diff --git a/config/hiddenapi-greylist.txt b/config/hiddenapi-greylist.txt
index 4d3c5d1950904..5392a3c428c10 100644
--- a/config/hiddenapi-greylist.txt
+++ b/config/hiddenapi-greylist.txt
@@ -1492,7 +1492,6 @@ Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager$MultiSimVariants;->values()[Landroid/telepho
 Landroid/test/AndroidTestCase;->getTestContext()Landroid/content/Context;
 Landroid/test/AndroidTestCase;->setTestContext(Landroid/content/Context;)V
 Landroid/test/InstrumentationTestCase;->runMethod(Ljava/lang/reflect/Method;I)V
-Landroid/test/RepetitiveTest;->numIterations()I
 Landroid/util/Singleton;-><init>()V
 Landroid/util/XmlPullAttributes;-><init>(Lorg/xmlpull/v1/XmlPullParser;)V
 Landroid/util/XmlPullAttributes;->mParser:Lorg/xmlpull/v1/XmlPullParser;
diff --git a/test-base/api/current.txt b/test-base/api/current.txt
index 7ebd6aa8a4a27..91fcca5cac25c 100644
--- a/test-base/api/current.txt
+++ b/test-base/api/current.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ package android.test {
     method public abstract void startTiming(boolean);
   }
 
+  public abstract deprecated class RepetitiveTest implements java.lang.annotation.Annotation {
+  }
+
   public abstract deprecated class UiThreadTest implements java.lang.annotation.Annotation {
   }
 
diff --git a/test-base/src/android/test/RepetitiveTest.java b/test-base/src/android/test/RepetitiveTest.java
index 6a7130e68e61f..13e89d2d92a6b 100644
--- a/test-base/src/android/test/RepetitiveTest.java
+++ b/test-base/src/android/test/RepetitiveTest.java
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * When the annotation is present, the test method is executed the number of times specified by
  * numIterations and defaults to 1.
  *
- * {@hide} Not needed for public API.
+ * @deprecated New tests should be written using the
+ * <a href="{@docRoot}tools/testing-support-library/index.html">Android Testing Support Library</a>.
  */
+@Deprecated
 @Target(ElementType.METHOD)
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 public @interface RepetitiveTest {
@@ -37,4 +39,4 @@ public @interface RepetitiveTest {
      * @return The total number of iterations, the default is 1.
      */
     int numIterations() default 1;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}