Why Google play services dependency automatically added com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE permission

Recently i have updated google play services dependency version to 15.0.0 it automatically added the below permission.

i don't no wheather i need this Google Play Referrer API permission or not

<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE" /> 

I'm able to remove this permission

 <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE" tools:node="remove" /> 

but i need know which dependency will need BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE permission does the dependency really need this permission or not.

App Level Gradle

dependencies { ext { support_library_version = '27.0.2' google_play_services_version = '15.0.0' } implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3' implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:${support_library_version}" implementation "com.android.support:design:${support_library_version}" implementation "com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:${support_library_version}" implementation "com.android.support:cardview-v7:${support_library_version}" implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:${google_play_services_version}" implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:${google_play_services_version}" implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:${google_play_services_version}" implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:${google_play_services_version}" implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:${google_play_services_version}" } 

Project Level Gradle

dependencies { classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.1' classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.2.0' } 

Note: For referrer tracking am already using google analytics

<service android:name="com.google.android.gms.analytics.CampaignTrackingService" android:enabled="true" android:exported="false" /> 
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1 Answer

Won't Fix (Intended behavior)

For More details check Google Issue Tracker

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