diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaStarlarkCommon.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaStarlarkCommon.java
index 2573dd9152b738..6f1997e40803a4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaStarlarkCommon.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaStarlarkCommon.java
@@ -283,13 +283,6 @@ public ProviderApi getMessageBundleInfo() {
     return null;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public Sequence<String> getConstraints(Info info) throws RuleErrorException {
-    // No implementation in Bazel. This method not callable in Starlark except through
-    // (discouraged) use of --experimental_google_legacy_api.
-    return StarlarkList.empty();
-  }
-
   @Override
   public JavaInfo setAnnotationProcessing(
       Info info,
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/starlarkbuildapi/java/JavaCommonApi.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/starlarkbuildapi/java/JavaCommonApi.java
index 8be39f1eed7e6d..d5a6f7cc3a83d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/starlarkbuildapi/java/JavaCommonApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/starlarkbuildapi/java/JavaCommonApi.java
@@ -471,19 +471,6 @@ JavaInfoT mergeJavaProviders(
       enableOnlyWithFlag = BuildLanguageOptions.EXPERIMENTAL_GOOGLE_LEGACY_API)
   ProviderApi getMessageBundleInfo();
 
-  @StarlarkMethod(
-      name = "get_constraints",
-      doc = "Returns a set of constraints added.",
-      parameters = {
-        @Param(
-            name = "java_info",
-            positional = true,
-            named = false,
-            doc = "The JavaInfo to get constraints from."),
-      },
-      enableOnlyWithFlag = BuildLanguageOptions.EXPERIMENTAL_GOOGLE_LEGACY_API)
-  Sequence<String> getConstraints(Info javaInfo) throws RuleErrorException;
-
   @StarlarkMethod(
       name = "set_annotation_processing",
       doc = "Returns a copy of the given JavaInfo with the given annotation_processing info.",
diff --git a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/java/java_common.bzl b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/java/java_common.bzl
index 3a7bada71da402..5a8a89f338c736 100644
--- a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/java/java_common.bzl
+++ b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/java/java_common.bzl
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def _get_constraints(java_info):
     Returns:
         ([str]) The constraints set on the supplied JavaInfo
     """
-    return _java_common_internal.get_constraints(java_info)
+    return [] if semantics.IS_BAZEL else java_info._constraints
 
 def _set_annotation_processing(
         java_info,