diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index a2ed344e6e1cf..8ac52f7f1d947 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -4459,7 +4459,6 @@ package android.net.util {
     method @NonNull public static java.net.SocketAddress makeNetlinkSocketAddress(int, int);
     method @NonNull public static java.net.SocketAddress makePacketSocketAddress(int, int);
     method @NonNull public static java.net.SocketAddress makePacketSocketAddress(int, @NonNull byte[]);
-    method public static void setSocketTimeValueOption(@NonNull java.io.FileDescriptor, int, int, long) throws android.system.ErrnoException;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/api/test-current.txt b/api/test-current.txt
index dd3814d9c3b8c..242cac3f23331 100644
--- a/api/test-current.txt
+++ b/api/test-current.txt
@@ -1547,7 +1547,6 @@ package android.net.util {
     method @NonNull public static java.net.SocketAddress makeNetlinkSocketAddress(int, int);
     method @NonNull public static java.net.SocketAddress makePacketSocketAddress(int, int);
     method @NonNull public static java.net.SocketAddress makePacketSocketAddress(int, @NonNull byte[]);
-    method public static void setSocketTimeValueOption(@NonNull java.io.FileDescriptor, int, int, long) throws android.system.ErrnoException;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/java/android/net/util/SocketUtils.java b/core/java/android/net/util/SocketUtils.java
index d06677d5d57fa..1364d8c17e1b3 100644
--- a/core/java/android/net/util/SocketUtils.java
+++ b/core/java/android/net/util/SocketUtils.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import android.system.ErrnoException;
 import android.system.NetlinkSocketAddress;
 import android.system.Os;
 import android.system.PacketSocketAddress;
-import android.system.StructTimeval;
 
 import libcore.io.IoBridge;
 
@@ -81,14 +80,6 @@ public final class SocketUtils {
         return new PacketSocketAddress(ifIndex, hwAddr);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Set an option on a socket that takes a time value argument.
-     */
-    public static void setSocketTimeValueOption(
-            @NonNull FileDescriptor fd, int level, int option, long millis) throws ErrnoException {
-        Os.setsockoptTimeval(fd, level, option, StructTimeval.fromMillis(millis));
-    }
-
     /**
      * @see IoBridge#closeAndSignalBlockedThreads(FileDescriptor)
      */
diff --git a/services/net/java/android/net/netlink/NetlinkSocket.java b/services/net/java/android/net/netlink/NetlinkSocket.java
index 4240d240ca236..7311fc5372059 100644
--- a/services/net/java/android/net/netlink/NetlinkSocket.java
+++ b/services/net/java/android/net/netlink/NetlinkSocket.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import static android.system.OsConstants.SO_SNDTIMEO;
 import android.net.util.SocketUtils;
 import android.system.ErrnoException;
 import android.system.Os;
+import android.system.StructTimeval;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import java.io.FileDescriptor;
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ public class NetlinkSocket {
             throws ErrnoException, IllegalArgumentException, InterruptedIOException {
         checkTimeout(timeoutMs);
 
-        SocketUtils.setSocketTimeValueOption(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, timeoutMs);
+        Os.setsockoptTimeval(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, StructTimeval.fromMillis(timeoutMs));
 
         ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(bufsize);
         int length = Os.read(fd, byteBuffer);
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ public class NetlinkSocket {
             FileDescriptor fd, byte[] bytes, int offset, int count, long timeoutMs)
             throws ErrnoException, IllegalArgumentException, InterruptedIOException {
         checkTimeout(timeoutMs);
-        SocketUtils.setSocketTimeValueOption(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, timeoutMs);
+        Os.setsockoptTimeval(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, StructTimeval.fromMillis(timeoutMs));
         return Os.write(fd, bytes, offset, count);
     }
 }