diff --git a/adb/adb.c b/adb/adb.c
index 665e958ff..e116414e3 100644
--- a/adb/adb.c
+++ b/adb/adb.c
@@ -1338,12 +1338,11 @@ int adb_main(int is_daemon, int server_port)
         ** AID_NET_BT and AID_NET_BT_ADMIN to diagnose bluetooth (hcidump)
         ** AID_SDCARD_R to allow reading from the SD card
         ** AID_SDCARD_RW to allow writing to the SD card
-        ** AID_MOUNT to allow unmounting the SD card before rebooting
         ** AID_NET_BW_STATS to read out qtaguid statistics
         */
         gid_t groups[] = { AID_ADB, AID_LOG, AID_INPUT, AID_INET, AID_GRAPHICS,
                            AID_NET_BT, AID_NET_BT_ADMIN, AID_SDCARD_R, AID_SDCARD_RW,
-                           AID_MOUNT, AID_NET_BW_STATS };
+                           AID_NET_BW_STATS };
         if (setgroups(sizeof(groups)/sizeof(groups[0]), groups) != 0) {
             exit(1);
         }
diff --git a/adb/services.c b/adb/services.c
index 5b63a43ba..dcaf276b8 100644
--- a/adb/services.c
+++ b/adb/services.c
@@ -116,23 +116,10 @@ void reboot_service(int fd, void *arg)
 {
     char buf[100];
     char property_val[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
-    int pid, ret;
+    int ret;
 
     sync();
 
-    /* Attempt to unmount the SD card first.
-     * No need to bother checking for errors.
-     */
-    pid = fork();
-    if (pid == 0) {
-        /* ask vdc to unmount it */
-        execl("/system/bin/vdc", "/system/bin/vdc", "volume", "unmount",
-                getenv("EXTERNAL_STORAGE"), "force", NULL);
-    } else if (pid > 0) {
-        /* wait until vdc succeeds or fails */
-        waitpid(pid, &ret, 0);
-    }
-
     ret = snprintf(property_val, sizeof(property_val), "reboot,%s", (char *) arg);
     if (ret >= (int) sizeof(property_val)) {
         snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "reboot string too long. length=%d\n", ret);