diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 7dac82ca94874..30599a59a3b67 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -26593,12 +26593,9 @@ package android.media.audiofx {
     field public static final int SUCCESS = 0; // 0x0
   }
 
-  public static final class AudioEffect.Descriptor implements android.os.Parcelable {
+  public static class AudioEffect.Descriptor {
     ctor public AudioEffect.Descriptor();
     ctor public AudioEffect.Descriptor(String, String, String, String, String);
-    method public int describeContents();
-    method public void writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel, int);
-    field public static final android.os.Parcelable.Creator<android.media.audiofx.AudioEffect.Descriptor> CREATOR;
     field public String connectMode;
     field public String implementor;
     field public String name;
diff --git a/api/test-current.txt b/api/test-current.txt
index d08983103ce86..eca7a7a54edbe 100644
--- a/api/test-current.txt
+++ b/api/test-current.txt
@@ -772,6 +772,11 @@ package android.media.audiofx {
     field public static final java.util.UUID EFFECT_TYPE_NULL;
   }
 
+  public static class AudioEffect.Descriptor {
+    ctor public AudioEffect.Descriptor(android.os.Parcel);
+    method public void writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel);
+  }
+
   public static interface AudioEffect.OnParameterChangeListener {
     method public void onParameterChange(android.media.audiofx.AudioEffect, int, byte[], byte[]);
   }
diff --git a/media/java/android/media/AudioRecordingConfiguration.java b/media/java/android/media/AudioRecordingConfiguration.java
index 52771e4199d85..1d763ced3ca0f 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/AudioRecordingConfiguration.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/AudioRecordingConfiguration.java
@@ -356,11 +356,11 @@ public final class AudioRecordingConfiguration implements Parcelable {
         dest.writeInt(mDeviceSource);
         dest.writeInt(mClientEffects.length);
         for (int i = 0; i < mClientEffects.length; i++) {
-            mClientEffects[i].writeToParcel(dest, 0);
+            mClientEffects[i].writeToParcel(dest);
         }
         dest.writeInt(mDeviceEffects.length);
         for (int i = 0; i < mDeviceEffects.length; i++) {
-            mDeviceEffects[i].writeToParcel(dest, 0);
+            mDeviceEffects[i].writeToParcel(dest);
         }
     }
 
@@ -375,13 +375,13 @@ public final class AudioRecordingConfiguration implements Parcelable {
         mClientPortId = in.readInt();
         mClientSilenced = in.readBoolean();
         mDeviceSource = in.readInt();
-        mClientEffects = AudioEffect.Descriptor.CREATOR.newArray(in.readInt());
+        mClientEffects = new AudioEffect.Descriptor[in.readInt()];
         for (int i = 0; i < mClientEffects.length; i++) {
-            mClientEffects[i] = AudioEffect.Descriptor.CREATOR.createFromParcel(in);
+            mClientEffects[i] = new AudioEffect.Descriptor(in);
         }
-        mDeviceEffects = AudioEffect.Descriptor.CREATOR.newArray(in.readInt());
-        for (int i = 0; i < mClientEffects.length; i++) {
-            mDeviceEffects[i] = AudioEffect.Descriptor.CREATOR.createFromParcel(in);
+        mDeviceEffects = new AudioEffect.Descriptor[in.readInt()];
+        for (int i = 0; i < mDeviceEffects.length; i++) {
+            mDeviceEffects[i] = new AudioEffect.Descriptor(in);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/media/java/android/media/audiofx/AudioEffect.java b/media/java/android/media/audiofx/AudioEffect.java
index 52e9ae191f0c0..5b4bbce917841 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/audiofx/AudioEffect.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/audiofx/AudioEffect.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.Looper;
 import android.os.Message;
 import android.os.Parcel;
-import android.os.Parcelable;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ public class AudioEffect {
      * The method {@link #queryEffects()} returns an array of Descriptors to facilitate effects
      * enumeration.
      */
-    public static final class Descriptor implements Parcelable {
+    public static class Descriptor {
 
         public Descriptor() {
         }
@@ -294,7 +293,9 @@ public class AudioEffect {
             this.implementor = implementor;
         }
 
-        private Descriptor(Parcel in) {
+        /** @hide */
+        @TestApi
+        public Descriptor(Parcel in) {
             type = UUID.fromString(in.readString());
             uuid = UUID.fromString(in.readString());
             connectMode = in.readString();
@@ -302,33 +303,14 @@ public class AudioEffect {
             implementor = in.readString();
         }
 
-        public static final Parcelable.Creator<Descriptor> CREATOR =
-                new Parcelable.Creator<Descriptor>() {
-                    /**
-                     * Rebuilds a Descriptor previously stored with writeToParcel().
-                     * @param p Parcel object to read the Descriptor from
-                     * @return a new Descriptor created from the data in the parcel
-                     */
-                    public Descriptor createFromParcel(Parcel p) {
-                        return new Descriptor(p);
-                    }
-                    public Descriptor[] newArray(int size) {
-                        return new Descriptor[size];
-                    }
-        };
-
         @Override
         public int hashCode() {
             return Objects.hash(type, uuid, connectMode, name, implementor);
         }
 
-        @Override
-        public int describeContents() {
-            return 0;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
+        /** @hide */
+        @TestApi
+        public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest) {
             dest.writeString(type.toString());
             dest.writeString(uuid.toString());
             dest.writeString(connectMode);