diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 9758433e73171..aea2ff315e024 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -8721,7 +8721,6 @@ package android.graphics {
 
   public class SurfaceTexture {
     ctor public SurfaceTexture(int);
-    ctor public SurfaceTexture(int, boolean);
     method public long getTimestamp();
     method public void getTransformMatrix(float[]);
     method public void release();
diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/SurfaceTexture.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/SurfaceTexture.java
index d62fd679d4858..f3b62ec10e51d 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/SurfaceTexture.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/SurfaceTexture.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class SurfaceTexture {
      * @param texName the OpenGL texture object name (e.g. generated via glGenTextures)
      */
     public SurfaceTexture(int texName) {
-        this(texName, true);
+        this(texName, false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ public class SurfaceTexture {
      *      When the image stream comes from OpenGL, SurfaceTexture may run in the synchronous
      *      mode where the producer side may be blocked to avoid skipping frames. To avoid the
      *      thread block, set allowSynchronousMode to false.
+     *
+     * @hide
      */
     public SurfaceTexture(int texName, boolean allowSynchronousMode) {
         Looper looper;