Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) are described. The UE may identify a first set of bands associated with a first subscription and a second set of bands associated with a second subscription. The UE may determine that at least a first band from the first set of bands and at least a second band from the second set of bands share a same set of radio frequency (RF) front-end resources. The UE may then refrain from communicating on a third band from the first set of bands while communicating on a remaining set of bands, where the third band may be associated with a secondary component carrier (SCC) of a multi-carrier communications scheme. Refraining from communicating on the third band may be based on the first and second bands sharing the RF front-end resources and the third band being associated with the SCC.