diff --git a/init/Android.bp b/init/Android.bp
index e5512e626..a781d8bb9 100644
--- a/init/Android.bp
+++ b/init/Android.bp
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ libinit_cc_defaults {
         "libfs_mgr",
         "libgsi",
         "libhidl-gen-utils",
-        "libkeyutils",
         "liblog",
         "liblogwrap",
         "liblp",
diff --git a/init/builtins.cpp b/init/builtins.cpp
index a95a4a315..606ea8c0a 100644
--- a/init/builtins.cpp
+++ b/init/builtins.cpp
@@ -592,9 +592,6 @@ static Result<void> queue_fs_event(int code) {
     } else if (code == FS_MGR_MNTALL_DEV_FILE_ENCRYPTED ||
                code == FS_MGR_MNTALL_DEV_IS_METADATA_ENCRYPTED ||
                code == FS_MGR_MNTALL_DEV_NEEDS_METADATA_ENCRYPTION) {
-        if (!FscryptInstallKeyring()) {
-            return Error() << "FscryptInstallKeyring() failed";
-        }
         SetProperty("ro.crypto.state", "encrypted");
 
         // Although encrypted, vold has already set the device up, so we do not need to
diff --git a/init/fscrypt_init_extensions.cpp b/init/fscrypt_init_extensions.cpp
index fbd818957..6a561e54c 100644
--- a/init/fscrypt_init_extensions.cpp
+++ b/init/fscrypt_init_extensions.cpp
@@ -34,28 +34,12 @@
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
 #include <cutils/sockets.h>
 #include <fscrypt/fscrypt.h>
-#include <keyutils.h>
 #include <logwrap/logwrap.h>
 
 #define TAG "fscrypt"
 
 using namespace android::fscrypt;
 
-bool FscryptInstallKeyring() {
-    if (keyctl_search(KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING, "keyring", "fscrypt", 0) != -1) {
-        LOG(INFO) << "Keyring is already created";
-        return true;
-    }
-    key_serial_t device_keyring = add_key("keyring", "fscrypt", 0, 0, KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING);
-
-    if (device_keyring == -1) {
-        PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to create keyring";
-        return false;
-    }
-    LOG(INFO) << "Keyring created with id " << device_keyring << " in process " << getpid();
-    return true;
-}
-
 // TODO(b/139378601): use a single central implementation of this.
 static void delete_dir_contents(const std::string& dir) {
     char* const paths[2] = {const_cast<char*>(dir.c_str()), nullptr};
diff --git a/init/fscrypt_init_extensions.h b/init/fscrypt_init_extensions.h
index d357bb2fd..5e0269a3b 100644
--- a/init/fscrypt_init_extensions.h
+++ b/init/fscrypt_init_extensions.h
@@ -25,6 +25,5 @@ enum class FscryptAction {
     kDeleteIfNecessary,
 };
 
-bool FscryptInstallKeyring();
 bool FscryptSetDirectoryPolicy(const std::string& ref_basename, FscryptAction action,
                                const std::string& dir);
diff --git a/init/fuzzer/Android.bp b/init/fuzzer/Android.bp
index 856ca8cf5..9916246d4 100644
--- a/init/fuzzer/Android.bp
+++ b/init/fuzzer/Android.bp
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ cc_defaults {
         "libbase",
         "libfs_mgr",
         "libhidl-gen-utils",
-        "libkeyutils",
         "liblog",
         "libprocessgroup",
         "libselinux",
diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index aeccd6696..19e909fcb 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 #include <android-base/thread_annotations.h>
 #include <fs_avb/fs_avb.h>
 #include <fs_mgr_vendor_overlay.h>
-#include <keyutils.h>
 #include <libavb/libavb.h>
 #include <libgsi/libgsi.h>
 #include <libsnapshot/snapshot.h>
@@ -971,11 +970,6 @@ int SecondStageMain(int argc, char** argv) {
                    << " to /proc/1/oom_score_adj: " << result.error();
     }
 
-    // Set up a session keyring that all processes will have access to. It
-    // will hold things like FBE encryption keys. No process should override
-    // its session keyring.
-    keyctl_get_keyring_ID(KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING, 1);
-
     // Indicate that booting is in progress to background fw loaders, etc.
     close(open("/dev/.booting", O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, 0000));