diff --git a/libcutils/qtaguid.cpp b/libcutils/qtaguid.cpp
index a987b855d..f8477828a 100644
--- a/libcutils/qtaguid.cpp
+++ b/libcutils/qtaguid.cpp
@@ -22,76 +22,60 @@
 
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <log/log.h>
 
-class netdHandler {
-  public:
+struct netdHandler {
     int (*netdTagSocket)(int, uint32_t, uid_t);
     int (*netdUntagSocket)(int);
 };
 
-int stubTagSocket(int, uint32_t, uid_t) {
+static int stubTagSocket(int, uint32_t, uid_t) {
     return -EREMOTEIO;
 }
 
-int stubUntagSocket(int) {
+static int stubUntagSocket(int) {
     return -EREMOTEIO;
 }
 
-netdHandler initHandler(void) {
-    netdHandler handler = {stubTagSocket, stubUntagSocket};
+static netdHandler initHandler(void) {
+    const netdHandler stubHandler = { stubTagSocket, stubUntagSocket };
 
     void* netdClientHandle = dlopen("libnetd_client.so", RTLD_NOW);
     if (!netdClientHandle) {
         ALOGE("Failed to open libnetd_client.so: %s", dlerror());
-        return handler;
+        return stubHandler;
     }
 
+    netdHandler handler;
     handler.netdTagSocket = (int (*)(int, uint32_t, uid_t))dlsym(netdClientHandle, "tagSocket");
     if (!handler.netdTagSocket) {
         ALOGE("load netdTagSocket handler failed: %s", dlerror());
+        return stubHandler;
     }
 
     handler.netdUntagSocket = (int (*)(int))dlsym(netdClientHandle, "untagSocket");
     if (!handler.netdUntagSocket) {
         ALOGE("load netdUntagSocket handler failed: %s", dlerror());
+        return stubHandler;
     }
 
     return handler;
 }
 
 // The language guarantees that this object will be initialized in a thread-safe way.
-static netdHandler& getHandler() {
-    static netdHandler instance = initHandler();
+static const netdHandler& getHandler() {
+    static const netdHandler instance = initHandler();
     return instance;
 }
 
 int qtaguid_tagSocket(int sockfd, int tag, uid_t uid) {
-    // Check the socket fd passed to us is still valid before we load the netd
-    // client. Pass a already closed socket fd to netd client may let netd open
-    // the unix socket with the same fd number and pass it to server for
-    // tagging.
-    // TODO: move the check into netdTagSocket.
-    int res = fcntl(sockfd, F_GETFD);
-    if (res < 0) return res;
-
     ALOGV("Tagging socket %d with tag %u for uid %d", sockfd, tag, uid);
     return getHandler().netdTagSocket(sockfd, tag, uid);
 }
 
 int qtaguid_untagSocket(int sockfd) {
-    // Similiar to tag socket. We need a check before untag to make sure untag a closed socket fail
-    // as expected.
-    // TODO: move the check into netdTagSocket.
-    int res = fcntl(sockfd, F_GETFD);
-    if (res < 0) return res;
-
     ALOGV("Untagging socket %d", sockfd);
     return getHandler().netdUntagSocket(sockfd);
 }