diff --git a/contexthub/1.2/IContexthub.hal b/contexthub/1.2/IContexthub.hal
index 4bb9361bc1..04a8cb29cc 100644
--- a/contexthub/1.2/IContexthub.hal
+++ b/contexthub/1.2/IContexthub.hal
@@ -50,18 +50,6 @@ interface IContexthub extends @1.1::IContexthub {
      */
     registerCallback_1_2(uint32_t hubId, IContexthubCallback cb) generates (Result result);
 
-    /**
-     * Send a message to a hub
-     *
-     * @param hubId identifier for hub to send message to
-     * @param msg   message to be sent
-     *
-     * @return result OK if successful, error code otherwise
-     *                BAD_VALUE if parameters are not valid
-     *                TRANSACTION_FAILED if message send failed
-     */
-    sendMessageToHub_1_2(uint32_t hubId, ContextHubMsg msg) generates (Result result);
-
     /**
      * Notification sent by the framework to indicate that the user
      * has changed a setting.
diff --git a/contexthub/1.2/types.hal b/contexthub/1.2/types.hal
index 5a11efea46..5033ce84c6 100644
--- a/contexthub/1.2/types.hal
+++ b/contexthub/1.2/types.hal
@@ -45,11 +45,8 @@ struct ContextHubMsg {
     @1.0::ContextHubMsg msg_1_0;
 
     /**
-     * The list of Android permissions that the sender of this message has at
-     * the time the message was sent.
-     *
-     * The HAL MUST drop messages to nanoapps if this list of permissions is not
-     * a superset of those of the receiving nanoapp(s).
+     * The list of Android permissions held by the sending nanoapp at the time
+     * the message was sent.
      *
      * The framework MUST drop messages to host apps that don't have a superset
      * of the permissions that the sending nanoapp is using.