diff --git a/include/cutils/process_name.h b/include/cutils/process_name.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e72e5c3a..000000000
--- a/include/cutils/process_name.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-/**
- * Gives the current process a name.
- */
-
-#ifndef __PROCESS_NAME_H
-#define __PROCESS_NAME_H
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-/**
- * Sets the current process name.
- *
- * Warning: This leaks a string every time you call it. Use judiciously!
- */
-void set_process_name(const char* process_name);
-
-/** Gets the current process name. */
-const char* get_process_name(void);
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /* __PROCESS_NAME_H */ 
diff --git a/libcutils/Android.bp b/libcutils/Android.bp
index 4f26034c3..8624d13f5 100644
--- a/libcutils/Android.bp
+++ b/libcutils/Android.bp
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ cc_library {
         "load_file.c",
         "native_handle.c",
         "open_memstream.c",
-        "process_name.c",
         "record_stream.c",
         "sched_policy.c",
         "sockets.cpp",
diff --git a/libcutils/process_name.c b/libcutils/process_name.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d28b6ff2..000000000
--- a/libcutils/process_name.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#if defined(__linux__)
-#include <sys/prctl.h>
-#endif
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include <cutils/process_name.h>
-#if defined(__ANDROID__)
-#include <cutils/properties.h>
-#endif
-
-#define PROCESS_NAME_DEVICE "/sys/qemu_trace/process_name"
-
-static const char* process_name = "unknown";
-#if defined(__ANDROID__)
-static int running_in_emulator = -1;
-#endif
-
-void set_process_name(const char* new_name) {
-#if defined(__ANDROID__)
-    char  propBuf[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
-#endif
-
-    if (new_name == NULL) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    // We never free the old name. Someone else could be using it.
-    int len = strlen(new_name);
-    char* copy = (char*) malloc(len + 1);
-    strcpy(copy, new_name);
-    process_name = (const char*) copy;
-
-#if defined(__linux__)
-    if (len < 16) {
-        prctl(PR_SET_NAME, (unsigned long) new_name, 0, 0, 0);
-    } else {
-        prctl(PR_SET_NAME, (unsigned long) new_name + len - 15, 0, 0, 0);
-    }
-#endif
-
-#if defined(__ANDROID__)
-    // If we know we are not running in the emulator, then return.
-    if (running_in_emulator == 0) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    // If the "running_in_emulator" variable has not been initialized,
-    // then do it now.
-    if (running_in_emulator == -1) {
-        property_get("ro.kernel.qemu", propBuf, "");
-        if (propBuf[0] == '1') {
-            running_in_emulator = 1;
-        } else {
-            running_in_emulator = 0;
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
-    // If the emulator was started with the "-trace file" command line option
-    // then we want to record the process name in the trace even if we are
-    // not currently tracing instructions (so that we will know the process
-    // name when we do start tracing instructions).  We do not need to execute
-    // this code if we are just running in the emulator without the "-trace"
-    // command line option, but we don't know that here and this function
-    // isn't called frequently enough to bother optimizing that case.
-    int fd = open(PROCESS_NAME_DEVICE, O_RDWR);
-    if (fd < 0)
-        return;
-    write(fd, process_name, strlen(process_name) + 1);
-    close(fd);
-#endif
-}
-
-const char* get_process_name(void) {
-    return process_name;
-}