diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidConfiguration.java
index 4f0994271bba96..1451ec0cc08213 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidConfiguration.java
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ public static class Options extends FragmentOptions {
         help =
             "Skips resource parsing action for library targets"
                 + " and uses the output of the compile action instead for resource merging.")
+    // TODO(b/136572475): Remove this flag once the usage has been removed from blazerc files.
     public boolean skipParsingAction;
 
     @Option(
@@ -1073,7 +1074,6 @@ public ImmutableSet<Class<? extends FragmentOptions>> requiredOptions() {
   private final boolean useAapt2ForRobolectric;
   private final boolean throwOnResourceConflict;
   private final boolean useParallelDex2Oat;
-  private final boolean skipParsingAction;
   private final boolean omitResourcesInfoProviderFromAndroidBinary;
   private final boolean fixedResourceNeverlinking;
   private final AndroidRobolectricTestDeprecationLevel robolectricTestDeprecationLevel;
@@ -1122,7 +1122,6 @@ private AndroidConfiguration(Options options) throws InvalidConfigurationExcepti
     this.useAapt2ForRobolectric = options.useAapt2ForRobolectric;
     this.throwOnResourceConflict = options.throwOnResourceConflict;
     this.useParallelDex2Oat = options.useParallelDex2Oat;
-    this.skipParsingAction = options.skipParsingAction;
     this.omitResourcesInfoProviderFromAndroidBinary =
         options.omitResourcesInfoProviderFromAndroidBinary;
     this.fixedResourceNeverlinking = options.fixedResourceNeverlinking;
@@ -1342,11 +1341,6 @@ public boolean throwOnResourceConflict() {
     return throwOnResourceConflict;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public boolean skipParsingAction() {
-    return this.skipParsingAction;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public boolean omitResourcesInfoProviderFromAndroidBinary() {
     return this.omitResourcesInfoProviderFromAndroidBinary;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/MergedAndroidResources.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/MergedAndroidResources.java
index baf6317ec8a1ad..33fb4901b35754 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/MergedAndroidResources.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/MergedAndroidResources.java
@@ -43,10 +43,7 @@ public static MergedAndroidResources mergeFrom(
       AndroidAaptVersion aaptVersion)
       throws InterruptedException {
 
-    AndroidConfiguration androidConfiguration = dataContext.getAndroidConfig();
-
-    boolean useCompiledMerge =
-        aaptVersion == AndroidAaptVersion.AAPT2 && androidConfiguration.skipParsingAction();
+    boolean useCompiledMerge = aaptVersion == AndroidAaptVersion.AAPT2;
 
     Preconditions.checkState(
         !useCompiledMerge || parsed.getCompiledSymbols() != null,
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/ProcessedAndroidData.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/ProcessedAndroidData.java
index fd3a7bce2769e6..d89f019aa4d396 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/ProcessedAndroidData.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/ProcessedAndroidData.java
@@ -184,9 +184,7 @@ public static ProcessedAndroidData processLocalTestDataFrom(
 
     return builderForNonIncrementalTopLevelTarget(
             dataContext, manifest, manifestValues, aaptVersion)
-        .setUseCompiledResourcesForMerge(
-            aaptVersion == AndroidAaptVersion.AAPT2
-                && dataContext.getAndroidConfig().skipParsingAction())
+        .setUseCompiledResourcesForMerge(aaptVersion == AndroidAaptVersion.AAPT2)
         .setManifestOut(
             dataContext.createOutputArtifact(AndroidRuleClasses.ANDROID_PROCESSED_MANIFEST))
         .setMergedResourcesOut(
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skylarkbuildapi/android/AndroidConfigurationApi.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skylarkbuildapi/android/AndroidConfigurationApi.java
index e602e942e7efc9..6ff5994dc2dd75 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skylarkbuildapi/android/AndroidConfigurationApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skylarkbuildapi/android/AndroidConfigurationApi.java
@@ -177,9 +177,6 @@ public interface AndroidConfigurationApi {
       documented = false)
   boolean throwOnResourceConflict();
 
-  @SkylarkCallable(name = "skip_parsing_action", structField = true, doc = "", documented = false)
-  boolean skipParsingAction();
-
   @SkylarkCallable(
       name = "omit_resources_info_provider_from_android_binary",
       structField = true,
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidBinaryTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidBinaryTest.java
index 198f294fb83f0b..c2736191edf0d8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidBinaryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidBinaryTest.java
@@ -4492,7 +4492,7 @@ public void alwaysSkipParsingActionWithAapt2() throws Exception {
     List<String> resourceMergingArgs =
         getGeneratingSpawnActionArgs(getValidatedResources(b).getJavaClassJar());
 
-    assertThat(resourceMergingArgs).contains("MERGE");
+    assertThat(resourceMergingArgs).contains("MERGE_COMPILED");
   }
 
   @Test