diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index 8ac52f7f1d947..b372fe32a01ea 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -6099,7 +6099,6 @@ package android.provider {
     field public static final String LOCK_SCREEN_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NOTIFICATIONS = "lock_screen_allow_private_notifications";
     field public static final String LOCK_SCREEN_SHOW_NOTIFICATIONS = "lock_screen_show_notifications";
     field public static final String ODI_CAPTIONS_ENABLED = "odi_captions_enabled";
-    field public static final String ODI_CAPTIONS_OPTED_OUT = "odi_captions_opted_out";
     field public static final String THEME_CUSTOMIZATION_OVERLAY_PACKAGES = "theme_customization_overlay_packages";
     field public static final String USER_SETUP_COMPLETE = "user_setup_complete";
     field public static final int USER_SETUP_PERSONALIZATION_COMPLETE = 10; // 0xa
diff --git a/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java b/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
index ee0c83ea72f8b..de1ce1023ac66 100644
--- a/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
+++ b/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
@@ -5661,17 +5661,6 @@ public final class Settings {
 
         private static final Validator ODI_CAPTIONS_ENABLED_VALIDATOR = BOOLEAN_VALIDATOR;
 
-        /**
-         * Setting to indicate that on device captions cannot be shown because the app
-         * which is currently playing media had opted out.
-         *
-         * @hide
-         */
-        @SystemApi
-        public static final String ODI_CAPTIONS_OPTED_OUT = "odi_captions_opted_out";
-
-        private static final Validator ODI_CAPTIONS_OPTED_OUT_VALIDATOR = BOOLEAN_VALIDATOR;
-
         /**
          * On Android 8.0 (API level 26) and higher versions of the platform,
          * a 64-bit number (expressed as a hexadecimal string), unique to
@@ -8998,7 +8987,6 @@ public final class Settings {
             VALIDATORS.put(SILENCE_CALL_GESTURE_COUNT, SILENCE_GESTURE_COUNT_VALIDATOR);
             VALIDATORS.put(SILENCE_NOTIFICATION_GESTURE_COUNT, SILENCE_GESTURE_COUNT_VALIDATOR);
             VALIDATORS.put(ODI_CAPTIONS_ENABLED, ODI_CAPTIONS_ENABLED_VALIDATOR);
-            VALIDATORS.put(ODI_CAPTIONS_OPTED_OUT, ODI_CAPTIONS_OPTED_OUT_VALIDATOR);
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/provider/SettingsBackupTest.java b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/provider/SettingsBackupTest.java
index c36ca829bb505..c096c6efe79b2 100644
--- a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/provider/SettingsBackupTest.java
+++ b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/provider/SettingsBackupTest.java
@@ -650,7 +650,6 @@ public class SettingsBackupTest {
                  Settings.Secure.NIGHT_DISPLAY_LAST_ACTIVATED_TIME,
                  Settings.Secure.NUM_ROTATION_SUGGESTIONS_ACCEPTED,
                  Settings.Secure.ODI_CAPTIONS_ENABLED,
-                 Settings.Secure.ODI_CAPTIONS_OPTED_OUT,
                  Settings.Secure.PACKAGE_VERIFIER_STATE,
                  Settings.Secure.PACKAGE_VERIFIER_USER_CONSENT,
                  Settings.Secure.PARENTAL_CONTROL_LAST_UPDATE,
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/volume/VolumeDialogControllerImpl.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/volume/VolumeDialogControllerImpl.java
index a3db533bb7d03..69d2e31135e8e 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/volume/VolumeDialogControllerImpl.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/volume/VolumeDialogControllerImpl.java
@@ -284,9 +284,8 @@ public class VolumeDialogControllerImpl implements VolumeDialogController, Dumpa
 
     @Override
     public boolean isCaptionStreamOptedOut() {
-        int currentValue = Settings.Secure.getInt(mContext.getContentResolver(),
-                Settings.Secure.ODI_CAPTIONS_OPTED_OUT, 0);
-        return currentValue == 1;
+        // TODO(b/129768185): Removing secure setting, to be replaced by sound event listener
+        return false;
     }
 
     public void getCaptionsComponentState(boolean fromTooltip) {