diff --git a/framework/src/android/net/apf/ApfCapabilities.java b/framework/src/android/net/apf/ApfCapabilities.java
index 85b24713f2..663c1b3d2d 100644
--- a/framework/src/android/net/apf/ApfCapabilities.java
+++ b/framework/src/android/net/apf/ApfCapabilities.java
@@ -131,43 +131,21 @@ public final class ApfCapabilities implements Parcelable {
      * @return Whether the APF Filter in the device should filter out IEEE 802.3 Frames.
      */
     public static boolean getApfDrop8023Frames() {
-        // TODO(b/183076074): remove reading resources from system resources
+        // TODO: deprecate/remove this method (now unused in the platform), as the resource was
+        // moved to NetworkStack.
         final Resources systemRes = Resources.getSystem();
         final int id = systemRes.getIdentifier("config_apfDrop802_3Frames", "bool", "android");
         return systemRes.getBoolean(id);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return Whether the APF Filter in the device should filter out IEEE 802.3 Frames.
-     * @hide
-     */
-    public static boolean getApfDrop8023Frames(@NonNull Context context) {
-        final ConnectivityResources res = getResources(context);
-        // TODO(b/183076074): use R.bool.config_apfDrop802_3Frames directly
-        final int id = res.get().getIdentifier("config_apfDrop802_3Frames", "bool",
-                res.getResourcesContext().getPackageName());
-        return res.get().getBoolean(id);
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return An array of denylisted EtherType, packets with EtherTypes within it will be dropped.
      */
     public static @NonNull int[] getApfEtherTypeBlackList() {
-        // TODO(b/183076074): remove reading resources from system resources
+        // TODO: deprecate/remove this method (now unused in the platform), as the resource was
+        // moved to NetworkStack.
         final Resources systemRes = Resources.getSystem();
         final int id = systemRes.getIdentifier("config_apfEthTypeBlackList", "array", "android");
         return systemRes.getIntArray(id);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * @return An array of denylisted EtherType, packets with EtherTypes within it will be dropped.
-     * @hide
-     */
-    public static @NonNull int[] getApfEtherTypeDenyList(@NonNull Context context) {
-        final ConnectivityResources res = getResources(context);
-        // TODO(b/183076074): use R.array.config_apfEthTypeDenyList directly
-        final int id = res.get().getIdentifier("config_apfEthTypeDenyList", "array",
-                res.getResourcesContext().getPackageName());
-        return res.get().getIntArray(id);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/service/ServiceConnectivityResources/res/values/config.xml b/service/ServiceConnectivityResources/res/values/config.xml
index 82d8e4f37d..70ddb9a7e9 100644
--- a/service/ServiceConnectivityResources/res/values/config.xml
+++ b/service/ServiceConnectivityResources/res/values/config.xml
@@ -52,22 +52,6 @@
         <item>12,60000</item><!-- mobile_cbs -->
     </string-array>
 
