diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 629781ea49dda..37a17d7b7acc4 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -31589,6 +31589,7 @@ package android.view {
     method public boolean hasWindowFocus();
     method public static android.view.View inflate(android.content.Context, int, android.view.ViewGroup);
     method protected void initializeFadingEdge(android.content.res.TypedArray);
+    method protected void initializeScrollbars(android.content.res.TypedArray);
     method public void invalidate(android.graphics.Rect);
     method public void invalidate(int, int, int, int);
     method public void invalidate();
diff --git a/api/removed.txt b/api/removed.txt
index 8c19d043f0388..e69de29bb2d1d 100644
--- a/api/removed.txt
+++ b/api/removed.txt
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-package android.view {
-
-  public class View implements android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEventSource android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.Callback android.view.KeyEvent.Callback {
-    method protected void initializeScrollbars(android.content.res.TypedArray);
-  }
-
-}
-
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/View.java b/core/java/android/view/View.java
index 3dcc5128e0dc3..bef96b11d9b4a 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/View.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/View.java
@@ -4319,9 +4319,6 @@ public class View implements Drawable.Callback, KeyEvent.Callback,
      * </p>
      *
      * @param a the styled attributes set to initialize the scrollbars from
-     *
-     * @removed Apps were never able to call this safely since the TypedArray parameter
-     * must have been obtained by filtering on android.R.styleable.View, which is not public.
      */
     protected void initializeScrollbars(TypedArray a) {
         initScrollCache();