_for_protos")
 load(":common/proto/proto_common.bzl", "ProtoLangToolchainInfo", proto_common = "proto_common_do_not_use")
-load(":common/java/proto/java_proto_library.bzl", "JavaProtoAspectInfo", "bazel_java_proto_library_rule", "java_compile_for_protos")
 
 PROTO_TOOLCHAIN_ATTR = "_aspect_proto_toolchain_for_javalite"
 
@@ -106,13 +106,20 @@ def _rule_impl(ctx):
     else:
         proguard_provider_specs = ProguardSpecProvider(depset())
 
-    java_info, DefaultInfo, OutputGroupInfo = bazel_java_proto_library_rule(ctx)
+    java_info = java_common.merge([dep[JavaInfo] for dep in ctx.attr.deps], merge_java_outputs = False)
+
+    transitive_src_and_runtime_jars = depset(transitive = [dep[JavaProtoAspectInfo].jars for dep in ctx.attr.deps])
+    transitive_runtime_jars = depset(transitive = [java_info.transitive_runtime_jars])
+
     java_info = semantics.add_constraints(java_info, ["android"])
 
     return [
         java_info,
-        DefaultInfo,
-        OutputGroupInfo,
+        DefaultInfo(
+            files = transitive_src_and_runtime_jars,
+            runfiles = ctx.runfiles(transitive_files = transitive_runtime_jars),
+        ),
+        OutputGroupInfo(default = depset()),
         proguard_provider_specs,
     ]
 
diff --git a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/java/proto/java_proto_library.bzl b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/java/proto/java_proto_library.bzl
index 09690f027282ce..334eeba5d948d6 100644
--- a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/java/proto/java_proto_library.bzl
+++ b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/java/proto/java_proto_library.bzl
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ def bazel_java_proto_library_rule(ctx):
     Returns:
       ([JavaInfo, DefaultInfo, OutputGroupInfo])
     """
-
     java_info = java_common.merge([dep[JavaInfo] for dep in ctx.attr.deps], merge_java_outputs = False)
 
     transitive_src_and_runtime_jars = depset(transitive = [dep[JavaProtoAspectInfo].jars for dep in ctx.attr.deps])