diff --git a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/experimental_cc_shared_library.bzl b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/experimental_cc_shared_library.bzl
index cccea324ec9e60..32483582fbfb09 100644
--- a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/experimental_cc_shared_library.bzl
+++ b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/experimental_cc_shared_library.bzl
@@ -586,21 +586,11 @@ def _cc_shared_library_impl(ctx):
 def _graph_structure_aspect_impl(target, ctx):
     children = []
 
-    # Collect graph structure info from any possible deplike attribute. The aspect
-    # itself applies across every deplike attribute (attr_aspects is *), so enumerate
-    # over all attributes and consume GraphNodeInfo if available.
-    for fieldname in dir(ctx.rule.attr):
-        if fieldname == "_cc_toolchain" or fieldname == "target_compatible_with":
-            continue
-        deps = getattr(ctx.rule.attr, fieldname, None)
-        if type(deps) == "list":
-            for dep in deps:
-                if type(dep) == "Target" and GraphNodeInfo in dep:
-                    children.append(dep[GraphNodeInfo])
-
-            # Single dep.
-        elif type(deps) == "Target" and GraphNodeInfo in deps:
-            children.append(deps[GraphNodeInfo])
+    # For now ignore cases when deps is of type label instead of label_list.
+    if hasattr(ctx.rule.attr, "deps") and type(ctx.rule.attr.deps) != "Target":
+        for dep in ctx.rule.attr.deps:
+            if GraphNodeInfo in dep:
+                children.append(dep[GraphNodeInfo])
 
     # TODO(bazel-team): Add flag to Bazel that can toggle the initialization of
     # linkable_more_than_once.