diff --git a/libcutils/fs_config.c b/libcutils/fs_config.c
index 11d4225a5..659f614b8 100644
--- a/libcutils/fs_config.c
+++ b/libcutils/fs_config.c
@@ -19,36 +19,12 @@
 ** by the device side of adb.
 */
 
-#define LOG_TAG "fs_config"
-
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
-
-#include <endian.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
 
-#include <cutils/fs.h>
-#include <log/log.h>
 #include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
 
-/* The following structure is stored little endian */
-struct fs_path_config_from_file {
-    uint16_t len;
-    uint16_t mode;
-    uint16_t uid;
-    uint16_t gid;
-    uint64_t capabilities;
-    char prefix[];
-} __attribute__((__aligned__(sizeof(uint64_t))));
-
 /* Rules for directories.
 ** These rules are applied based on "first match", so they
 ** should start with the most specific path and work their
@@ -85,9 +61,6 @@ static const struct fs_path_config android_dirs[] = {
 ** way up to the root. Prefixes ending in * denotes wildcard
 ** and will allow partial matches.
 */
-static const char conf_dir[] = "/system/etc/fs_config_dirs";
-static const char conf_file[] = "/system/etc/fs_config_files";
-
 static const struct fs_path_config android_files[] = {
     { 00440, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     0, "system/etc/init.goldfish.rc" },
     { 00550, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     0, "system/etc/init.goldfish.sh" },
@@ -95,8 +68,6 @@ static const struct fs_path_config android_files[] = {
     { 00550, AID_DHCP,      AID_SHELL,     0, "system/etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks" },
     { 00555, AID_ROOT,      AID_ROOT,      0, "system/etc/ppp/*" },
     { 00555, AID_ROOT,      AID_ROOT,      0, "system/etc/rc.*" },
-    { 00444, AID_ROOT,      AID_ROOT,      0, conf_dir + 1 },
-    { 00444, AID_ROOT,      AID_ROOT,      0, conf_file + 1 },
     { 00644, AID_SYSTEM,    AID_SYSTEM,    0, "data/app/*" },
     { 00644, AID_MEDIA_RW,  AID_MEDIA_RW,  0, "data/media/*" },
     { 00644, AID_SYSTEM,    AID_SYSTEM,    0, "data/app-private/*" },
@@ -130,114 +101,30 @@ static const struct fs_path_config android_files[] = {
     { 00644, AID_ROOT,      AID_ROOT,      0, 0 },
 };
 
-static int fs_config_open(int dir)
-{
-    int fd = -1;
-
-    const char *out = getenv("OUT");
-    if (out && *out) {
-        char *name = NULL;
-        asprintf(&name, "%s%s", out, dir ? conf_dir : conf_file);
-        if (name) {
-            fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(name, O_RDONLY));
-            free(name);
-        }
-    }
-    if (fd < 0) {
-        fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(dir ? conf_dir : conf_file, O_RDONLY));
-    }
-    return fd;
-}
-
-static bool fs_config_cmp(bool dir, const char *prefix, size_t len,
-                                    const char *path, size_t plen)
-{
-    if (dir) {
-        if (plen < len) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    } else {
-        /* If name ends in * then allow partial matches. */
-        if (prefix[len - 1] == '*') {
-            return !strncmp(prefix, path, len - 1);
-        }
-        if (plen != len) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-    return !strncmp(prefix, path, len);
-}
-
 void fs_config(const char *path, int dir,
                unsigned *uid, unsigned *gid, unsigned *mode, uint64_t *capabilities)
 {
     const struct fs_path_config *pc;
     int plen;
-    struct stat st;
-    void *address = NULL;
-
-    int fd = fs_config_open(dir);
-    if ((fd >= 0)
-     && (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(fstat(fd, &st)) >= 0)
-     && (size_t)st.st_size) {
-        address = mmap(NULL, st.st_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
-        if (address == MAP_FAILED) {
-            address = NULL;
-        }
-    } else if (fd >= 0) {
-        close(fd);
-    }
 
     if (path[0] == '/') {
         path++;
     }
 
-    plen = strlen(path);
-
-    if (address) {
-        const struct fs_path_config_from_file *p = (const struct fs_path_config_from_file *)
-            address;
-        const char *end = (const char *)address + st.st_size;
-        const struct fs_path_config_from_file *e = (const struct fs_path_config_from_file *)
-            (end - sizeof(*p));
-        for (; p < e; p = (const struct fs_path_config_from_file *)(((const char *)p) + le16toh(p->len))) {
-            ssize_t len, remainder = le16toh(p->len) - sizeof(*p);
-            if (remainder <= 0) {
-                ALOGE("%s is truncated", dir ? conf_dir : conf_file);
-                p = e;
-                break;
-            }
-            len = (const char *)e - (const char *)p;
-            if (remainder > len) {
-                remainder = len;
-            }
-            len = strnlen(p->prefix, remainder);
-            if (len >= remainder) { /* missing a terminating null */
-                ALOGE("%s is corrupted", dir ? conf_dir : conf_file);
-                p = e;
-                break;
-            }
-            if (fs_config_cmp(dir, p->prefix, len, path, plen)) {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        if (p < e) {
-            *uid = le16toh(p->uid);
-            *gid = le16toh(p->gid);
-            *mode = (*mode & (~07777)) | le16toh(p->mode);
-            *capabilities = le64toh(p->capabilities);
-        }
-        munmap(address, st.st_size);
-        close(fd);
-        if (p < e) {
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
     pc = dir ? android_dirs : android_files;
+    plen = strlen(path);
     for(; pc->prefix; pc++){
-        if (fs_config_cmp(dir, pc->prefix, strlen(pc->prefix), path, plen)) {
-            break;
+        int len = strlen(pc->prefix);
+        if (dir) {
+            if(plen < len) continue;
+            if(!strncmp(pc->prefix, path, len)) break;
+            continue;
+        }
+        /* If name ends in * then allow partial matches. */
+        if (pc->prefix[len -1] == '*') {
+            if(!strncmp(pc->prefix, path, len - 1)) break;
+        } else if (plen == len){
+            if(!strncmp(pc->prefix, path, len)) break;
         }
     }
     *uid = pc->uid;