diff --git a/core/api/current.txt b/core/api/current.txt
index 23c924ccc81a0..dfc26028433bd 100644
--- a/core/api/current.txt
+++ b/core/api/current.txt
@@ -41699,7 +41699,6 @@ package android.telecom {
   }
 
   public final class CallException extends java.lang.RuntimeException implements android.os.Parcelable {
-    ctor public CallException(@Nullable String);
     ctor public CallException(@Nullable String, int);
     method public int describeContents();
     method public int getCode();
diff --git a/telecomm/java/android/telecom/CallException.java b/telecomm/java/android/telecom/CallException.java
index 0b0de6bd16606..d191593be2847 100644
--- a/telecomm/java/android/telecom/CallException.java
+++ b/telecomm/java/android/telecom/CallException.java
@@ -115,17 +115,6 @@ public final class CallException extends RuntimeException implements Parcelable
     public @interface CallErrorCode {
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Constructor for a new CallException when only message can be specified.
-     * {@code CODE_ERROR_UNKNOWN} will be default code returned when calling {@code getCode}
-     *
-     * @param message related to why the exception was created
-     */
-    public CallException(@Nullable String message) {
-        super(getMessage(message, CODE_ERROR_UNKNOWN));
-        mMessage = message;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Constructor for a new CallException that has a defined error code in this class
      *