diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index ecab8e3fe..ef4cf82cd 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -280,7 +280,6 @@ type ApexProperties struct {
 	//
 	// "//apex_available:anyapex" is a pseudo APEX name that matches to any APEX.
 	// "//apex_available:platform" refers to non-APEX partitions like "system.img".
-	// "com.android.gki.*" matches any APEX module name with the prefix "com.android.gki.".
 	// Default is ["//apex_available:platform"].
 	Apex_available []string
 
@@ -473,14 +472,12 @@ func (m *ApexModuleBase) DepIsInSameApex(ctx BaseModuleContext, dep Module) bool
 const (
 	AvailableToPlatform = "//apex_available:platform"
 	AvailableToAnyApex  = "//apex_available:anyapex"
-	AvailableToGkiApex  = "com.android.gki.*"
 )
 
 var (
 	AvailableToRecognziedWildcards = []string{
 		AvailableToPlatform,
 		AvailableToAnyApex,
-		AvailableToGkiApex,
 	}
 )
 
@@ -496,7 +493,6 @@ func CheckAvailableForApex(what string, apex_available []string) bool {
 	}
 	return InList(what, apex_available) ||
 		(what != AvailableToPlatform && InList(AvailableToAnyApex, apex_available)) ||
-		(strings.HasPrefix(what, "com.android.gki.") && InList(AvailableToGkiApex, apex_available)) ||
 		(what == "com.google.mainline.primary.libs") || // TODO b/248601389
 		(what == "com.google.mainline.go.primary.libs") // TODO b/248601389
 }
@@ -524,7 +520,7 @@ func (m *ApexModuleBase) SetNotAvailableForPlatform() {
 // This function makes sure that the apex_available property is valid
 func (m *ApexModuleBase) checkApexAvailableProperty(mctx BaseModuleContext) {
 	for _, n := range m.ApexProperties.Apex_available {
-		if n == AvailableToPlatform || n == AvailableToAnyApex || n == AvailableToGkiApex {
+		if n == AvailableToPlatform || n == AvailableToAnyApex {
 			continue
 		}
 		if !mctx.OtherModuleExists(n) && !mctx.Config().AllowMissingDependencies() {
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index d6c8a8a73..c37c7d0c7 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ func TestBasicApex(t *testing.T) {
 			symlink_preferred_arch: true,
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			stl: "none",
-			apex_available: [ "myapex", "com.android.gki.*" ],
+			apex_available: [ "myapex" ],
 		}
 
 		rust_binary {
@@ -432,14 +432,6 @@ func TestBasicApex(t *testing.T) {
 			apex_available: ["myapex"],
 		}
 
-		apex {
-			name: "com.android.gki.fake",
-			binaries: ["foo"],
-			key: "myapex.key",
-			file_contexts: ":myapex-file_contexts",
-			updatable: false,
-		}
-
 		cc_library_shared {
 			name: "mylib2",
 			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],