diff --git a/android/src/main/java/community/revteltech/nfc/NfcManager.java b/android/src/main/java/community/revteltech/nfc/NfcManager.java
index 249d426a..f2b6d7dc 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/community/revteltech/nfc/NfcManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/community/revteltech/nfc/NfcManager.java
@@ -948,34 +948,6 @@ public void requestNdefWrite(ReadableArray rnArray, ReadableMap options, Callbac
         }
     }
 
-    @ReactMethod
-    public void setNdefPushMessage(ReadableArray rnArray, Callback callback) {
-        synchronized(this) {
-            if (techRequest == null && writeNdefRequest == null) {
-                try {
-                    Activity currentActivity = getCurrentActivity();
-                    if (currentActivity == null) {
-                        throw new RuntimeException("cannot get current activity");
-                    }
-
-                    NdefMessage msgToPush = null;
-                    if (rnArray != null) {
-                        msgToPush = new NdefMessage(rnArrayToBytes(rnArray));
-                    }
-
-                    NfcAdapter nfcAdapter = NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(context);
-                    nfcAdapter.setNdefPushMessage(msgToPush, currentActivity);
-                    callback.invoke();
-                } catch (Exception ex) {
-                    Log.d(LOG_TAG, ex.toString());
-                    callback.invoke(ex.toString());
-                }
-            } else {
-                callback.invoke(ERR_MULTI_REQ);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     @ReactMethod
     public void start(Callback callback) {
         NfcAdapter nfcAdapter = NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(context);
diff --git a/src/NfcManagerAndroid.js b/src/NfcManagerAndroid.js
index 65c5d160..6724f614 100644
--- a/src/NfcManagerAndroid.js
+++ b/src/NfcManagerAndroid.js
@@ -77,8 +77,9 @@ class NfcManagerAndroid extends NfcManagerBase {
   getLaunchTagEvent = () =>
     handleNativeException(callNative('getLaunchTagEvent'));
 
-  setNdefPushMessage = (bytes) =>
-    handleNativeException(callNative('setNdefPushMessage', [bytes]));
+  setNdefPushMessage = (bytes) => {
+    return Promise.reject('this api is deprecated');
+  }
 
   setTimeout = (timeout) =>
     handleNativeException(callNative('setTimeout', [timeout]));