diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index 11bf4c1eabc..c15f77fa4d5 100644
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -5137,8 +5137,9 @@
 
         <activity
             android:name="com.android.settings.network.WepNetworkDialogActivity"
-            android:exported="false"
-            android:theme="@style/Theme.SpaLib.Dialog">
+            android:exported="true"
+            android:theme="@style/Theme.SpaLib.Dialog"
+            android:permission="android.permission.NETWORK_SETTINGS">
         </activity>
 
         <!-- This is the longest AndroidManifest.xml ever. -->
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/network/NetworkProviderSettings.java b/src/com/android/settings/network/NetworkProviderSettings.java
index bcf0d00089b..0bc426c9887 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/network/NetworkProviderSettings.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/network/NetworkProviderSettings.java
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ public class NetworkProviderSettings extends RestrictedSettingsFragment
 
         if (Flags.androidVWifiApi() && wifiEntry.getSecurityTypes()
                 .contains(WifiEntry.SECURITY_WEP)) {
-            WepNetworkDialogActivity.checkWepAllowed(
+            WifiUtils.checkWepAllowed(
                     getContext(), getViewLifecycleOwner(), wifiEntry.getSsid(), () -> {
                         wifiEntry.connect(callback);
                         return null;
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/network/WepNetworkDialogActivity.kt b/src/com/android/settings/network/WepNetworkDialogActivity.kt
index d69630f6826..fef93ef7e96 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/network/WepNetworkDialogActivity.kt
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/network/WepNetworkDialogActivity.kt
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 package com.android.settings.network
 
 import android.app.settings.SettingsEnums
-import android.content.Context
-import android.content.Intent
 import android.net.wifi.WifiManager
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxWidth
 import androidx.compose.material3.Text
@@ -26,20 +24,13 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextAlign
-import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleOwner
-import androidx.lifecycle.lifecycleScope
 import com.android.settings.R
 import com.android.settings.core.SubSettingLauncher
 import com.android.settings.wifi.ConfigureWifiSettings
 import com.android.settingslib.spa.SpaBaseDialogActivity
 import com.android.settingslib.spa.widget.dialog.AlertDialogButton
 import com.android.settingslib.spa.widget.dialog.SettingsAlertDialogWithIcon
-import kotlin.coroutines.resume
-import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
-import kotlinx.coroutines.asExecutor
-import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
-import kotlinx.coroutines.suspendCancellableCoroutine
-import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
+import com.android.settingslib.wifi.WifiUtils.Companion.SSID
 
 class WepNetworkDialogActivity : SpaBaseDialogActivity() {
     @Composable
@@ -76,37 +67,4 @@ class WepNetworkDialogActivity : SpaBaseDialogActivity() {
                 )
             })
     }
-
-    companion object {
-        @JvmStatic
-        fun checkWepAllowed(
-            context: Context,
-            lifecycleOwner: LifecycleOwner,
-            ssid: String,
-            onAllowed: () -> Unit,
-        ) {
-            lifecycleOwner.lifecycleScope.launch {
-                val wifiManager = context.getSystemService(WifiManager::class.java) ?: return@launch
-                if (wifiManager.queryWepAllowed()) {
-                    onAllowed()
-                } else {
-                    val intent = Intent(context, WepNetworkDialogActivity::class.java).apply {
-                        putExtra(SSID, ssid)
-                    }
-                    context.startActivity(intent)
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        private suspend fun WifiManager.queryWepAllowed(): Boolean =
-            withContext(Dispatchers.Default) {
-                suspendCancellableCoroutine { continuation ->
-                    queryWepAllowed(Dispatchers.Default.asExecutor()) {
-                        continuation.resume(it)
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-        const val SSID = "ssid"
-    }
 }
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