diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/TelephonyIntents.java b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/TelephonyIntents.java
index 5954947fb4a51..85ceefd40f719 100644
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/TelephonyIntents.java
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/TelephonyIntents.java
@@ -266,20 +266,13 @@ public class TelephonyIntents {
 
     /**
      * Activity Action: Start this activity to invoke the carrier setup app.
-     * To filter the intent, see {@link #CATEGORY_MCCMNC_PREFIX}.
+     * The carrier app must be signed using a certificate that matches the UICC access rules.
      *
      * <p class="note">Callers of this should hold the android.permission.INVOKE_CARRIER_SETUP
      * permission.</p>
      */
     public static final String ACTION_CARRIER_SETUP = "android.intent.action.ACTION_CARRIER_SETUP";
 
-    /**
-     * A <em>prefix</em> for the MCC/MNC filtering used with {@link #ACTION_CARRIER_SETUP}.
-     * The MCC/MNC will be concatenated (zero-padded to 3 digits each) to create a final
-     * string of the form: {@code android.intent.category.MCCMNC_310260}
-     */
-    public static final String CATEGORY_MCCMNC_PREFIX = "android.intent.category.MCCMNC_";
-
     /**
      * Broadcast Action: A "secret code" has been entered in the dialer. Secret codes are
      * of the form {@code *#*#<code>#*#*}. The intent will have the data URI: