diff --git a/libprocessgroup/include/processgroup/processgroup.h b/libprocessgroup/include/processgroup/processgroup.h
index a319c631f..9107838b8 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/include/processgroup/processgroup.h
+++ b/libprocessgroup/include/processgroup/processgroup.h
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ bool setProcessGroupSwappiness(uid_t uid, int initialPid, int swappiness);
 bool setProcessGroupSoftLimit(uid_t uid, int initialPid, int64_t softLimitInBytes);
 bool setProcessGroupLimit(uid_t uid, int initialPid, int64_t limitInBytes);
 
-void removeAllProcessGroups(void);
 void removeAllEmptyProcessGroups(void);
 
 // Provides the path for an attribute in a specific process group
diff --git a/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp b/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
index d352f0e34..b4482d096 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
+++ b/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static int RemoveCgroup(const char* cgroup, uid_t uid, int pid, unsigned int ret
     return ret;
 }
 
-static bool RemoveUidCgroups(const std::string& uid_path, bool empty_only) {
+static bool RemoveEmptyUidCgroups(const std::string& uid_path) {
     std::unique_ptr<DIR, decltype(&closedir)> uid(opendir(uid_path.c_str()), closedir);
     bool empty = true;
     if (uid != NULL) {
@@ -248,21 +248,6 @@ static bool RemoveUidCgroups(const std::string& uid_path, bool empty_only) {
             }
 
             auto path = StringPrintf("%s/%s", uid_path.c_str(), dir->d_name);
-            if (empty_only) {
-                struct stat st;
-                auto procs_file = StringPrintf("%s/%s", path.c_str(),
-                                               PROCESSGROUP_CGROUP_PROCS_FILE);
-                if (stat(procs_file.c_str(), &st) == -1) {
-                    PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to get stats for " << procs_file;
-                    continue;
-                }
-                if (st.st_size > 0) {
-                    // skip non-empty groups
-                    LOG(VERBOSE) << "Skipping non-empty group " << path;
-                    empty = false;
-                    continue;
-                }
-            }
             LOG(VERBOSE) << "Removing " << path;
             if (rmdir(path.c_str()) == -1) {
                 if (errno != EBUSY) {
@@ -275,7 +260,9 @@ static bool RemoveUidCgroups(const std::string& uid_path, bool empty_only) {
     return empty;
 }
 
-static void removeAllProcessGroupsInternal(bool empty_only) {
+void removeAllEmptyProcessGroups() {
+    LOG(VERBOSE) << "removeAllEmptyProcessGroups()";
+
     std::vector<std::string> cgroups;
     std::string path, memcg_apps_path;
 
@@ -302,7 +289,7 @@ static void removeAllProcessGroupsInternal(bool empty_only) {
                 }
 
                 auto path = StringPrintf("%s/%s", cgroup_root_path.c_str(), dir->d_name);
-                if (!RemoveUidCgroups(path, empty_only)) {
+                if (!RemoveEmptyUidCgroups(path)) {
                     LOG(VERBOSE) << "Skip removing " << path;
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -315,16 +302,6 @@ static void removeAllProcessGroupsInternal(bool empty_only) {
     }
 }
 
-void removeAllProcessGroups() {
-    LOG(VERBOSE) << "removeAllProcessGroups()";
-    removeAllProcessGroupsInternal(false);
-}
-
-void removeAllEmptyProcessGroups() {
-    LOG(VERBOSE) << "removeAllEmptyProcessGroups()";
-    removeAllProcessGroupsInternal(true);
-}
-
 /**
  * Process groups are primarily created by the Zygote, meaning that uid/pid groups are created by
  * the user root. Ownership for the newly created cgroup and all of its files must thus be