diff --git a/api/4.xml b/api/4.xml
index 2e5f34a59b140..b117a8734c982 100644
--- a/api/4.xml
+++ b/api/4.xml
@@ -452,17 +452,6 @@
  visibility="public"
 >
 </field>
-<field name="FOTA_UPDATE"
- type="java.lang.String"
- transient="false"
- volatile="false"
- value="&quot;android.permission.FOTA_UPDATE&quot;"
- static="true"
- final="true"
- deprecated="not deprecated"
- visibility="public"
->
-</field>
 <field name="GET_ACCOUNTS"
  type="java.lang.String"
  transient="false"
diff --git a/api/current.xml b/api/current.xml
index 6118f9325e924..75aae979e472a 100644
--- a/api/current.xml
+++ b/api/current.xml
@@ -463,17 +463,6 @@
  visibility="public"
 >
 </field>
-<field name="FOTA_UPDATE"
- type="java.lang.String"
- transient="false"
- volatile="false"
- value="&quot;android.permission.FOTA_UPDATE&quot;"
- static="true"
- final="true"
- deprecated="not deprecated"
- visibility="public"
->
-</field>
 <field name="GET_ACCOUNTS"
  type="java.lang.String"
  transient="false"
diff --git a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
index bc4e038815b83..179db054c4ad7 100644
--- a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -745,9 +745,12 @@
         android:description="@string/permdesc_forceBack"
         android:protectionLevel="signature" />
 
-    <permission android:name="android.permission.FOTA_UPDATE"
-        android:label="@string/permlab_fotaUpdate"
-        android:description="@string/permdesc_fotaUpdate"
+    <!-- Allows an application to publish system-level services.  Such services
+         can only be published from processes that never go away, so this is
+         not something that any normal application can do. -->
+    <permission android:name="android.permission.ADD_SYSTEM_SERVICE"
+        android:label="@string/permlab_addSystemService"
+        android:description="@string/permdesc_addSystemService"
         android:protectionLevel="signature" />
 
     <!-- Allows an application to update device statistics. Not for
diff --git a/packages/SettingsProvider/AndroidManifest.xml b/packages/SettingsProvider/AndroidManifest.xml
index 4abc337927bab..16c66a6b681a4 100644
--- a/packages/SettingsProvider/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/packages/SettingsProvider/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
         package="com.android.providers.settings"
         android:sharedUserId="android.uid.system">
 
-    <!-- Permission to write Gservices in SettingsProvider -->
-    <permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_GSERVICES"
-        android:label="@string/permlab_writeGservices"
-        android:description="@string/permdesc_writeGservices"
-        android:protectionLevel="signature" />
-
     <application android:allowClearUserData="false"
                  android:label="Settings Storage"
                  android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher_settings">