diff --git a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/Tethering.java b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/Tethering.java
index 3fcf356802..1c8ea3a1b0 100644
--- a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/Tethering.java
+++ b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/Tethering.java
@@ -1081,8 +1081,7 @@ public class Tethering {
         return placeholder;
     }
 
-    private void handleLegacyTether(String iface, int requestedState,
-            final IIntResultListener listener) {
+    private void handleLegacyTether(String iface, final IIntResultListener listener) {
         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > Build.VERSION_CODES.VANILLA_ICE_CREAM) {
             // After V, the TetheringManager and ConnectivityManager tether and untether methods
             // throw UnsupportedOperationException, so this cannot happen in normal use. Ensure
@@ -1099,7 +1098,7 @@ public class Tethering {
             } catch (RemoteException e) { }
         }
 
-        int result = tetherInternal(null, iface, requestedState);
+        int result = tetherInternal(null, iface, IpServer.STATE_TETHERED);
         switch (type) {
             case TETHERING_WIFI:
                 TerribleErrorLog.logTerribleError(TetheringStatsLog::write,
@@ -1147,8 +1146,8 @@ public class Tethering {
      * WIFI_(AP/P2P_STATE_CHANGED broadcasts, which makes this API redundant for those types unless
      * those broadcasts are disabled by OEM.
      */
-    void legacyTether(String iface, int requestedState, final IIntResultListener listener) {
-        mHandler.post(() -> handleLegacyTether(iface, requestedState, listener));
+    void legacyTether(String iface, final IIntResultListener listener) {
+        mHandler.post(() -> handleLegacyTether(iface, listener));
     }
 
     // TODO: is it possible to make the request @NonNull here?
diff --git a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringService.java b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringService.java
index 153b0f700c..4f00332782 100644
--- a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringService.java
+++ b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringService.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class TetheringService extends Service {
                 IIntResultListener listener) {
             if (checkAndNotifyCommonError(callerPkg, callingAttributionTag, listener)) return;
 
-            mTethering.legacyTether(iface, IpServer.STATE_TETHERED, listener);
+            mTethering.legacyTether(iface, listener);
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringServiceTest.java b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringServiceTest.java
index da9b68ec2c..b550ada808 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringServiceTest.java
+++ b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringServiceTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ import android.net.ITetheringEventCallback;
 import android.net.TetheringManager;
 import android.net.TetheringManager.TetheringRequest;
 import android.net.TetheringRequestParcel;
-import android.net.ip.IpServer;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.ConditionVariable;
 import android.os.Handler;
@@ -219,7 +218,7 @@ public final class TetheringServiceTest {
         mTetheringConnector.tether(TEST_IFACE_NAME, TEST_CALLER_PKG, TEST_ATTRIBUTION_TAG, result);
         verify(mTethering).isTetheringSupported();
         verify(mTethering).isTetheringAllowed();
-        verify(mTethering).legacyTether(TEST_IFACE_NAME, IpServer.STATE_TETHERED, result);
+        verify(mTethering).legacyTether(TEST_IFACE_NAME, result);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringTest.java b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringTest.java
index 866b219f96..f27b379fb1 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringTest.java
+++ b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringTest.java
@@ -3426,7 +3426,7 @@ public class TetheringTest {
         mTethering.interfaceStatusChanged(TEST_BT_IFNAME, false);
         mTethering.interfaceStatusChanged(TEST_BT_IFNAME, true);
         final ResultListener tetherResult = new ResultListener(TETHER_ERROR_NO_ERROR);
-        mTethering.legacyTether(TEST_BT_IFNAME, IpServer.STATE_TETHERED, tetherResult);
+        mTethering.legacyTether(TEST_BT_IFNAME, tetherResult);
         mLooper.dispatchAll();
         tetherResult.assertHasResult();
 
@@ -3476,7 +3476,7 @@ public class TetheringTest {
             mTethering.interfaceStatusChanged(TEST_BT_IFNAME, false);
             mTethering.interfaceStatusChanged(TEST_BT_IFNAME, true);
             final ResultListener tetherResult = new ResultListener(TETHER_ERROR_NO_ERROR);
-            mTethering.legacyTether(TEST_BT_IFNAME, IpServer.STATE_TETHERED, tetherResult);
+            mTethering.legacyTether(TEST_BT_IFNAME, tetherResult);
             mLooper.dispatchAll();
             tetherResult.assertHasResult();
         }