diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/loader/ApplicationInfoLoader.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/loader/ApplicationInfoLoader.java
index 011d90fead273..1d86ac964f6c7 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/loader/ApplicationInfoLoader.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/loader/ApplicationInfoLoader.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.res.XmlResourceParser;
 import android.os.Bundle;
-import android.security.NetworkSecurityPolicy;
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import org.json.JSONArray;
@@ -146,12 +145,6 @@ private static void parseDomain(
   @NonNull
   public static FlutterApplicationInfo load(@NonNull Context applicationContext) {
     ApplicationInfo appInfo = getApplicationInfo(applicationContext);
-    // Prior to API 23, cleartext traffic is allowed.
-    boolean clearTextPermitted = true;
-    if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 23) {
-      clearTextPermitted = NetworkSecurityPolicy.getInstance().isCleartextTrafficPermitted();
-    }
-
     return new FlutterApplicationInfo(
         getString(appInfo.metaData, PUBLIC_AOT_SHARED_LIBRARY_NAME),
         getString(appInfo.metaData, PUBLIC_VM_SNAPSHOT_DATA_KEY),
@@ -159,7 +152,6 @@ public static FlutterApplicationInfo load(@NonNull Context applicationContext) {
         getString(appInfo.metaData, PUBLIC_FLUTTER_ASSETS_DIR_KEY),
         getNetworkPolicy(appInfo, applicationContext),
         appInfo.nativeLibraryDir,
-        clearTextPermitted,
         getBoolean(appInfo.metaData, PUBLIC_AUTOMATICALLY_REGISTER_PLUGINS_METADATA_KEY, true));
   }
 }
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/loader/FlutterApplicationInfo.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/loader/FlutterApplicationInfo.java
index 90f526aad5706..6cb542437d162 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/loader/FlutterApplicationInfo.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/engine/loader/FlutterApplicationInfo.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ public final class FlutterApplicationInfo {
   public final String flutterAssetsDir;
   public final String domainNetworkPolicy;
   public final String nativeLibraryDir;
-  public final boolean clearTextPermitted;
   final boolean automaticallyRegisterPlugins;
 
   public FlutterApplicationInfo(
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ public FlutterApplicationInfo(
       String flutterAssetsDir,
       String domainNetworkPolicy,
       String nativeLibraryDir,
-      boolean clearTextPermitted,
       boolean automaticallyRegisterPlugins) {
     this.aotSharedLibraryName =
         aotSharedLibraryName == null ? DEFAULT_AOT_SHARED_LIBRARY_NAME : aotSharedLibraryName;
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@ public FlutterApplicationInfo(
         flutterAssetsDir == null ? DEFAULT_FLUTTER_ASSETS_DIR : flutterAssetsDir;
     this.nativeLibraryDir = nativeLibraryDir;
     this.domainNetworkPolicy = domainNetworkPolicy == null ? "" : domainNetworkPolicy;
-    this.clearTextPermitted = clearTextPermitted;
     this.automaticallyRegisterPlugins = automaticallyRegisterPlugins;
   }
 }
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/embedding/engine/loader/ApplicationInfoLoaderTest.java b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/embedding/engine/loader/ApplicationInfoLoaderTest.java
index f17adb78552e2..0556c73f9c069 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/embedding/engine/loader/ApplicationInfoLoaderTest.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/embedding/engine/loader/ApplicationInfoLoaderTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.content.res.XmlResourceParser;
 import android.os.Bundle;
-import android.security.NetworkSecurityPolicy;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@
 import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
 import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
 import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
-import org.robolectric.annotation.Implementation;
-import org.robolectric.annotation.Implements;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserFactory;
 
@@ -46,23 +43,6 @@ public void itGeneratesCorrectApplicationInfoWithDefaultManifest() {
     assertEquals("flutter_assets", info.flutterAssetsDir);
     assertEquals("", info.domainNetworkPolicy);
     assertNull(info.nativeLibraryDir);
-    assertEquals(true, info.clearTextPermitted);
-  }
-
-  @Config(shadows = {ApplicationInfoLoaderTest.ShadowNetworkSecurityPolicy.class})
-  @Test
-  public void itVotesAgainstClearTextIfSecurityPolicySaysSo() {
-    FlutterApplicationInfo info = ApplicationInfoLoader.load(RuntimeEnvironment.application);
-    assertNotNull(info);
-    assertEquals(false, info.clearTextPermitted);
-  }
-
-  @Implements(NetworkSecurityPolicy.class)
-  public static class ShadowNetworkSecurityPolicy {
-    @Implementation
-    public boolean isCleartextTrafficPermitted() {
-      return false;
-    }
   }
 
   private Context generateMockContext(Bundle metadata, String networkPolicyXml) throws Exception {