diff --git a/debuggerd/crasher.c b/debuggerd/crasher.c
index 5ecb1a556..0033948df 100644
--- a/debuggerd/crasher.c
+++ b/debuggerd/crasher.c
@@ -23,19 +23,6 @@ void crash1(void);
 void crashnostack(void);
 static int do_action(const char* arg);
 
-static void debuggerd_connect()
-{
-    char tmp[1];
-    int s;
-    sprintf(tmp, "%d", gettid());
-    s = socket_local_client("android:debuggerd",
-            ANDROID_SOCKET_NAMESPACE_ABSTRACT, SOCK_STREAM);
-    if(s >= 0) {
-        read(s, tmp, 1);
-        close(s);
-    }
-}
-
 static void maybeabort() {
     if(time(0) != 42) {
         abort();
diff --git a/include/cutils/misc.h b/include/cutils/misc.h
index 2c48dfa83..0de505f27 100644
--- a/include/cutils/misc.h
+++ b/include/cutils/misc.h
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ extern "C" {
          */
 extern void *load_file(const char *fn, unsigned *sz);
 
-        /* Connects your process to the system debugger daemon
-         * so that on a crash it may be logged or interactively
-         * debugged (depending on system settings).
-         */
-extern void debuggerd_connect(void);
-
-
         /* This is the range of UIDs (and GIDs) that are reserved
          * for assigning to applications.
          */