diff --git a/core/java/android/net/ConnectivityManager.java b/core/java/android/net/ConnectivityManager.java
index f2e9078..8333b81 100644
--- a/core/java/android/net/ConnectivityManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/net/ConnectivityManager.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import android.app.PendingIntent;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
-import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.os.Binder;
 import android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES;
 import android.os.Bundle;
@@ -3801,8 +3800,9 @@
 
     private void unsupportedStartingFrom(int version) {
         if (Process.myUid() == Process.SYSTEM_UID) {
-            // The getApplicationInfo() call we make below is not supported in system context, and
-            // we want to allow the system to use these APIs anyway.
+            // The getApplicationInfo() call we make below is not supported in system context. Let
+            // the call through here, and rely on the fact that ConnectivityService will refuse to
+            // allow the system to use these APIs anyway.
             return;
         }
 
@@ -3819,11 +3819,6 @@
     // functions by accessing ConnectivityService directly. However, it should be clear that doing
     // so is unsupported and may break in the future. http://b/22728205
     private void checkLegacyRoutingApiAccess() {
-        if (mContext.checkCallingOrSelfPermission("com.android.permission.INJECT_OMADM_SETTINGS")
-                == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
-            return;
-        }
-
         unsupportedStartingFrom(VERSION_CODES.M);
     }
 
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
index 4e75f3b..fff00af 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
@@ -1476,6 +1476,20 @@
     };
 
     /**
+     * Ensures that the system cannot call a particular method.
+     */
+    private boolean disallowedBecauseSystemCaller() {
+        // TODO: start throwing a SecurityException when GnssLocationProvider stops calling
+        // requestRouteToHost.
+        if (isSystem(Binder.getCallingUid())) {
+            log("This method exists only for app backwards compatibility"
+                    + " and must not be called by system services.");
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Ensure that a network route exists to deliver traffic to the specified
      * host via the specified network interface.
      * @param networkType the type of the network over which traffic to the
@@ -1486,6 +1500,9 @@
      */
     @Override
     public boolean requestRouteToHostAddress(int networkType, byte[] hostAddress) {
+        if (disallowedBecauseSystemCaller()) {
+            return false;
+        }
         enforceChangePermission();
         if (mProtectedNetworks.contains(networkType)) {
             enforceConnectivityInternalPermission();