diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index 0b40553fa6a00..9faa9ddd95eec 100755
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -7580,7 +7580,7 @@ package android.net.wifi {
     method public boolean isEphemeral();
     method public boolean isOsuAp();
     method public boolean isPasspointAp();
-    method @Nullable public static String removeDoubleQuotes(@Nullable String);
+    method @Nullable public static String sanitizeSsid(@Nullable String);
     field public static final String DEFAULT_MAC_ADDRESS = "02:00:00:00:00:00";
     field public static final int INVALID_RSSI = -127; // 0xffffff81
   }
diff --git a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiInfo.java b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiInfo.java
index f8d48c5403f7a..7c031eaaeaf4a 100644
--- a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiInfo.java
+++ b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiInfo.java
@@ -889,6 +889,13 @@ public class WifiInfo implements Parcelable {
      */
     @Nullable
     @SystemApi
+    public static String sanitizeSsid(@Nullable String string) {
+        return removeDoubleQuotes(string);
+    }
+
+    /** @hide */
+    @UnsupportedAppUsage
+    @Nullable
     public static String removeDoubleQuotes(@Nullable String string) {
         if (string == null) return null;
         final int length = string.length();