-    <!-- Whether the APF Filter in the device should filter out IEEE 802.3 Frames
-         Those frames are identified by the field Eth-type having values
-         less than 0x600 -->
-    <bool translatable="false" name="config_apfDrop802_3Frames">true</bool>
-
-    <!-- An array of Denylisted EtherType, packets with EtherTypes within this array
-         will be dropped
-         TODO: need to put proper values, these are for testing purposes only -->
-    <integer-array translatable="false" name="config_apfEthTypeDenyList">
-        <item>0x88A2</item>
-        <item>0x88A4</item>
-        <item>0x88B8</item>
-        <item>0x88CD</item>
-        <item>0x88E3</item>
-    </integer-array>
-
     <!-- Default supported concurrent socket keepalive slots per transport type, used by
          ConnectivityManager.createSocketKeepalive() for calculating the number of keepalive
          offload slots that should be reserved for privileged access. This string array should be
diff --git a/service/ServiceConnectivityResources/res/values/overlayable.xml b/service/ServiceConnectivityResources/res/values/overlayable.xml
index 568decabd9..fd235661dc 100644
--- a/service/ServiceConnectivityResources/res/values/overlayable.xml
+++ b/service/ServiceConnectivityResources/res/values/overlayable.xml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
             <item type="string" name="config_networkCaptivePortalServerUrl"/>
             <item type="integer" name="config_networkTransitionTimeout"/>
             <item type="array" name="config_wakeonlan_supported_interfaces"/>
-            <item type="bool" name="config_apfDrop802_3Frames"/>
-            <item type="array" name="config_apfEthTypeDenyList"/>
             <item type="integer" name="config_networkMeteredMultipathPreference"/>
             <item type="array" name="config_networkSupportedKeepaliveCount"/>
             <item type="integer" name="config_networkAvoidBadWifi"/>
diff --git a/tests/common/java/android/net/apf/ApfCapabilitiesTest.java b/tests/common/java/android/net/apf/ApfCapabilitiesTest.java
index d50406fd3a..88996d9252 100644
--- a/tests/common/java/android/net/apf/ApfCapabilitiesTest.java
+++ b/tests/common/java/android/net/apf/ApfCapabilitiesTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package android.net.apf;
 
 import static com.android.testutils.ParcelUtils.assertParcelSane;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
@@ -25,12 +26,17 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.os.Build;
 
 import androidx.test.InstrumentationRegistry;
 import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest;
 import androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4;
 
+import com.android.testutils.DevSdkIgnoreRule;
+import com.android.testutils.DevSdkIgnoreRule.IgnoreUpTo;
+
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
@@ -39,6 +45,9 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 @RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
 @SmallTest
 public class ApfCapabilitiesTest {
+    @Rule
+    public final DevSdkIgnoreRule mIgnoreRule = new DevSdkIgnoreRule();
+
     private Context mContext;
 
     @Before
@@ -85,6 +94,17 @@ public class ApfCapabilitiesTest {
         assertEquals(shouldDrop8023Frames, actual);
     }
 
+    @Test @IgnoreUpTo(Build.VERSION_CODES.R)
+    public void testGetApfDrop8023Frames_S() {
+        // IpClient does not call getApfDrop8023Frames() since S, so any customization of the return
+        // value on S+ is a configuration error as it will not be used by IpClient.
+        assertTrue("android.R.bool.config_apfDrop802_3Frames has been modified to false, but "
+                + "starting from S its value is not used by IpClient. If the modification is "
+                + "intentional, use a runtime resource overlay for the NetworkStack package to "
+                + "overlay com.android.networkstack.R.bool.config_apfDrop802_3Frames instead.",
+                ApfCapabilities.getApfDrop8023Frames());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testGetApfEtherTypeBlackList() {
         // Get com.android.internal.R.array.config_apfEthTypeBlackList. The test cannot directly
@@ -96,4 +116,17 @@ public class ApfCapabilitiesTest {
         assertNotNull(actual);
         assertTrue(Arrays.equals(blacklistedEtherTypeArray, actual));
     }
+
+    @Test @IgnoreUpTo(Build.VERSION_CODES.R)
+    public void testGetApfEtherTypeBlackList_S() {
+        // IpClient does not call getApfEtherTypeBlackList() since S, so any customization of the
+        // return value on S+ is a configuration error as it will not be used by IpClient.
+        assertArrayEquals("android.R.array.config_apfEthTypeBlackList has been modified, but "
+                        + "starting from S its value is not used by IpClient. If the modification "
+                        + "is intentional, use a runtime resource overlay for the NetworkStack "
+                        + "package to overlay "
+                        + "com.android.networkstack.R.array.config_apfEthTypeDenyList instead.",
+                new int[] { 0x88a2, 0x88a4, 0x88b8, 0x88cd, 0x88e3 },
+                ApfCapabilities.getApfEtherTypeBlackList());
+    }
 }