diff --git a/core/java/android/net/NetworkFactory.java b/core/java/android/net/NetworkFactory.java
index 824ddb8dd2608..e27103755e6d3 100644
--- a/core/java/android/net/NetworkFactory.java
+++ b/core/java/android/net/NetworkFactory.java
@@ -115,13 +115,6 @@ public class NetworkFactory extends Handler {
      */
     private static final int CMD_SET_FILTER = BASE + 3;
 
-    /**
-     * Sent by NetworkFactory to ConnectivityService to indicate that a request is
-     * unfulfillable.
-     * @see #releaseRequestAsUnfulfillableByAnyFactory(NetworkRequest).
-     */
-    public static final int EVENT_UNFULFILLABLE_REQUEST = BASE + 4;
-
     private final Context mContext;
     private final ArrayList<Message> mPreConnectedQueue = new ArrayList<Message>();
     private final String LOG_TAG;
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
index da42edda20d33..83adec675cafb 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ import android.net.Network;
 import android.net.NetworkAgent;
 import android.net.NetworkCapabilities;
 import android.net.NetworkConfig;
-import android.net.NetworkFactory;
 import android.net.NetworkInfo;
 import android.net.NetworkInfo.DetailedState;
 import android.net.NetworkMisc;
@@ -2835,26 +2834,11 @@ public class ConnectivityService extends IConnectivityManager.Stub
             return true;
         }
 
-        // TODO: delete when direct use of registerNetworkFactory is no longer supported.
-        private boolean maybeHandleNetworkFactoryMessage(Message msg) {
-            switch (msg.what) {
-                default:
-                    return false;
-                case NetworkFactory.EVENT_UNFULFILLABLE_REQUEST: {
-                    handleReleaseNetworkRequest((NetworkRequest) msg.obj, msg.sendingUid,
-                            /* callOnUnavailable */ true);
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            return true;
-        }
-
         @Override
         public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
             if (!maybeHandleAsyncChannelMessage(msg)
                     && !maybeHandleNetworkMonitorMessage(msg)
-                    && !maybeHandleNetworkAgentInfoMessage(msg)
-                    && !maybeHandleNetworkFactoryMessage(msg)) {
+                    && !maybeHandleNetworkAgentInfoMessage(msg)) {
                 maybeHandleNetworkAgentMessage(msg);
             }
         }