diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
index 090c7444c1..8108c4c00e 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
@@ -4615,28 +4615,9 @@ public class ConnectivityService extends IConnectivityManager.Stub
         } catch (Exception e) {
             loge("Exception in setDnsConfigurationForNetwork: " + e);
         }
-        final NetworkAgentInfo defaultNai = getDefaultNetwork();
-        if (defaultNai != null && defaultNai.network.netId == netId) {
-            setDefaultDnsSystemProperties(dnses);
-        }
         flushVmDnsCache();
     }
 
-    private void setDefaultDnsSystemProperties(Collection<InetAddress> dnses) {
-        int last = 0;
-        for (InetAddress dns : dnses) {
-            ++last;
-            String key = "net.dns" + last;
-            String value = dns.getHostAddress();
-            SystemProperties.set(key, value);
-        }
-        for (int i = last + 1; i <= mNumDnsEntries; ++i) {
-            String key = "net.dns" + i;
-            SystemProperties.set(key, "");
-        }
-        mNumDnsEntries = last;
-    }
-
     private String getNetworkPermission(NetworkCapabilities nc) {
         // TODO: make these permission strings AIDL constants instead.
         if (!nc.hasCapability(NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_RESTRICTED)) {
@@ -4853,7 +4834,6 @@ public class ConnectivityService extends IConnectivityManager.Stub
         notifyLockdownVpn(newNetwork);
         handleApplyDefaultProxy(newNetwork.linkProperties.getHttpProxy());
         updateTcpBufferSizes(newNetwork);
-        setDefaultDnsSystemProperties(newNetwork.linkProperties.getDnsServers());
     }
 
     private void processListenRequests(NetworkAgentInfo nai, boolean capabilitiesChanged) {