diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
index 6f9ec9c780fbd..df3578f36fe18 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
@@ -2159,14 +2159,6 @@ public abstract class PackageManager {
      */
     public static final int INSTALL_FAILED_PROCESS_NOT_DEFINED = -122;
 
-    /**
-     * Installation parse return code: system is in a minimal boot state, and the parser only
-     * allows the package with {@code coreApp} manifest attribute to be a valid application.
-     *
-     * @hide
-     */
-    public static final int INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_ONLY_COREAPP_ALLOWED = -123;
-
     /**
      * Installation failed return code: the {@code resources.arsc} of one of the APKs being
      * installed is compressed or not aligned on a 4-byte boundary. Resource tables that cannot be
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/ApexPackageInfo.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/ApexPackageInfo.java
index 21cd01c176621..07f2fd3e1d1f2 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/ApexPackageInfo.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/ApexPackageInfo.java
@@ -352,12 +352,6 @@ class ApexPackageInfo {
                 results.add(new ApexManager.ScanResult(
                         ai, parseResult.parsedPackage, parseResult.parsedPackage.getPackageName()));
             } else if (throwable instanceof PackageManagerException) {
-                final PackageManagerException e = (PackageManagerException) throwable;
-                // Skip parsing non-coreApp apex file if system is in minimal boot state.
-                if (e.error == PackageManager.INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_ONLY_COREAPP_ALLOWED) {
-                    Slog.w(TAG, "Scan apex failed, not a coreApp:" + ai.modulePath);
-                    continue;
-                }
                 throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to parse: " + ai.modulePath, throwable);
             } else {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected exception occurred while parsing "
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/InstallPackageHelper.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/InstallPackageHelper.java
index 3410cec4e0894..00e9afb404557 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/InstallPackageHelper.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/InstallPackageHelper.java
@@ -3424,12 +3424,6 @@ final class InstallPackageHelper {
                     throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to scan: " + ai.modulePath, e);
                 }
             } else if (throwable instanceof PackageManagerException) {
-                final PackageManagerException e = (PackageManagerException) throwable;
-                // Skip parsing non-coreApp apex file if system is in minimal boot state.
-                if (e.error == PackageManager.INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_ONLY_COREAPP_ALLOWED) {
-                    Slog.w(TAG, "Scan apex failed, not a coreApp:" + ai.modulePath);
-                    continue;
-                }
                 throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to parse: " + ai.modulePath, throwable);
             } else {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected exception occurred while parsing "