diff --git a/services/audiopolicy/service/AudioPolicyEffects.cpp b/services/audiopolicy/service/AudioPolicyEffects.cpp
index b111865..4ea3751 100644
--- a/services/audiopolicy/service/AudioPolicyEffects.cpp
+++ b/services/audiopolicy/service/AudioPolicyEffects.cpp
@@ -48,13 +48,7 @@
         mDefaultDeviceEffectFuture =
                 std::async(std::launch::async, &AudioPolicyEffects::initDefaultDeviceEffects, this);
     } else if (loadResult < 0) {
-        ALOGW("Failed to query effect configuration, fallback to load .conf");
-        // load automatic audio effect modules
-        if (access(AUDIO_EFFECT_VENDOR_CONFIG_FILE, R_OK) == 0) {
-            loadAudioEffectConfigLegacy(AUDIO_EFFECT_VENDOR_CONFIG_FILE);
-        } else if (access(AUDIO_EFFECT_DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE, R_OK) == 0) {
-            loadAudioEffectConfigLegacy(AUDIO_EFFECT_DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE);
-        }
+        ALOGE("Failed to query effect configuration with status %d", loadResult);
     } else if (loadResult > 0) {
         ALOGE("Effect config is partially invalid, skipped %d elements", loadResult);
     }
@@ -955,34 +949,6 @@
     return skippedElements;
 }
 
-status_t AudioPolicyEffects::loadAudioEffectConfigLegacy(const char *path)
-{
-    cnode *root;
-    char *data;
-
-    data = (char *)load_file(path, NULL);
-    if (data == NULL) {
-        return -ENODEV;
-    }
-    root = config_node("", "");
-    config_load(root, data);
-
-    Vector <EffectDesc *> effects;
-    loadEffects(root, effects);
-    loadInputEffectConfigurations(root, effects);
-    loadStreamEffectConfigurations(root, effects);
-
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < effects.size(); i++) {
-        delete effects[i];
-    }
-
-    config_free(root);
-    free(root);
-    free(data);
-
-    return NO_ERROR;
-}
-
 void AudioPolicyEffects::initDefaultDeviceEffects()
 {
     Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
diff --git a/services/audiopolicy/service/AudioPolicyEffects.h b/services/audiopolicy/service/AudioPolicyEffects.h
index 9f65a96..80b0f91 100644
--- a/services/audiopolicy/service/AudioPolicyEffects.h
+++ b/services/audiopolicy/service/AudioPolicyEffects.h
@@ -39,12 +39,7 @@
  *
  * This class manages all effects attached to input and output streams in AudioPolicyService.
  * The effect configurations can be queried in several ways:
- *
- * With HIDL HAL, the configuration file `audio_effects.xml` will be loaded by libAudioHal. If this
- * file does not exist, AudioPolicyEffects class will fallback to load configuration from
- * `/vendor/etc/audio_effects.conf` (AUDIO_EFFECT_VENDOR_CONFIG_FILE). If this file also does not
- * exist, the configuration will be loaded from the file `/system/etc/audio_effects.conf`.
- *
+ * With HIDL HAL, the configuration file `audio_effects.xml` will be loaded by libAudioHal.
  * With AIDL HAL, the configuration will be queried with the method `IFactory::queryProcessing()`.
  */
 class AudioPolicyEffects : public RefBase
@@ -52,7 +47,7 @@
 
 public:
 
-    // The constructor will parse audio_effects.conf
+    // The constructor will parse audio_effects.xml
     // First it will look whether vendor specific file exists,
     // otherwise it will parse the system default file.
     explicit AudioPolicyEffects(const sp<EffectsFactoryHalInterface>& effectsFactoryHal);
@@ -121,7 +116,7 @@
     void initDefaultDeviceEffects();
 
     // class to store the description of an effects and its parameters
-    // as defined in audio_effects.conf
+    // as defined in audio_effects.xml
     class EffectDesc {
     public:
         EffectDesc(const char *name,
@@ -235,8 +230,7 @@
     static const char *kStreamNames[AUDIO_STREAM_PUBLIC_CNT+1]; //+1 required as streams start from -1
     audio_stream_type_t streamNameToEnum(const char *name);
 
-    // Parse audio_effects.conf
-    status_t loadAudioEffectConfigLegacy(const char *path);
+    // Parse audio_effects.xml
     status_t loadAudioEffectConfig(const sp<EffectsFactoryHalInterface>& effectsFactoryHal);
 
     // Load all effects descriptors in configuration file
diff --git a/services/audiopolicy/service/AudioPolicyService.h b/services/audiopolicy/service/AudioPolicyService.h
index 4710a8a..6cac9f9 100644
--- a/services/audiopolicy/service/AudioPolicyService.h
+++ b/services/audiopolicy/service/AudioPolicyService.h
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@
     Mutex mNotificationClientsLock;
     DefaultKeyedVector<int64_t, sp<NotificationClient>> mNotificationClients
         GUARDED_BY(mNotificationClientsLock);
-    // Manage all effects configured in audio_effects.conf
+    // Manage all effects configured in audio_effects.xml
     // never hold AudioPolicyService::mLock when calling AudioPolicyEffects methods as
     // those can call back into AudioPolicyService methods and try to acquire the mutex
     sp<AudioPolicyEffects> mAudioPolicyEffects GUARDED_BY(mLock);