diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index c81e46c59c8bc..e9995bdc5611b 100755
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -9090,7 +9090,6 @@ package android.telephony {
   }
 
   public class ServiceState implements android.os.Parcelable {
-    method @NonNull public android.telephony.ServiceState createLocationInfoSanitizedCopy(boolean);
     method public void fillInNotifierBundle(@NonNull android.os.Bundle);
     method public int getDataNetworkType();
     method public boolean getDataRoamingFromRegistration();
diff --git a/telephony/java/android/telephony/ServiceState.java b/telephony/java/android/telephony/ServiceState.java
index ab9269701a8e6..5cf33dec25eaa 100644
--- a/telephony/java/android/telephony/ServiceState.java
+++ b/telephony/java/android/telephony/ServiceState.java
@@ -1992,7 +1992,6 @@ public class ServiceState implements Parcelable {
      * @return the copied ServiceState with location info sanitized.
      * @hide
      */
-    @SystemApi
     @NonNull
     public ServiceState createLocationInfoSanitizedCopy(boolean removeCoarseLocation) {
         ServiceState state = new ServiceState(this);