diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 02236f690598c..2eb90d50c1c80 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -37537,8 +37537,8 @@ package android.provider {
     field public static final java.lang.String DATE_TAKEN = "datetaken";
     field public static final java.lang.String DESCRIPTION = "description";
     field public static final java.lang.String IS_PRIVATE = "isprivate";
-    field public static final java.lang.String LATITUDE = "latitude";
-    field public static final java.lang.String LONGITUDE = "longitude";
+    field public static final deprecated java.lang.String LATITUDE = "latitude";
+    field public static final deprecated java.lang.String LONGITUDE = "longitude";
     field public static final deprecated java.lang.String MINI_THUMB_MAGIC = "mini_thumb_magic";
     field public static final java.lang.String ORIENTATION = "orientation";
     field public static final deprecated java.lang.String PICASA_ID = "picasa_id";
@@ -37662,8 +37662,8 @@ package android.provider {
     field public static final java.lang.String DURATION = "duration";
     field public static final java.lang.String IS_PRIVATE = "isprivate";
     field public static final java.lang.String LANGUAGE = "language";
-    field public static final java.lang.String LATITUDE = "latitude";
-    field public static final java.lang.String LONGITUDE = "longitude";
+    field public static final deprecated java.lang.String LATITUDE = "latitude";
+    field public static final deprecated java.lang.String LONGITUDE = "longitude";
     field public static final deprecated java.lang.String MINI_THUMB_MAGIC = "mini_thumb_magic";
     field public static final java.lang.String RESOLUTION = "resolution";
     field public static final java.lang.String TAGS = "tags";
@@ -45887,8 +45887,8 @@ package android.text.style {
     method public deprecated java.lang.String getLocale();
     method public java.util.Locale getLocaleObject();
     method public int getSpanTypeId();
-    method public int getUnderlineColor();
     method public java.lang.String[] getSuggestions();
+    method public int getUnderlineColor();
     method public void setFlags(int);
     method public void updateDrawState(android.text.TextPaint);
     method public void writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel, int);
diff --git a/core/java/android/provider/MediaStore.java b/core/java/android/provider/MediaStore.java
index 9e26a368ad802..0299e416707a3 100644
--- a/core/java/android/provider/MediaStore.java
+++ b/core/java/android/provider/MediaStore.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import android.database.DatabaseUtils;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
 import android.graphics.Point;
+import android.media.ExifInterface;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.CancellationSignal;
@@ -1166,13 +1167,25 @@ public final class MediaStore {
             /**
              * The latitude where the image was captured.
              * <P>Type: DOUBLE</P>
+             *
+             * @deprecated location details are no longer indexed for privacy
+             *             reasons, and this value is now always {@code null}.
+             *             You can still manually obtain location metadata using
+             *             {@link ExifInterface#getLatLong(float[])}.
              */
+            @Deprecated
             public static final String LATITUDE = "latitude";
 
             /**
              * The longitude where the image was captured.
              * <P>Type: DOUBLE</P>
+             *
+             * @deprecated location details are no longer indexed for privacy
+             *             reasons, and this value is now always {@code null}.
+             *             You can still manually obtain location metadata using
+             *             {@link ExifInterface#getLatLong(float[])}.
              */
+            @Deprecated
             public static final String LONGITUDE = "longitude";
 
             /**
@@ -2410,13 +2423,25 @@ public final class MediaStore {
             /**
              * The latitude where the video was captured.
              * <P>Type: DOUBLE</P>
+             *
+             * @deprecated location details are no longer indexed for privacy
+             *             reasons, and this value is now always {@code null}.
+             *             You can still manually obtain location metadata using
+             *             {@link ExifInterface#getLatLong(float[])}.
              */
+            @Deprecated
             public static final String LATITUDE = "latitude";
 
             /**
              * The longitude where the video was captured.
              * <P>Type: DOUBLE</P>
+             *
+             * @deprecated location details are no longer indexed for privacy
+             *             reasons, and this value is now always {@code null}.
+             *             You can still manually obtain location metadata using
+             *             {@link ExifInterface#getLatLong(float[])}.
              */
+            @Deprecated
             public static final String LONGITUDE = "longitude";
 
             /**
diff --git a/media/java/android/media/MediaScanner.java b/media/java/android/media/MediaScanner.java
index 0950a24978663..90cfc534877e1 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/MediaScanner.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/MediaScanner.java
@@ -1015,12 +1015,6 @@ public class MediaScanner implements AutoCloseable {
                     // exif is null
                 }
                 if (exif != null) {
-                    float[] latlng = new float[2];
-                    if (exif.getLatLong(latlng)) {
-                        values.put(Images.Media.LATITUDE, latlng[0]);
-                        values.put(Images.Media.LONGITUDE, latlng[1]);
-                    }
-
                     long time = exif.getGpsDateTime();
                     if (time != -1) {
                         values.put(Images.Media.DATE_TAKEN, time);