diff --git a/data/etc/Android.bp b/data/etc/Android.bp
index be1e2b2247fb..dc077583963e 100644
--- a/data/etc/Android.bp
+++ b/data/etc/Android.bp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (C} 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+// Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"};
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-
 // Sysconfig files
 
 package {
@@ -133,13 +132,6 @@ prebuilt_etc {
     filename_from_src: true,
 }
 
-prebuilt_etc {
-    name: "privapp_whitelist_com.android.networkstack.tethering",
-    sub_dir: "permissions",
-    src: "com.android.networkstack.tethering.xml",
-    filename_from_src: true,
-}
-
 prebuilt_etc {
     name: "privapp_whitelist_com.android.provision",
     system_ext_specific: true,
diff --git a/data/etc/com.android.networkstack.tethering.xml b/data/etc/com.android.networkstack.tethering.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index f26a9616e07a..000000000000
--- a/data/etc/com.android.networkstack.tethering.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
-  ~
-  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License
--->
-
-<permissions>
-    <privapp-permissions package="com.android.networkstack.tethering">
-        <permission name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_PRIVILEGED" />
-        <permission name="android.permission.MANAGE_USB"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.READ_NETWORK_USAGE_HISTORY"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.TETHER_PRIVILEGED"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.UPDATE_APP_OPS_STATS"/>
-        <permission name="android.permission.UPDATE_DEVICE_STATS"/>
-      </privapp-permissions>
-</permissions>