diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 6969210dbe3d9..c39c526d3200f 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -50545,7 +50545,6 @@ package java.net {
     method public static void setURLStreamHandlerFactory(java.net.URLStreamHandlerFactory);
     method public java.lang.String toExternalForm();
     method public java.net.URI toURI() throws java.net.URISyntaxException;
-    method public java.net.URI toURILenient() throws java.net.URISyntaxException;
   }
 
   public class URLClassLoader extends java.security.SecureClassLoader implements java.io.Closeable {
diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index bf6d1a294ccce..6578be4140a15 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -53163,7 +53163,6 @@ package java.net {
     method public static void setURLStreamHandlerFactory(java.net.URLStreamHandlerFactory);
     method public java.lang.String toExternalForm();
     method public java.net.URI toURI() throws java.net.URISyntaxException;
-    method public java.net.URI toURILenient() throws java.net.URISyntaxException;
   }
 
   public class URLClassLoader extends java.security.SecureClassLoader implements java.io.Closeable {