diff --git a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java
index cc4278bdd2b60..38416eeede32b 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ public final class SurfaceControl implements Parcelable {
     private static native DisplayedContentSample nativeGetDisplayedContentSample(
             IBinder displayToken, long numFrames, long timestamp);
     private static native int nativeGetActiveConfig(IBinder displayToken);
-    private static native boolean nativeSetActiveConfig(IBinder displayToken, int id);
     private static native boolean nativeSetDesiredDisplayConfigSpecs(IBinder displayToken,
             SurfaceControl.DesiredDisplayConfigSpecs desiredDisplayConfigSpecs);
     private static native SurfaceControl.DesiredDisplayConfigSpecs
@@ -1481,16 +1480,6 @@ public final class SurfaceControl implements Parcelable {
     }
 
 
-    /**
-     * @hide
-     */
-    public static boolean setActiveConfig(IBinder displayToken, int id) {
-        if (displayToken == null) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("displayToken must not be null");
-        }
-        return nativeSetActiveConfig(displayToken, id);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Contains information about desired display configuration.
      *
diff --git a/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp b/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
index 573f378f57b18..50a60a9171858 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
@@ -826,13 +826,6 @@ static jint nativeGetActiveConfig(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jobject tokenObj) {
     return static_cast<jint>(SurfaceComposerClient::getActiveConfig(token));
 }
 
-static jboolean nativeSetActiveConfig(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jobject tokenObj, jint id) {
-    sp<IBinder> token(ibinderForJavaObject(env, tokenObj));
-    if (token == NULL) return JNI_FALSE;
-    status_t err = SurfaceComposerClient::setActiveConfig(token, static_cast<int>(id));
-    return err == NO_ERROR ? JNI_TRUE : JNI_FALSE;
-}
-
 static jintArray nativeGetDisplayColorModes(JNIEnv* env, jclass, jobject tokenObj) {
     sp<IBinder> token(ibinderForJavaObject(env, tokenObj));
     if (token == NULL) return NULL;
@@ -1400,8 +1393,6 @@ static const JNINativeMethod sSurfaceControlMethods[] = {
             (void*)nativeGetDisplayConfigs },
     {"nativeGetActiveConfig", "(Landroid/os/IBinder;)I",
             (void*)nativeGetActiveConfig },
-    {"nativeSetActiveConfig", "(Landroid/os/IBinder;I)Z",
-            (void*)nativeSetActiveConfig },
     {"nativeSetDesiredDisplayConfigSpecs",
             "(Landroid/os/IBinder;Landroid/view/SurfaceControl$DesiredDisplayConfigSpecs;)Z",
             (void*)nativeSetDesiredDisplayConfigSpecs },