diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index 5a6db87ea3ca6..89fc433a1109e 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -38665,7 +38665,6 @@ package android.provider {
 
   public final class TimeZoneRulesDataContract {
     field public static final java.lang.String AUTHORITY = "com.android.timezone";
-    field public static final java.lang.String READER_PERMISSION = "android.permission.UPDATE_TIME_ZONE_RULES";
   }
 
   public static final class TimeZoneRulesDataContract.Operation {
diff --git a/core/java/android/provider/TimeZoneRulesDataContract.java b/core/java/android/provider/TimeZoneRulesDataContract.java
index 7a5ae1d7af41a..33d25880226eb 100644
--- a/core/java/android/provider/TimeZoneRulesDataContract.java
+++ b/core/java/android/provider/TimeZoneRulesDataContract.java
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@ public final class TimeZoneRulesDataContract {
     /** A content:// style uri to the authority for the time zone data content provider */
     private static final Uri AUTHORITY_URI = Uri.parse("content://" + AUTHORITY);
 
-    /**
-     * The permission that the reader of the ContentProvider must possess.
-     */
-    public static final String READER_PERMISSION =
-            android.Manifest.permission.UPDATE_TIME_ZONE_RULES;
-
     /**
      * Defines fields exposed through the {@link Operation#CONTENT_URI} for describing a time zone
      * distro operation.