diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/locksettings/recoverablekeystore/certificate/CertXml.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/locksettings/recoverablekeystore/certificate/CertXml.java
index c62a31e..ff22a8d 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/locksettings/recoverablekeystore/certificate/CertXml.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/locksettings/recoverablekeystore/certificate/CertXml.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 import com.android.internal.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.security.cert.CertPath;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
@@ -28,8 +30,6 @@
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
-
 /**
  * Parses and holds the XML file containing the list of THM public-key certificates and related
  * metadata.
@@ -38,24 +38,20 @@
 
     private static final String METADATA_NODE_TAG = "metadata";
     private static final String METADATA_SERIAL_NODE_TAG = "serial";
-    private static final String METADATA_REFRESH_INTERVAL_NODE_TAG = "refresh-interval";
     private static final String ENDPOINT_CERT_LIST_TAG = "endpoints";
     private static final String ENDPOINT_CERT_ITEM_TAG = "cert";
     private static final String INTERMEDIATE_CERT_LIST_TAG = "intermediates";
     private static final String INTERMEDIATE_CERT_ITEM_TAG = "cert";
 
     private final long serial;
-    private final long refreshInterval;
     private final List<X509Certificate> intermediateCerts;
     private final List<X509Certificate> endpointCerts;
 
     private CertXml(
             long serial,
-            long refreshInterval,
             List<X509Certificate> intermediateCerts,
             List<X509Certificate> endpointCerts) {
         this.serial = serial;
-        this.refreshInterval = refreshInterval;
         this.intermediateCerts = intermediateCerts;
         this.endpointCerts = endpointCerts;
     }
@@ -65,15 +61,6 @@
         return serial;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets the refresh interval in the XML file containing public-key certificates. The refresh
-     * interval denotes the number of seconds that the client should follow to contact the server to
-     * refresh the XML file.
-     */
-    public long getRefreshInterval() {
-        return refreshInterval;
-    }
-
     @VisibleForTesting
     List<X509Certificate> getAllIntermediateCerts() {
         return intermediateCerts;
@@ -121,7 +108,6 @@
         Element rootNode = CertUtils.getXmlRootNode(bytes);
         return new CertXml(
                 parseSerial(rootNode),
-                parseRefreshInterval(rootNode),
                 parseIntermediateCerts(rootNode),
                 parseEndpointCerts(rootNode));
     }
@@ -136,16 +122,6 @@
         return Long.parseLong(contents.get(0));
     }
 
