diff --git a/components/ads-client/android/build.gradle b/components/ads-client/android/build.gradle
index b0a7847a6a..068e5630e0 100644
--- a/components/ads-client/android/build.gradle
+++ b/components/ads-client/android/build.gradle
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    api project(":httpconfig")
+    testImplementation project(":httpconfig")
 
     implementation libs.mozilla.glean