diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index 1ea0d949c..24b9b8a62 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -1849,10 +1849,6 @@ func (c *deviceConfig) BuildBrokenInputDir(name string) bool {
 	return InList(name, c.config.productVariables.BuildBrokenInputDirModules)
 }
 
-func (c *deviceConfig) BuildBrokenDontCheckSystemSdk() bool {
-	return c.config.productVariables.BuildBrokenDontCheckSystemSdk
-}
-
 func (c *config) BuildWarningBadOptionalUsesLibsAllowlist() []string {
 	return c.productVariables.BuildWarningBadOptionalUsesLibsAllowlist
 }
diff --git a/android/sdk_version.go b/android/sdk_version.go
index 73568af8a..9c84a27f8 100644
--- a/android/sdk_version.go
+++ b/android/sdk_version.go
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func SdkSpecFromWithConfig(config Config, str string) SdkSpec {
 func (s SdkSpec) ValidateSystemSdk(ctx EarlyModuleContext) bool {
 	// Do some early checks. This check is currently only for Java modules. And our only concern
 	// is the use of "system" SDKs.
-	if !isJava(ctx.Module()) || s.Kind != SdkSystem || ctx.DeviceConfig().BuildBrokenDontCheckSystemSdk() {
+	if !isJava(ctx.Module()) || s.Kind != SdkSystem {
 		return true
 	}
 
diff --git a/android/variable.go b/android/variable.go
index 98440802f..fa4cfc1fd 100644
--- a/android/variable.go
+++ b/android/variable.go
@@ -448,7 +448,6 @@ type ProductVariables struct {
 	BuildBrokenVendorPropertyNamespace  bool     `json:",omitempty"`
 	BuildBrokenIncorrectPartitionImages bool     `json:",omitempty"`
 	BuildBrokenInputDirModules          []string `json:",omitempty"`
-	BuildBrokenDontCheckSystemSdk       bool     `json:",omitempty"`
 
 	BuildWarningBadOptionalUsesLibsAllowlist []string `json:",omitempty"`