diff --git a/core/api/current.txt b/core/api/current.txt
index 82264c177248b..6290d7324cba9 100644
--- a/core/api/current.txt
+++ b/core/api/current.txt
@@ -1821,7 +1821,6 @@ package android {
     field public static final int notification_large_icon_width = 17104901; // 0x1050005
     field public static final int system_app_widget_background_radius;
     field public static final int system_app_widget_inner_radius;
-    field public static final int system_app_widget_internal_padding;
     field public static final int thumbnail_height = 17104897; // 0x1050001
     field public static final int thumbnail_width = 17104898; // 0x1050002
   }
diff --git a/core/api/removed.txt b/core/api/removed.txt
index cdaa5f53eda0d..8229019ab6643 100644
--- a/core/api/removed.txt
+++ b/core/api/removed.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 // Signature format: 2.0
+package android {
+
+  public static final class R.dimen {
+    field public static final int __removed_system_app_widget_internal_padding;
+  }
+
+}
+
 package android.app {
 
   public class Notification implements android.os.Parcelable {
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/dimens.xml b/core/res/res/values/dimens.xml
index 6be6167fba309..ade8516a48e97 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/dimens.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/dimens.xml
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@
     <dimen name="system_app_widget_background_radius">16dp</dimen>
     <!-- System-provided radius for inner views on app widgets. The resolved value of this resource may change at runtime. -->
     <dimen name="system_app_widget_inner_radius">8dp</dimen>
-    <!-- System-provided padding for inner views on app widgets. The resolved value of this resource may change at runtime. -->
-    <dimen name="system_app_widget_internal_padding">16dp</dimen>
+    <!-- System-provided padding for inner views on app widgets. The resolved value of this resource may change at runtime. @removed -->
+    <dimen name="__removed_system_app_widget_internal_padding">16dp</dimen>
 
 </resources>
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/public.xml b/core/res/res/values/public.xml
index 03701c3ceee6f..500a9dae6554d 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/public.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/public.xml
@@ -3184,7 +3184,7 @@
     <!-- System-provided dimensions for app widgets. -->
     <public name="system_app_widget_background_radius" />
     <public name="system_app_widget_inner_radius" />
-    <public name="system_app_widget_internal_padding" />
+    <public name="__removed_system_app_widget_internal_padding" />
   </staging-public-group>
 
   <staging-public-group type="bool" first-id="0x01110007">