diff --git a/api/BUILD.bazel b/api/BUILD.bazel
index b513bc1205..efd1e8d966 100644
--- a/api/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/api/BUILD.bazel
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@ java_library(
     javacopts = ["-Xep:DoNotCall:OFF"],  # Remove once requiring Bazel 3.4.0+; allows non-final
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
-        "//context",
         "@com_google_code_findbugs_jsr305//jar",
         "@com_google_errorprone_error_prone_annotations//jar",
         "@com_google_guava_failureaccess//jar",  # future transitive dep of Guava. See #5214
         "@com_google_guava_guava//jar",
         "@com_google_j2objc_j2objc_annotations//jar",
     ],
-    exports = ["//context"],
 )
diff --git a/context/BUILD.bazel b/context/BUILD.bazel
index a5289a1fff..d0c4b04ce0 100644
--- a/context/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/context/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 java_library(
     name = "context",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    exports = ["//api"],
 )