diff --git a/src/launchpad/utils/android/bundletool.py b/src/launchpad/utils/android/bundletool.py
index f709c9b1..bb419bff 100644
--- a/src/launchpad/utils/android/bundletool.py
+++ b/src/launchpad/utils/android/bundletool.py
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ def build_apks(
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="bundletool-") as temp_dir:
             temp_dir_path = Path(temp_dir)
             temp_apks_path = temp_dir_path / "apks.apks"
+            device_spec_path = temp_dir_path / "device-spec.json"
+            with open(device_spec_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as device_spec_file:
+                json.dump(device_spec.model_dump(by_alias=True), device_spec_file)
+
             build_apks_command = [
                 "build-apks",
                 f"--bundle={bundle_path}",
@@ -178,6 +182,10 @@ def build_apks(
 
             if universal_apk:
                 build_apks_command.append("--mode=universal")
+            else:
+                # Restrict bundletool to APKs matching the target device instead
+                # of generating every possible split before extract-apks filters them.
+                build_apks_command.append(f"--device-spec={device_spec_path}")
 
             # Generate keystore and sign APKs if requested
             if sign_apks:
@@ -195,10 +203,6 @@ def build_apks(
 
                 logger.debug("APKs will be signed with generated keystore")
 
-            device_spec_path = temp_dir_path / "device-spec.json"
-            with open(device_spec_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as device_spec_file:
-                json.dump(device_spec.model_dump(by_alias=True), device_spec_file)
-
             self._run_command(build_apks_command)
 
             # Extract APKs for the specified device
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/android/test_bundletool.py b/tests/unit/utils/android/test_bundletool.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5afd2f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/android/test_bundletool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from launchpad.utils.android.bundletool import Bundletool, DeviceSpec
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def bundletool(mocker) -> Bundletool:
+    mocker.patch("launchpad.utils.android.bundletool.shutil.which", return_value="/usr/local/bin/bundletool")
+    tool = Bundletool()
+    mocker.patch.object(tool, "_generate_keystore", return_value=("password", "alias"))
+    mocker.patch.object(tool, "_run_command")
+    return tool
+
+
+def test_build_apks_targets_device_during_build(bundletool: Bundletool, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    bundletool.build_apks(
+        bundle_path=tmp_path / "app.aab",
+        output_dir=tmp_path / "output",
+        device_spec=DeviceSpec(),
+    )
+
+    build_command = bundletool._run_command.call_args_list[0].args[0]
+    extract_command = bundletool._run_command.call_args_list[1].args[0]
+
+    assert "--mode=universal" not in build_command
+    device_spec_arg = next(argument for argument in build_command if argument.startswith("--device-spec="))
+    assert device_spec_arg in extract_command
+
+
+def test_build_universal_apk_does_not_target_device_during_build(bundletool: Bundletool, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    bundletool.build_apks(
+        bundle_path=tmp_path / "app.aab",
+        output_dir=tmp_path / "output",
+        device_spec=DeviceSpec(),
+        universal_apk=True,
+    )
+
+    build_command = bundletool._run_command.call_args_list[0].args[0]
+    extract_command = bundletool._run_command.call_args_list[1].args[0]
+
+    assert "--mode=universal" in build_command
+    assert not any(argument.startswith("--device-spec=") for argument in build_command)
+    assert any(argument.startswith("--device-spec=") for argument in extract_command)