diff --git a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/CorePackageRenamer.java b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/CorePackageRenamer.java
index d2ea022f591f51..93ab650b329bfa 100644
--- a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/CorePackageRenamer.java
+++ b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/CorePackageRenamer.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public void visitMethodInsn(
           !remapper.didSomething
               || !owner.startsWith("android/")
               || owner.startsWith("android/arch/")
+              || owner.startsWith("android/device/collectors/") // b/179812549
               || owner.startsWith("android/support/"),
           "%s calls %s.%s%s which is not supported with core library desugaring. Please file "
               + "a feature request to support this method",
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ public void visitFieldInsn(int opcode, String owner, String name, String descrip
               || !owner.startsWith("android/")
               || owner.startsWith("android/arch/")
               || owner.startsWith("android/car/")
+              || owner.startsWith("android/device/collectors/") // b/179812549
               || owner.startsWith("android/support/"),
           "%s accesses %s.%s: %s which is not supported with core library desugaring. Please file "
               + "a feature request to support this field",