diff --git a/android/guava-testlib/src/com/google/common/testing/NullPointerTester.java b/android/guava-testlib/src/com/google/common/testing/NullPointerTester.java
index 82b761bdcd11..413ba66cedeb 100644
--- a/android/guava-testlib/src/com/google/common/testing/NullPointerTester.java
+++ b/android/guava-testlib/src/com/google/common/testing/NullPointerTester.java
@@ -349,6 +349,13 @@ public int hashCode() {
    */
   private void testParameter(
       Object instance, Invokable<?, ?> invokable, int paramIndex, Class<?> testedClass) {
+    /*
+     * com.google.common is starting to rely on type-use annotations, which aren't visible under
+     * Android VMs. So we skip testing there.
+     */
+    if (isAndroid() && Reflection.getPackageName(testedClass).startsWith("com.google.common")) {
+      return;
+    }
     if (isPrimitiveOrNullable(invokable.getParameters().get(paramIndex))) {
       return; // there's nothing to test
     }
@@ -654,4 +661,9 @@ boolean isNullable(Parameter param) {
 
     abstract boolean isNullable(Parameter param);
   }
+
+  private static boolean isAndroid() {
+    // Arguably it would make more sense to test "can we see type-use annotations" directly....
+    return System.getProperty("java.runtime.name").contains("Android");
+  }
 }
diff --git a/android/guava-testlib/test/com/google/common/testing/ClassSanityTesterTest.java b/android/guava-testlib/test/com/google/common/testing/ClassSanityTesterTest.java
index 3c8730516533..fee11890b7db 100644
--- a/android/guava-testlib/test/com/google/common/testing/ClassSanityTesterTest.java
+++ b/android/guava-testlib/test/com/google/common/testing/ClassSanityTesterTest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
  *
  * @author Ben Yu
  */
-@AndroidIncompatible // Android doesn't support the type-use annotations it needs
+@AndroidIncompatible // NullPointerTester refuses to run for c.g.c under Android
 public class ClassSanityTesterTest extends TestCase {
 
   private final ClassSanityTester tester = new ClassSanityTester();
diff --git a/android/guava-testlib/test/com/google/common/testing/NullPointerTesterTest.java b/android/guava-testlib/test/com/google/common/testing/NullPointerTesterTest.java
index 4db9310d2a50..d7344abf66dd 100644
--- a/android/guava-testlib/test/com/google/common/testing/NullPointerTesterTest.java
+++ b/android/guava-testlib/test/com/google/common/testing/NullPointerTesterTest.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  * @author Mick Killianey
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("CheckReturnValue")
-@AndroidIncompatible // Android doesn't support the type-use annotations it needs
+@AndroidIncompatible // NullPointerTester refuses to run for c.g.c under Android
 public class NullPointerTesterTest extends TestCase {
 
   /** Non-NPE RuntimeException. */
diff --git a/guava-testlib/src/com/google/common/testing/NullPointerTester.java b/guava-testlib/src/com/google/common/testing/NullPointerTester.java
index 5780dd721d1c..87349a8d882d 100644
--- a/guava-testlib/src/com/google/common/testing/NullPointerTester.java
+++ b/guava-testlib/src/com/google/common/testing/NullPointerTester.java
@@ -349,6 +349,13 @@ public int hashCode() {
    */
   private void testParameter(
       Object instance, Invokable<?, ?> invokable, int paramIndex, Class<?> testedClass) {
+    /*
+     * com.google.common is starting to rely on type-use annotations, which aren't visible under
+     * Android VMs. So we skip testing there.
+     */
+    if (isAndroid() && Reflection.getPackageName(testedClass).startsWith("com.google.common")) {
+      return;
+    }
     if (isPrimitiveOrNullable(invokable.getParameters().get(paramIndex))) {
       return; // there's nothing to test
     }
@@ -654,4 +661,9 @@ boolean isNullable(Parameter param) {
 
     abstract boolean isNullable(Parameter param);
   }
+
+  private static boolean isAndroid() {
+    // Arguably it would make more sense to test "can we see type-use annotations" directly....
+    return System.getProperty("java.runtime.name").contains("Android");
+  }
 }
diff --git a/guava-testlib/test/com/google/common/testing/ClassSanityTesterTest.java b/guava-testlib/test/com/google/common/testing/ClassSanityTesterTest.java
index be7fbe08fcc8..ac4e05fba983 100644
--- a/guava-testlib/test/com/google/common/testing/ClassSanityTesterTest.java
+++ b/guava-testlib/test/com/google/common/testing/ClassSanityTesterTest.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
  *
  * @author Ben Yu
  */
-@AndroidIncompatible // Android doesn't support the type-use annotations it needs
+@AndroidIncompatible // NullPointerTester refuses to run for c.g.c under Android
 public class ClassSanityTesterTest extends TestCase {
 
   private final ClassSanityTester tester = new ClassSanityTester();
diff --git a/guava-testlib/test/com/google/common/testing/NullPointerTesterTest.java b/guava-testlib/test/com/google/common/testing/NullPointerTesterTest.java
index 9c3d18d96712..050f05f6d97e 100644
--- a/guava-testlib/test/com/google/common/testing/NullPointerTesterTest.java
+++ b/guava-testlib/test/com/google/common/testing/NullPointerTesterTest.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  * @author Mick Killianey
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("CheckReturnValue")
-@AndroidIncompatible // Android doesn't support the type-use annotations it needs
+@AndroidIncompatible // NullPointerTester refuses to run for c.g.c under Android
 public class NullPointerTesterTest extends TestCase {
 
   /** Non-NPE RuntimeException. */