diff --git a/init/Android.mk b/init/Android.mk
index c9bf9fce2..f2c08429b 100644
--- a/init/Android.mk
+++ b/init/Android.mk
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= \
     service.cpp \
     util.cpp \
 
-LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libbase libselinux liblog libprocessgroup libnl
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libbase libselinux liblog libprocessgroup
 LOCAL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libcap
 LOCAL_MODULE := libinit
 LOCAL_SANITIZE := integer
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := \
     libsparse \
     libz \
     libprocessgroup \
-    libnl \
     libavb
 
 # Create symlinks.
diff --git a/init/log.cpp b/init/log.cpp
index ee6489b9a..06157306b 100644
--- a/init/log.cpp
+++ b/init/log.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
-#include <netlink/netlink.h>
 #include <selinux/selinux.h>
 
 void InitKernelLogging(char* argv[]) {
@@ -41,24 +40,6 @@ void InitKernelLogging(char* argv[]) {
     android::base::InitLogging(argv, &android::base::KernelLogger);
 }
 
-static void selinux_avc_log(char* buf, size_t buf_len) {
-    size_t str_len = strnlen(buf, buf_len);
-
-    // trim newline at end of string
-    buf[str_len - 1] = '\0';
-
-    struct nl_sock* sk = nl_socket_alloc();
-    if (sk == NULL) {
-        return;
-    }
-    nl_connect(sk, NETLINK_AUDIT);
-    int result;
-    do {
-        result = nl_send_simple(sk, AUDIT_USER_AVC, 0, buf, str_len);
-    } while (result == -NLE_INTR);
-    nl_socket_free(sk);
-}
-
 int selinux_klog_callback(int type, const char *fmt, ...) {
     android::base::LogSeverity severity = android::base::ERROR;
     if (type == SELINUX_WARNING) {
@@ -69,15 +50,8 @@ int selinux_klog_callback(int type, const char *fmt, ...) {
     char buf[1024];
     va_list ap;
     va_start(ap, fmt);
-    int res = vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap);
+    vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap);
     va_end(ap);
-    if (res <= 0) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-    if (type == SELINUX_AVC) {
-        selinux_avc_log(buf, sizeof(buf));
-    } else {
-        android::base::KernelLogger(android::base::MAIN, severity, "selinux", nullptr, 0, buf);
-    }
+    android::base::KernelLogger(android::base::MAIN, severity, "selinux", nullptr, 0, buf);
     return 0;
 }