diff --git a/private/surfaceflinger.te b/private/surfaceflinger.te
index b33035e8ea9d51ec1422b6105c9acba6e1330e7c..ed67597e627a4bd82f3286d5eaad43a78ecfc723 100644
--- a/private/surfaceflinger.te
+++ b/private/surfaceflinger.te
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ allow surfaceflinger window_service:service_manager find;
 allow surfaceflinger self:capability sys_nice;
 allow surfaceflinger proc_meminfo:file r_file_perms;
 r_dir_file(surfaceflinger, cgroup)
-r_dir_file(surfaceflinger, sysfs_type)
 r_dir_file(surfaceflinger, system_file)
 allow surfaceflinger tmpfs:dir r_dir_perms;
 allow surfaceflinger system_server:fd use;