-    private static long parseRefreshInterval(Element rootNode) throws CertParsingException {
-        List<String> contents =
-                CertUtils.getXmlNodeContents(
-                        CertUtils.MUST_EXIST_EXACTLY_ONE,
-                        rootNode,
-                        METADATA_NODE_TAG,
-                        METADATA_REFRESH_INTERVAL_NODE_TAG);
-        return Long.parseLong(contents.get(0));
-    }
-
     private static List<X509Certificate> parseIntermediateCerts(Element rootNode)
             throws CertParsingException {
         List<String> contents =
diff --git a/services/tests/servicestests/assets/KeyStoreRecoveryControllerTest/xml/invalid-cert-file-two-refresh-intervals.xml b/services/tests/servicestests/assets/KeyStoreRecoveryControllerTest/xml/invalid-cert-file-two-refresh-intervals.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f4e8a3..0000000
--- a/services/tests/servicestests/assets/KeyStoreRecoveryControllerTest/xml/invalid-cert-file-two-refresh-intervals.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<certificates>
-  <metadata>
-    <serial>
-      1000
-    </serial>
-    <creation-time>
-      1515697631
-    </creation-time>
-    <refresh-interval>
-      2592000
-    </refresh-interval>
-    <refresh-interval>
-      2592000
-    </refresh-interval>
-    <previous>
-      <serial>
-        0
-      </serial>
-      <hash>
-        47DEQpj8HBSa+/TImW+5JCeuQeRkm5NMpJWZG3hSuFU=
-      </hash>
-    </previous>
-  </metadata>
-  <endpoints>
-    <cert>
-      MIIDCDCB8aADAgECAgYBYOlweDswDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwLTErMCkGA1UEAwwi
-      R29vZ2xlIENyeXB0QXV0aFZhdWx0IEludGVybWVkaWF0ZTAeFw0xODAxMTEwODE1
-      NTBaFw0yMDAxMTIwODE1NTBaMCkxJzAlBgNVBAMTHkdvb2dsZSBDcnlwdEF1dGhW
-      YXVsdCBJbnN0YW5jZTBZMBMGByqGSM49AgEGCCqGSM49AwEHA0IABLgAERiYHfBu
-      tJT+htocB40BtDr2jdxh0EZJlQ8QhpMkZuA/0t/zeSAdkVWw5b16izJ9JVOi/KVl
-      4b0hRH54UvowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQADggIBABZALhC9j3hpZ0AgN0tsqAP2Ix21
-      tNOcvo/aFJuSFanOM4DZbycZEYAo5rorvuFu7eXETBKDGnI5xreNAoQsaj/dyCHu
-      HKIn5P7yCmKvG2sV2TQ5go+0xV2x8BhTrtUWLeHvUbM3fXipa3NrordbA8MgzXwr
-      GR1Y1FuMOn5n4kiuHJ2sQTbDdzSQSK5VpH+6rjARlfOCyLUX0u8UKRRH81qhIQWb
-      UFMp9q1CVfiLP2O3CdDdpZXCysdflIb62TWnma+I8jqMryyxrMVs9kpfa8zkX9qe
-      33Vxp+QaQTqQ07/7KYVw869MeFn+bXeHnjUhqGY6S8M71vrTMG3M5p8Sq9LmV8Y5
-      7YB5uqKap2Inf0FOuJS7h7nVVzU/kOFkepaQVHyScwTPuuXNgpQg8XZnN/AWfRwJ
-      hf5zE6vXXTHMzQA1mY2eEhxGfpryv7LH8pvfcyTakdBlw8aMJjKdre8xLLGZeVCa
-      79plkfYD0rMrxtRHCGyTKGzUcx/B9kYJK5qBgJiDJLKF3XwGbAs/F8CyEPihjvj4
-      M2EoeyhmHWKLYsps6+uTksJ+PxZU14M7672K2y8BdulyfkZIhili118XnRykKkMf
-      JLQJKMqZx5O0B9bF8yQdcGKEGEwMQt5ENdH8HeiwLm4QS3VzFXYetgUPCM5lPDIp
-      BuwwuQxvQDF4pmQd
-    </cert>
-  </endpoints>
-</certificates>
diff --git a/services/tests/servicestests/assets/KeyStoreRecoveryControllerTest/xml/invalid-cert-file-no-refresh-interval.xml b/services/tests/servicestests/assets/KeyStoreRecoveryControllerTest/xml/valid-cert-file-no-refresh-interval.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from services/tests/servicestests/assets/KeyStoreRecoveryControllerTest/xml/invalid-cert-file-no-refresh-interval.xml
rename to services/tests/servicestests/assets/KeyStoreRecoveryControllerTest/xml/valid-cert-file-no-refresh-interval.xml
diff --git a/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/locksettings/recoverablekeystore/certificate/CertXmlTest.java b/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/locksettings/recoverablekeystore/certificate/CertXmlTest.java
index bbcc411..9836c64 100644
--- a/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/locksettings/recoverablekeystore/certificate/CertXmlTest.java
+++ b/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/locksettings/recoverablekeystore/certificate/CertXmlTest.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
     public void parse_succeeds() throws Exception {
         CertXml certXml = CertXml.parse(certXmlBytes);
         assertThat(certXml.getSerial()).isEqualTo(1000L);
-        assertThat(certXml.getRefreshInterval()).isEqualTo(2592000L);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -75,6 +74,13 @@
     }
 
     @Test
+    public void parse_doesNotThrowIfNoRefreshInterval() throws Exception {
+        CertXml.parse(
+                TestData.readTestFile(
+                        "xml/valid-cert-file-no-refresh-interval.xml"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
     public void parse_throwsIfNoEndpointCert() throws Exception {
         CertParsingException expected =
                 expectThrows(
@@ -87,18 +93,6 @@
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void parse_throwsIfNoRefreshInterval() throws Exception {
-        CertParsingException expected =
-                expectThrows(
-                        CertParsingException.class,
-                        () ->
-                                CertXml.parse(
-                                        TestData.readTestFile(
-                                                "xml/invalid-cert-file-no-refresh-interval.xml")));
-        assertThat(expected.getMessage()).contains("exactly one");
-    }
-
-    @Test
     public void parse_throwsIfNoSerial() throws Exception {
         CertParsingException expected =
                 expectThrows(
@@ -111,19 +105,6 @@
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void parse_throwsIfTwoRefreshIntervals() throws Exception {
-        CertParsingException expected =
-                expectThrows(
-                        CertParsingException.class,
-                        () ->
-                                CertXml.parse(
-                                        TestData.readTestFile(
-                                                "xml/invalid-cert-file-two-refresh-intervals"
-                                                        + ".xml")));
-        assertThat(expected.getMessage()).contains("exactly one");
-    }
-
-    @Test
     public void parse_throwsIfTwoSerials() throws Exception {
         CertParsingException expected =
                 expectThrows(