diff --git a/data/etc/Android.bp b/data/etc/Android.bp
index dc077583963e9..08ff452ea0654 100644
--- a/data/etc/Android.bp
+++ b/data/etc/Android.bp
@@ -70,14 +70,6 @@ prebuilt_etc {
     filename_from_src: true,
 }
 
-prebuilt_etc {
-    name: "privapp_whitelist_com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver",
-    system_ext_specific: true,
-    sub_dir: "permissions",
-    src: "com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver.xml",
-    filename_from_src: true,
-}
-
 prebuilt_etc {
     name: "privapp_whitelist_com.android.contacts",
     product_specific: true,
diff --git a/data/etc/com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver.xml b/data/etc/com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 01a28a8661cb2..0000000000000
--- a/data/etc/com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Copyright (C) 2020 The Android Open Source Project
-  ~
-  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License
-  -->
-<permissions>
-    <privapp-permissions package="com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver">
-        <permission name="android.permission.BROADCAST_CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGS"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.MANAGE_USERS"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.MODIFY_CELL_BROADCASTS"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.RECEIVE_EMERGENCY_BROADCAST"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.START_ACTIVITIES_FROM_BACKGROUND"/>
-    </privapp-permissions>
-</permissions>
diff --git a/data/etc/privapp-permissions-platform.xml b/data/etc/privapp-permissions-platform.xml
index fdc6e81646c44..e345c8d3c7854 100644
--- a/data/etc/privapp-permissions-platform.xml
+++ b/data/etc/privapp-permissions-platform.xml
@@ -38,23 +38,6 @@ applications that come with the platform
         <permission name="android.permission.CRYPT_KEEPER"/>
     </privapp-permissions>
 
-    <privapp-permissions package="com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver.module">
-        <permission name="android.permission.BROADCAST_CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGS"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.MANAGE_USERS"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.MODIFY_CELL_BROADCASTS"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.RECEIVE_EMERGENCY_BROADCAST"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.START_ACTIVITIES_FROM_BACKGROUND"/>
-    </privapp-permissions>
-
-    <privapp-permissions package="com.android.cellbroadcastservice">
-        <permission name="android.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.RECEIVE_EMERGENCY_BROADCAST"/>
-    </privapp-permissions>
-
     <privapp-permissions package="com.android.externalstorage">
         <permission name="android.permission.MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS"/>
         <permission name="android.permission.WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE"/>