diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index e6815bc29..a2c1f2c39 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ type apexBundleProperties struct {
 	// Default: true.
 	Installable *bool
 
-	// If set true, VNDK libs are considered as stable libs and are not included in this APEX.
-	// Should be only used in non-system apexes (e.g. vendor: true). Default is false.
+	// Deprecated. Do not use. TODO(b/350644693) remove this after removing all usage
 	Use_vndk_as_stable *bool
 
 	// The type of filesystem to use. Either 'ext4', 'f2fs' or 'erofs'. Default 'ext4'.
@@ -950,24 +949,6 @@ func (a *apexBundle) ApexInfoMutator(mctx android.TopDownMutatorContext) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Special casing for APEXes on non-system (e.g., vendor, odm, etc.) partitions. They are
-	// provided with a property named use_vndk_as_stable, which when set to true doesn't collect
-	// VNDK libraries as transitive dependencies. This option is useful for reducing the size of
-	// the non-system APEXes because the VNDK libraries won't be included (and duped) in the
-	// APEX, but shared across APEXes via the VNDK APEX.
-	useVndk := a.SocSpecific() || a.DeviceSpecific() || (a.ProductSpecific() && mctx.Config().EnforceProductPartitionInterface())
-	if proptools.Bool(a.properties.Use_vndk_as_stable) {
-		if !useVndk {
-			mctx.PropertyErrorf("use_vndk_as_stable", "not supported for system/system_ext APEXes")
-		}
-		if a.minSdkVersionValue(mctx) != "" {
-			mctx.PropertyErrorf("use_vndk_as_stable", "not supported when min_sdk_version is set")
-		}
-		if mctx.Failed() {
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
 	continueApexDepsWalk := func(child, parent android.Module) bool {
 		am, ok := child.(android.ApexModule)
 		if !ok || !am.CanHaveApexVariants() {
@@ -985,10 +966,6 @@ func (a *apexBundle) ApexInfoMutator(mctx android.TopDownMutatorContext) {
 			return false
 		}
 
-		if useVndk && child.Name() == "libbinder" {
-			mctx.ModuleErrorf("Module %s in the vendor APEX %s should not use libbinder. Use libbinder_ndk instead.", parent.Name(), a.Name())
-		}
-
 		// By default, all the transitive dependencies are collected, unless filtered out
 		// above.
 		return true
@@ -2718,9 +2695,6 @@ func (a *apexBundle) checkUpdatable(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 		if a.UsePlatformApis() {
 			ctx.PropertyErrorf("updatable", "updatable APEXes can't use platform APIs")
 		}
-		if proptools.Bool(a.properties.Use_vndk_as_stable) {
-			ctx.PropertyErrorf("use_vndk_as_stable", "updatable APEXes can't use external VNDK libs")
-		}
 		if a.FutureUpdatable() {
 			ctx.PropertyErrorf("future_updatable", "Already updatable. Remove `future_updatable: true:`")
 		}
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 3bb396692..df9db74e4 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -8278,60 +8278,6 @@ func TestUpdatableDefault_should_set_min_sdk_version(t *testing.T) {
 	`)
 }
 
-func Test_use_vndk_as_stable_shouldnt_be_used_for_updatable_vendor_apexes(t *testing.T) {
-	testApexError(t, `"myapex" .*: use_vndk_as_stable: updatable APEXes can't use external VNDK libs`, `
-		apex {
-			name: "myapex",
-			key: "myapex.key",
-			updatable: true,
-			use_vndk_as_stable: true,
-			soc_specific: true,
-		}
-
-		apex_key {
-			name: "myapex.key",
-			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
-			private_key: "testkey.pem",
-		}
-	`)
-}
-
-func Test_use_vndk_as_stable_shouldnt_be_used_with_min_sdk_version(t *testing.T) {
-	testApexError(t, `"myapex" .*: use_vndk_as_stable: not supported when min_sdk_version is set`, `
-		apex {
-			name: "myapex",
-			key: "myapex.key",
-			updatable: false,
-			min_sdk_version: "29",
-			use_vndk_as_stable: true,
-			vendor: true,
-		}
-
-		apex_key {
-			name: "myapex.key",
-			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
-			private_key: "testkey.pem",
-		}
-	`)
-}
-
-func Test_use_vndk_as_stable_shouldnt_be_used_for_non_vendor_apexes(t *testing.T) {
-	testApexError(t, `"myapex" .*: use_vndk_as_stable: not supported for system/system_ext APEXes`, `
-		apex {
-			name: "myapex",
-			key: "myapex.key",
-			updatable: false,
-			use_vndk_as_stable: true,
-		}
-
-		apex_key {
-			name: "myapex.key",
-			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
-			private_key: "testkey.pem",
-		}
-	`)
-}
-
 func TestUpdatable_should_not_set_generate_classpaths_proto(t *testing.T) {
 	testApexError(t, `"mysystemserverclasspathfragment" .* it must not set generate_classpaths_proto to false`, `
 		apex {