diff --git a/core/res/res/values/config.xml b/core/res/res/values/config.xml
index 88deb398453bb..d6395d649229a 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/config.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/config.xml
@@ -352,10 +352,6 @@
     <!-- Wifi driver supports batched scan -->
     <bool translatable="false" name="config_wifi_batched_scan_supported">false</bool>
 
-    <!-- Wifi driver's fallback country code; WS is ISO-Alpha2 code for Samoa which
-         has restrictions on can be scanned; which may satisfy quite a few regulatory issues. -->
-    <string translatable="false" name="config_wifi_unknown_country_code">WS</string>
-
     <!-- Flag indicating whether the we should enable the automatic brightness in Settings.
          Software implementation will be used if config_hardware_auto_brightness_available is not set -->
     <bool name="config_automatic_brightness_available">false</bool>
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml b/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
index f88b8bbef9990..e7dfec4571951 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
@@ -478,7 +478,6 @@
   <java-symbol type="string" name="config_ntpServer" />
   <java-symbol type="string" name="config_tether_apndata" />
   <java-symbol type="string" name="config_useragentprofile_url" />
-  <java-symbol type="string" name="config_wifi_unknown_country_code" />
   <java-symbol type="string" name="config_wifi_p2p_device_type" />
   <java-symbol type="string" name="contentServiceSync" />
   <java-symbol type="string" name="contentServiceSyncNotificationTitle" />
diff --git a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiStateMachine.java b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiStateMachine.java
index 0fffd373b1423..1dc7da879a91a 100644
--- a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiStateMachine.java
+++ b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiStateMachine.java
@@ -233,8 +233,6 @@ public class WifiStateMachine extends StateMachine {
     private DhcpStateMachine mDhcpStateMachine;
     private boolean mDhcpActive = false;
 
-    // Delay in switching to null country code (non-null has no delay)
-    private final int COUNTRY_CODE_DELAY_MS = 15000;
     private final AtomicInteger mCountryCodeSequence = new AtomicInteger();
 
     private class InterfaceObserver extends BaseNetworkObserver {
@@ -1539,15 +1537,13 @@ public class WifiStateMachine extends StateMachine {
      * @param persist {@code true} if the setting should be remembered.
      */
     public void setCountryCode(String countryCode, boolean persist) {
-        // If it's a country code, apply immediately,
-        // If it's empty, delay it in case it's a momentary dropout
+        // If it's a good country code, apply after the current
+        // wifi connection is terminated; ignore resetting of code
+        // for now (it is unclear what the chipset should do when
+        // country code is reset)
         int countryCodeSequence = mCountryCodeSequence.incrementAndGet();
         if (TextUtils.isEmpty(countryCode)) {
-            String defaultCountryCode = mContext.getResources().getString(
-                    R.string.config_wifi_unknown_country_code);
-
-            sendMessageDelayed(CMD_SET_COUNTRY_CODE, countryCodeSequence, persist ? 1 : 0,
-                    defaultCountryCode, COUNTRY_CODE_DELAY_MS);
+            log("Ignoring resetting of country code");
         } else {
             sendMessage(CMD_SET_COUNTRY_CODE, countryCodeSequence, persist ? 1 : 0, countryCode);
         }
@@ -1662,6 +1658,8 @@ public class WifiStateMachine extends StateMachine {
         pw.println("mSuspendOptNeedsDisabled " + mSuspendOptNeedsDisabled);
         pw.println("Supplicant status " + mWifiNative.status());
         pw.println("mEnableBackgroundScan " + mEnableBackgroundScan);
+        pw.println("mLastSetCountryCode " + mLastSetCountryCode);
+        pw.println("mPersistedCountryCode " + mPersistedCountryCode);
         pw.println();
         mWifiConfigStore.dump(fd, pw, args);
     }
@@ -3680,6 +3678,9 @@ public class WifiStateMachine extends StateMachine {
                         deferMessage(message);
                     }
                     break;
+                case CMD_SET_COUNTRY_CODE:
+                    deferMessage(message);
+                    break;
                 case CMD_START_SCAN:
                     /* Do not attempt to connect when we are already connected */
                     noteScanStart(message.arg1, (WorkSource) message.obj);