diff --git a/libs/binder/Android.bp b/libs/binder/Android.bp
index 1ee3853..5f9d400 100644
--- a/libs/binder/Android.bp
+++ b/libs/binder/Android.bp
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@
         "liblog",
         "libcutils",
         "libutils",
-        "libbinderthreadstate",
     ],
 
     header_libs: [
diff --git a/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp b/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp
index 4981d7a..4dcd07a 100644
--- a/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #define LOG_TAG "IPCThreadState"
 
 #include <binder/IPCThreadState.h>
-#include <binderthreadstate/IPCThreadStateBase.h>
 
 #include <binder/Binder.h>
 #include <binder/BpBinder.h>
@@ -803,6 +802,7 @@
 
 IPCThreadState::IPCThreadState()
     : mProcess(ProcessState::self()),
+      mServingStackPointer(nullptr),
       mWorkSource(kUnsetWorkSource),
       mPropagateWorkSource(false),
       mStrictModePolicy(0),
@@ -813,7 +813,6 @@
     clearCaller();
     mIn.setDataCapacity(256);
     mOut.setDataCapacity(256);
-    mIPCThreadStateBase = IPCThreadStateBase::self();
 }
 
 IPCThreadState::~IPCThreadState()
@@ -1163,9 +1162,6 @@
                 "Not enough command data for brTRANSACTION");
             if (result != NO_ERROR) break;
 
-            //Record the fact that we're in a binder call.
-            mIPCThreadStateBase->pushCurrentState(
-                IPCThreadStateBase::CallState::BINDER);
             Parcel buffer;
             buffer.ipcSetDataReference(
                 reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(tr.data.ptr.buffer),
@@ -1173,6 +1169,9 @@
                 reinterpret_cast<const binder_size_t*>(tr.data.ptr.offsets),
                 tr.offsets_size/sizeof(binder_size_t), freeBuffer, this);
 
+            const void* origServingStackPointer = mServingStackPointer;
+            mServingStackPointer = &origServingStackPointer; // anything on the stack
+
             const pid_t origPid = mCallingPid;
             const char* origSid = mCallingSid;
             const uid_t origUid = mCallingUid;
@@ -1223,7 +1222,6 @@
                 error = the_context_object->transact(tr.code, buffer, &reply, tr.flags);
             }
 
-            mIPCThreadStateBase->popCurrentState();
             //ALOGI("<<<< TRANSACT from pid %d restore pid %d sid %s uid %d\n",
             //     mCallingPid, origPid, (origSid ? origSid : "<N/A>"), origUid);
 
@@ -1235,6 +1233,7 @@
                 LOG_ONEWAY("NOT sending reply to %d!", mCallingPid);
             }
 
+            mServingStackPointer = origServingStackPointer;
             mCallingPid = origPid;
             mCallingSid = origSid;
             mCallingUid = origUid;
@@ -1290,8 +1289,8 @@
     return result;
 }
 
-bool IPCThreadState::isServingCall() const {
-    return mIPCThreadStateBase->getCurrentBinderCallState() == IPCThreadStateBase::CallState::BINDER;
+const void* IPCThreadState::getServingStackPointer() const {
+     return mServingStackPointer;
 }
 
 void IPCThreadState::threadDestructor(void *st)
diff --git a/libs/binder/TEST_MAPPING b/libs/binder/TEST_MAPPING
index 7489afa..9aa7651 100644
--- a/libs/binder/TEST_MAPPING
+++ b/libs/binder/TEST_MAPPING
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "aidl_lazy_test"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "libbinderthreadstateutils_test"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/libs/binder/include/binder/IPCThreadState.h b/libs/binder/include/binder/IPCThreadState.h
index ff9244e..4818889 100644
--- a/libs/binder/include/binder/IPCThreadState.h
+++ b/libs/binder/include/binder/IPCThreadState.h
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 namespace android {
 
-class IPCThreadStateBase;
-
 class IPCThreadState
 {
 public:
@@ -113,31 +111,12 @@
             // Service manager registration
             void                setTheContextObject(sp<BBinder> obj);
 
-            // Is this thread currently serving a binder call. This method
-            // returns true if while traversing backwards from the function call
-            // stack for this thread, we encounter a function serving a binder
-            // call before encountering a hwbinder call / hitting the end of the
-            // call stack.
-            // Eg: If thread T1 went through the following call pattern
-            //     1) T1 receives and executes hwbinder call H1.
-            //     2) While handling H1, T1 makes binder call B1.
-            //     3) The handler of B1, calls into T1 with a callback B2.
-            // If isServingCall() is called during H1 before 3), this method
-            // will return false, else true.
+            // WARNING: DO NOT USE THIS API
             //
-            //  ----
-            // | B2 | ---> While callback B2 is being handled, during 3).
-            //  ----
-            // | H1 | ---> While H1 is being handled.
-            //  ----
-            // Fig: Thread Call stack while handling B2
-            //
-            // This is since after 3), while traversing the thread call stack,
-            // we hit a binder call before a hwbinder call / end of stack. This
-            // method may be typically used to determine whether to use
-            // hardware::IPCThreadState methods or IPCThreadState methods to
-            // infer information about thread state.
-            bool                isServingCall() const;
+            // Returns a pointer to the stack from the last time a transaction
+            // was initiated by the kernel. Used to compare when making nested
+            // calls between multiple different transports.
+            const void*         getServingStackPointer() const;
 
             // The work source represents the UID of the process we should attribute the transaction
             // to. We use -1 to specify that the work source was not set using #setWorkSource.
@@ -181,6 +160,7 @@
             Parcel              mIn;
             Parcel              mOut;
             status_t            mLastError;
+            const void*         mServingStackPointer;
             pid_t               mCallingPid;
             const char*         mCallingSid;
             uid_t               mCallingUid;
@@ -191,7 +171,6 @@
             bool                mPropagateWorkSource;
             int32_t             mStrictModePolicy;
             int32_t             mLastTransactionBinderFlags;
-            IPCThreadStateBase  *mIPCThreadStateBase;
 
             ProcessState::CallRestriction mCallRestriction;
 };