diff --git a/tests/cts/hostside/Android.bp b/tests/cts/hostside/Android.bp
index 3050d9a..97be91a 100644
--- a/tests/cts/hostside/Android.bp
+++ b/tests/cts/hostside/Android.bp
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-next_app_data = [":CtsHostsideNetworkTestsAppNext"]
-
-// The above line is put in place to prevent any future automerger merge conflict between aosp,
-// downstream branches. The CtsHostsideNetworkTestsAppNext target will not exist in
-// some downstream branches, but it should exist in aosp and some downstream branches.
-
 package {
     default_team: "trendy_team_fwk_core_networking",
     default_applicable_licenses: ["Android-Apache-2.0"],
@@ -68,6 +62,6 @@
         ":CtsHostsideNetworkCapTestsAppWithoutProperty",
         ":CtsHostsideNetworkCapTestsAppWithProperty",
         ":CtsHostsideNetworkCapTestsAppSdk33",
-    ] + next_app_data,
+    ],
     per_testcase_directory: true,
 }
diff --git a/tests/cts/hostside/app/Android.bp b/tests/cts/hostside/app/Android.bp
index c1b364c..3868905 100644
--- a/tests/cts/hostside/app/Android.bp
+++ b/tests/cts/hostside/app/Android.bp
@@ -19,8 +19,13 @@
     default_applicable_licenses: ["Android-Apache-2.0"],
 }
 
-java_defaults {
-    name: "CtsHostsideNetworkTestsAppDefaults",
+android_test_helper_app {
+    name: "CtsHostsideNetworkTestsApp",
+    defaults: [
+        "cts_support_defaults",
+        "framework-connectivity-test-defaults",
+        "CtsHostsideNetworkTestsAllAppDefaults",
+    ],
     static_libs: [
         "CtsHostsideNetworkTestsAidl",
         "androidx.test.ext.junit",
@@ -39,24 +44,3 @@
         "src/**/*.java",
     ],
 }
-
-android_test_helper_app {
-    name: "CtsHostsideNetworkTestsApp",
-    defaults: [
-        "cts_support_defaults",
-        "framework-connectivity-test-defaults",
-        "CtsHostsideNetworkTestsAppDefaults",
-        "CtsHostsideNetworkTestsAllAppDefaults",
-    ],
-}
-
-android_test_helper_app {
-    name: "CtsHostsideNetworkTestsAppNext",
-    defaults: [
-        "cts_support_defaults",
-        "framework-connectivity-test-defaults",
-        "CtsHostsideNetworkTestsAppDefaults",
-        "CtsHostsideNetworkTestsAllAppDefaults",
-        "ConnectivityNextEnableDefaults",
-    ],
-}
diff --git a/tests/cts/hostside/src/com/android/cts/net/HostsideNetworkTestCase.java b/tests/cts/hostside/src/com/android/cts/net/HostsideNetworkTestCase.java
index 69d61b3..e222ff6 100644
--- a/tests/cts/hostside/src/com/android/cts/net/HostsideNetworkTestCase.java
+++ b/tests/cts/hostside/src/com/android/cts/net/HostsideNetworkTestCase.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 
-import com.android.modules.utils.build.testing.DeviceSdkLevel;
 import com.android.tradefed.device.DeviceNotAvailableException;
 import com.android.tradefed.invoker.TestInformation;
 import com.android.tradefed.targetprep.BuildError;
@@ -36,17 +35,13 @@
 abstract class HostsideNetworkTestCase extends BaseHostJUnit4Test {
     protected static final String TEST_PKG = "com.android.cts.net.hostside";
     protected static final String TEST_APK = "CtsHostsideNetworkTestsApp.apk";
-    protected static final String TEST_APK_NEXT = "CtsHostsideNetworkTestsAppNext.apk";
     protected static final String TEST_APP2_PKG = "com.android.cts.net.hostside.app2";
     protected static final String TEST_APP2_APK = "CtsHostsideNetworkTestsApp2.apk";
 
     @BeforeClassWithInfo
     public static void setUpOnceBase(TestInformation testInfo) throws Exception {
-        DeviceSdkLevel deviceSdkLevel = new DeviceSdkLevel(testInfo.getDevice());
-        String testApk = deviceSdkLevel.isDeviceAtLeastV() ? TEST_APK_NEXT : TEST_APK;
-
         uninstallPackage(testInfo, TEST_PKG, false);
-        installPackage(testInfo, testApk);
+        installPackage(testInfo, TEST_APK);
     }
 
     @AfterClassWithInfo