diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index a2e9ab0..bf80ced 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@
 	// list of files that should be excluded from java_resources and java_resource_dirs
 	Exclude_java_resources []string `android:"path,arch_variant"`
 
-	// don't build against the framework libraries (ext, and framework for device targets)
-	No_framework_libs *bool
-
 	// list of module-specific flags that will be used for javac compiles
 	Javacflags []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 
@@ -482,10 +479,6 @@
 	return j.sdkVersion()
 }
 
-func (j *Module) noFrameworkLibs() bool {
-	return Bool(j.properties.No_framework_libs)
-}
-
 func (j *Module) deps(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	if ctx.Device() {
 		sdkDep := decodeSdkDep(ctx, sdkContext(j))
@@ -506,7 +499,7 @@
 			}
 		} else if j.deviceProperties.System_modules == nil {
 			ctx.PropertyErrorf("sdk_version",
-				`system_modules is required to be set when sdk_version is "none", did you mean no_framework_libs?`)
+				`system_modules is required to be set when sdk_version is "none", did you mean "core_platform"`)
 		} else if *j.deviceProperties.System_modules != "none" {
 			ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, systemModulesTag, *j.deviceProperties.System_modules)
 		}