diff --git a/Tethering/apex/Android.bp b/Tethering/apex/Android.bp
index 2878f79458..531489ddb6 100644
--- a/Tethering/apex/Android.bp
+++ b/Tethering/apex/Android.bp
@@ -47,15 +47,6 @@ enable_tethering_next_apex = true
 // as the above target may have different "enabled" values
 // depending on the branch
 
-apex_defaults {
-    name: "CronetInTetheringApexDefaults",
-    jni_libs: [
-        "cronet_aml_components_cronet_android_cronet",
-        "//external/cronet/third_party/boringssl:libcrypto",
-        "//external/cronet/third_party/boringssl:libssl",
-    ],
-}
-
 apex {
     name: "com.android.tethering",
     defaults: [