diff --git a/libutils/include/utils/ByteOrder.h b/libutils/include/utils/ByteOrder.h
index 44ea13df8..9b940e6e0 100644
--- a/libutils/include/utils/ByteOrder.h
+++ b/libutils/include/utils/ByteOrder.h
@@ -14,10 +14,17 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-//
+#pragma once
 
-#ifndef _LIBS_UTILS_BYTE_ORDER_H
-#define _LIBS_UTILS_BYTE_ORDER_H
+/*
+ * If you're looking for a portable <endian.h> that's available on Android,
+ * Linux, macOS, and Windows, see <android-base/endian.h> instead.
+ *
+ * Nothing in this file is useful because all supported Android ABIs are
+ * little-endian and all our code that runs on the host assumes that the host is
+ * also little-endian. What pretense at big-endian support exists is completely
+ * untested and unlikely to actually work.
+ */
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -27,55 +34,12 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #endif
 
-/*
- * These macros are like the hton/ntoh byte swapping macros,
- * except they allow you to swap to and from the "device" byte
- * order.  The device byte order is the endianness of the target
- * device -- for the ARM CPUs we use today, this is little endian.
- *
- * Note that the byte swapping functions have not been optimized
- * much; performance is currently not an issue for them since the
- * intent is to allow us to avoid byte swapping on the device.
- */
+/* TODO: move this cruft to frameworks/. */
 
-static inline uint32_t android_swap_long(uint32_t v)
-{
-    return (v<<24) | ((v<<8)&0x00FF0000) | ((v>>8)&0x0000FF00) | (v>>24);
-}
+#define dtohl(x) (x)
+#define dtohs(x) (x)
+#define htodl(x) (x)
+#define htods(x) (x)
 
-static inline uint16_t android_swap_short(uint16_t v)
-{
-    return (v<<8) | (v>>8);
-}
-
-#define DEVICE_BYTE_ORDER LITTLE_ENDIAN
-
-#if BYTE_ORDER == DEVICE_BYTE_ORDER
-
-#define	dtohl(x)	(x)
-#define	dtohs(x)	(x)
-#define	htodl(x)	(x)
-#define	htods(x)	(x)
-
-#else
-
-#define	dtohl(x)	(android_swap_long(x))
-#define	dtohs(x)	(android_swap_short(x))
-#define	htodl(x)	(android_swap_long(x))
-#define	htods(x)	(android_swap_short(x))
-
-#endif
-
-#if BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
 #define fromlel(x) (x)
-#define fromles(x) (x)
 #define tolel(x) (x)
-#define toles(x) (x)
-#else
-#define fromlel(x) (android_swap_long(x))
-#define fromles(x) (android_swap_short(x))
-#define tolel(x) (android_swap_long(x))
-#define toles(x) (android_swap_short(x))
-#endif
-
-#endif // _LIBS_UTILS_BYTE_ORDER_H