diff --git a/vndk/tools/definition-tool/datasets/vndk-lib-extra-list-current.txt b/vndk/tools/definition-tool/datasets/vndk-lib-extra-list-current.txt
index 80862c403..38d4bce4a 100644
--- a/vndk/tools/definition-tool/datasets/vndk-lib-extra-list-current.txt
+++ b/vndk/tools/definition-tool/datasets/vndk-lib-extra-list-current.txt
@@ -43,8 +43,3 @@ SP-HAL: [regex]^/vendor/.*/libGLESv3_.*\.so$
 SP-HAL: [regex]^/vendor/.*/libPVRRS\.so$
 SP-HAL: [regex]^/vendor/.*/libRSDriver.*\.so$
 SP-HAL: [regex]^/vendor/.*/vulkan.*\.so$
-
-# Workaround for degenerated VDNK
-VNDK-SP-private: libartbase.so
-VNDK-SP-private: libdexfile.so
-VNDK-SP-private: libziparchive.so
diff --git a/vndk/tools/definition-tool/tools/update_dataset.py b/vndk/tools/definition-tool/tools/update_dataset.py
index 4c860624a..64a2bd10d 100755
--- a/vndk/tools/definition-tool/tools/update_dataset.py
+++ b/vndk/tools/definition-tool/tools/update_dataset.py
@@ -202,26 +202,6 @@ def main():
     for name in libs:
         update_tag('/system/${LIB}/' + name + '.so', 'LL-NDK-Private')
 
-    # Workaround for extra VNDK-SP-Private.  The extra VNDK-SP-Private shared
-    # libraries are VNDK-SP-Private when BOARD_VNDK_VERSION is set but are not
-    # VNDK-SP-Private when BOARD_VNDK_VERSION is set.
-    libs = [
-        'libdexfile',
-    ]
-
-    prefix_core = '/system/${LIB}/'
-    prefix_vendor = '/system/${LIB}/vndk-sp${VNDK_VER}/'
-
-    for name in libs:
-        assert name not in vndk_sp
-        assert name not in vndk_private
-        name = get_subdir_and_name(name, name_path_dict, prefix_core,
-                                   prefix_vendor)
-        update_tag(prefix_core + name, 'VNDK-SP-Private',
-                   'Workaround for degenerated VDNK')
-        update_tag(prefix_vendor + name, 'VNDK-SP-Private',
-                   'Workaround for degenerated VDNK')
-
     # Workaround for libclang_rt.*.so
     lib_sets = {
         'LL-NDK': llndk,