diff --git a/init/Android.bp b/init/Android.bp
index af1e9d375..fce424ea5 100644
--- a/init/Android.bp
+++ b/init/Android.bp
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ cc_defaults {
     sanitize: {
         misc_undefined: ["integer"],
     },
-    tidy_checks: ["-misc-forwarding-reference-overload"],
     cppflags: [
         "-DLOG_UEVENTS=0",
         "-Wall",
diff --git a/init/Android.mk b/init/Android.mk
index 489d0767a..6cd47f476 100644
--- a/init/Android.mk
+++ b/init/Android.mk
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ init_cflags += \
 # --
 
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
-# b/38002385, work around clang-tidy segmentation fault.
-LOCAL_TIDY_CHECKS := -misc-forwarding-reference-overload
 LOCAL_CPPFLAGS := $(init_cflags)
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= \
     bootchart.cpp \