diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 0154eff69ac09..eb15327f9ae3c 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -4642,7 +4642,7 @@ package android.app {
     field public android.app.Notification publicVersion;
     field public android.net.Uri sound;
     field public java.lang.CharSequence tickerText;
-    field public android.widget.RemoteViews tickerView;
+    field public deprecated android.widget.RemoteViews tickerView;
     field public long[] vibrate;
     field public int visibility;
     field public long when;
@@ -4743,7 +4743,7 @@ package android.app {
     method public android.app.Notification.Builder setStyle(android.app.Notification.Style);
     method public android.app.Notification.Builder setSubText(java.lang.CharSequence);
     method public android.app.Notification.Builder setTicker(java.lang.CharSequence);
-    method public android.app.Notification.Builder setTicker(java.lang.CharSequence, android.widget.RemoteViews);
+    method public deprecated android.app.Notification.Builder setTicker(java.lang.CharSequence, android.widget.RemoteViews);
     method public android.app.Notification.Builder setUsesChronometer(boolean);
     method public android.app.Notification.Builder setVibrate(long[]);
     method public android.app.Notification.Builder setVisibility(int);
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/Notification.java b/core/java/android/app/Notification.java
index a9d3f7e1bc324..bb9032aa6df40 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/Notification.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/Notification.java
@@ -212,17 +212,22 @@ public class Notification implements Parcelable
     public PendingIntent fullScreenIntent;
 
     /**
-     * Text to scroll across the screen when this item is added to
-     * the status bar on large and smaller devices.
+     * Text that summarizes this notification for accessibility services.
+     *
+     * As of the L release, this text is no longer shown on screen, but it is still useful to
+     * accessibility services (where it serves as an audible announcement of the notification's
+     * appearance).
      *
      * @see #tickerView
      */
     public CharSequence tickerText;
 
     /**
-     * The view to show as the ticker in the status bar when the notification
-     * is posted.
+     * Formerly, a view showing the {@link #tickerText}.
+     *
+     * No longer displayed in the status bar as of API 21.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public RemoteViews tickerView;
 
     /**
@@ -1969,8 +1974,7 @@ public class Notification implements Parcelable
         }
 
         /**
-         * Set the "ticker" text which is displayed in the status bar when the notification first
-         * arrives.
+         * Set the "ticker" text which is sent to accessibility services.
          *
          * @see Notification#tickerText
          */
@@ -1980,16 +1984,13 @@ public class Notification implements Parcelable
         }
 
         /**
-         * Set the text that is displayed in the status bar when the notification first
-         * arrives, and also a RemoteViews object that may be displayed instead on some
-         * devices.
+         * Obsolete version of {@link #setTicker(CharSequence)}.
          *
-         * @see Notification#tickerText
-         * @see Notification#tickerView
          */
+        @Deprecated
         public Builder setTicker(CharSequence tickerText, RemoteViews views) {
             mTickerText = safeCharSequence(tickerText);
-            mTickerView = views;
+            mTickerView = views; // we'll save it for you anyway
             return this;
         }
 
@@ -2530,15 +2531,8 @@ public class Notification implements Parcelable
         private RemoteViews makeTickerView() {
             if (mTickerView != null) {
                 return mTickerView;
-            } else {
-                if (mContentView == null) {
-                    return applyStandardTemplate(mLargeIcon == null
-                            ? R.layout.status_bar_latest_event_ticker
-                            : R.layout.status_bar_latest_event_ticker_large_icon, true);
-                } else {
-                    return null;
-                }
             }
+            return null; // tickers are not created by default anymore
         }
 
         private RemoteViews makeBigContentView() {
diff --git a/core/res/res/layout-sw720dp/status_bar_latest_event_ticker.xml b/core/res/res/layout-sw720dp/status_bar_latest_event_ticker.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a09ad0c5414a7..0000000000000
--- a/core/res/res/layout-sw720dp/status_bar_latest_event_ticker.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    android:layout_width="match_parent"
-    android:layout_height="@dimen/status_bar_height"
-    >
-    <ImageView android:id="@+id/icon"
-        android:layout_width="48dp"
-        android:layout_height="match_parent"
-        android:scaleType="center"
-        />
-    <LinearLayout
-        android:layout_width="0dp"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
-        android:layout_weight="1"
-        android:orientation="vertical"
-        android:paddingStart="16dp"
-        >
-        <TextView android:id="@+id/title"
-            android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.EventContent.Title"
-            android:layout_width="match_parent"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:singleLine="true"
-            android:ellipsize="marquee"
-            android:fadingEdge="horizontal"
-            />
-        <TextView android:id="@+id/text"
-            android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.EventContent"
-            android:layout_width="match_parent"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_weight="1"
-            android:layout_marginTop="-4dp"
-            android:singleLine="true"
-            android:ellipsize="marquee"
-            android:fadingEdge="horizontal"
-            />
-    </LinearLayout>
-    <TextView android:id="@+id/info"
-        android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.EventContent.Info"
-        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_height="match_parent"
-        android:layout_marginBottom="6dip"
-        android:gravity="bottom"
-        android:singleLine="true"
-        />
-</LinearLayout>
diff --git a/core/res/res/layout-sw720dp/status_bar_latest_event_ticker_large_icon.xml b/core/res/res/layout-sw720dp/status_bar_latest_event_ticker_large_icon.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 09ff1c89f8d37..0000000000000
--- a/core/res/res/layout-sw720dp/status_bar_latest_event_ticker_large_icon.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    android:layout_width="match_parent"
-    android:layout_height="match_parent"
-    >
-    <LinearLayout
-        android:layout_width="0dp"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
-        android:layout_weight="1"
-        android:orientation="vertical"
-        android:paddingStart="16dp"
-        >
-        <TextView android:id="@+id/title"
-            android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.EventContent.Title"
-            android:layout_width="match_parent"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:singleLine="true"
-            android:ellipsize="marquee"
-            android:fadingEdge="horizontal"
-            />
-        <TextView android:id="@+id/text"
-            android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.EventContent"
-            android:layout_width="match_parent"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_weight="1"
-            android:layout_marginTop="-4dp"
-            android:singleLine="true"
-            android:ellipsize="marquee"
-            android:fadingEdge="horizontal"
-            />
-    </LinearLayout>
-    <TextView android:id="@+id/info"
-        android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.EventContent.Info"
-        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_height="match_parent"
-        android:layout_marginBottom="6dip"
-        android:gravity="bottom"
-        android:singleLine="true"
-        />
-    <ImageView android:id="@+id/icon"
-        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_gravity="bottom"
-        android:layout_marginBottom="13dip"
-        android:scaleType="center"
-        android:layout_marginEnd="4dip"
-        android:layout_marginStart="16dip"
-        />
-</LinearLayout>
-
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml b/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
index aaadc16e1344b..2ff6777bf3c97 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
@@ -1169,8 +1169,6 @@
   <java-symbol type="layout" name="select_dialog" />
   <java-symbol type="layout" name="simple_dropdown_hint" />
   <java-symbol type="layout" name="status_bar_latest_event_content" />
-  <java-symbol type="layout" name="status_bar_latest_event_ticker" />
-  <java-symbol type="layout" name="status_bar_latest_event_ticker_large_icon" />
   <java-symbol type="layout" name="text_edit_action_popup_text" />
   <java-symbol type="layout" name="text_drag_thumbnail" />
   <java-symbol type="layout" name="typing_filter" />