diff --git a/apex/apex.test-file_contexts b/apex/apex.test-file_contexts
index 3dffd86d57daec203e6f8b1a493cf43712fb7c0c..784ad5473610ccfd6f47ca08edefcc9a5fabd5fe 100644
--- a/apex/apex.test-file_contexts
+++ b/apex/apex.test-file_contexts
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-/manifest\.json   u:object_r:system_file:s0
-(/.*)?            u:object_r:system_file:s0
-/bin/surfaceflinger u:object_r:surfaceflinger_exec:s0
+(/.*)?                 u:object_r:system_file:s0
+/bin/surfaceflinger    u:object_r:surfaceflinger_exec:s0
diff --git a/apex/com.android.media-file_contexts b/apex/com.android.media-file_contexts
index 7dd840b3bdb4c573fb0b430e615c042a9ce4a267..f6b21daaafcffc03421faaf756eecc4390e2c73a 100644
--- a/apex/com.android.media-file_contexts
+++ b/apex/com.android.media-file_contexts
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 (/.*)?                u:object_r:system_file:s0
-/manifest\.json   u:object_r:system_file:s0
-/lib(64)?(/.*)  u:object_r:system_lib_file:s0
+/lib(64)?(/.*)        u:object_r:system_lib_file:s0
diff --git a/apex/com.android.resolv-file_contexts b/apex/com.android.resolv-file_contexts
index 7dd840b3bdb4c573fb0b430e615c042a9ce4a267..f6b21daaafcffc03421faaf756eecc4390e2c73a 100644
--- a/apex/com.android.resolv-file_contexts
+++ b/apex/com.android.resolv-file_contexts
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 (/.*)?                u:object_r:system_file:s0
-/manifest\.json   u:object_r:system_file:s0
-/lib(64)?(/.*)  u:object_r:system_lib_file:s0
+/lib(64)?(/.*)        u:object_r:system_lib_file:s0
diff --git a/apex/com.android.runtime.debug-file_contexts b/apex/com.android.runtime.debug-file_contexts
index 4d0df809e8f1098508eb5ca16df459b83b3f5ef2..98948d23d5fe696777de6b517277216c4860e8ee 100644
--- a/apex/com.android.runtime.debug-file_contexts
+++ b/apex/com.android.runtime.debug-file_contexts
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-#############################
-# APEX module manifest.
-#
-/manifest\.json          u:object_r:system_file:s0
-
 #############################
 # System files
 #
diff --git a/apex/com.android.runtime.release-file_contexts b/apex/com.android.runtime.release-file_contexts
index 79b87545f0e7b22eb766c64ecfd2b07ef9cb97db..08688fbc6dc4b7f17775352f0f361bd49c1e0828 100644
--- a/apex/com.android.runtime.release-file_contexts
+++ b/apex/com.android.runtime.release-file_contexts
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-#############################
-# APEX module manifest.
-#
-/manifest\.json          u:object_r:system_file:s0
-
 #############################
 # System files
 #
diff --git a/apex/com.android.tzdata-file_contexts b/apex/com.android.tzdata-file_contexts
index 6ec4a0adbc2773e7e224a42bc8ae5af6561199f5..5aaec50ad54e575177a930ef45bbd5fa40e7508f 100644
--- a/apex/com.android.tzdata-file_contexts
+++ b/apex/com.android.tzdata-file_contexts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/manifest\.json          u:object_r:system_file:s0
-
 (/.*)?                   u:object_r:system_file:s0
 /etc(/.*)?               u:object_r:system_zoneinfo_file:s0