diff --git a/core/api/current.txt b/core/api/current.txt
index 239ba6506af59..980674813da21 100644
--- a/core/api/current.txt
+++ b/core/api/current.txt
@@ -41990,7 +41990,6 @@ package android.telephony {
     method @IntRange(from=1, to=261) public int getBand();
     method @IntRange(from=1) public int getCellBandwidthDownlinkKhz();
     method @IntRange(from=1) public int getCellBandwidthUplinkKhz();
-    method @Deprecated public int getChannelNumber();
     method public int getConnectionStatus();
     method @IntRange(from=0) public int getDownlinkChannelNumber();
     method @IntRange(from=0) public int getDownlinkFrequencyKhz();
diff --git a/telephony/java/android/telephony/PhysicalChannelConfig.java b/telephony/java/android/telephony/PhysicalChannelConfig.java
index 3b2861600b567..8df41fb6b2884 100644
--- a/telephony/java/android/telephony/PhysicalChannelConfig.java
+++ b/telephony/java/android/telephony/PhysicalChannelConfig.java
@@ -182,16 +182,6 @@ public final class PhysicalChannelConfig implements Parcelable {
         return mContextIds;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return the absolute radio frequency channel number for this physical channel,
-     * {@link #CHANNEL_NUMBER_UNKNOWN} if unknown.
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #getDownlinkChannelNumber()} to get the channel number.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public int getChannelNumber() {
-        return getDownlinkChannelNumber();
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return the rough frequency range for this physical channel,
      * {@link ServiceState#FREQUENCY_RANGE_UNKNOWN} if unknown.