diff --git a/libs/gui/Android.bp b/libs/gui/Android.bp
index a1b4abc..9d2dcb6 100644
--- a/libs/gui/Android.bp
+++ b/libs/gui/Android.bp
@@ -70,11 +70,9 @@
         "DisplayEventReceiver.cpp",
         "FrameTimestamps.cpp",
         "GLConsumer.cpp",
-        "GraphicBufferAlloc.cpp",
         "GuiConfig.cpp",
         "IDisplayEventConnection.cpp",
         "IConsumerListener.cpp",
-        "IGraphicBufferAlloc.cpp",
         "IGraphicBufferConsumer.cpp",
         "IGraphicBufferProducer.cpp",
         "IProducerListener.cpp",
diff --git a/libs/gui/BufferQueue.cpp b/libs/gui/BufferQueue.cpp
index 13692eb..4151212 100644
--- a/libs/gui/BufferQueue.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/BufferQueue.cpp
@@ -79,14 +79,13 @@
 
 void BufferQueue::createBufferQueue(sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>* outProducer,
         sp<IGraphicBufferConsumer>* outConsumer,
-        const sp<IGraphicBufferAlloc>& allocator,
         bool consumerIsSurfaceFlinger) {
     LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(outProducer == NULL,
             "BufferQueue: outProducer must not be NULL");
     LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(outConsumer == NULL,
             "BufferQueue: outConsumer must not be NULL");
 
-    sp<BufferQueueCore> core(new BufferQueueCore(allocator));
+    sp<BufferQueueCore> core(new BufferQueueCore());
     LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(core == NULL,
             "BufferQueue: failed to create BufferQueueCore");
 
diff --git a/libs/gui/BufferQueueCore.cpp b/libs/gui/BufferQueueCore.cpp
index 9e3fecb..1b8ffd7 100644
--- a/libs/gui/BufferQueueCore.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/BufferQueueCore.cpp
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@
 
 #include <gui/BufferItem.h>
 #include <gui/BufferQueueCore.h>
-#include <gui/GraphicBufferAlloc.h>
 #include <gui/IConsumerListener.h>
-#include <gui/IGraphicBufferAlloc.h>
 #include <gui/IProducerListener.h>
 #include <gui/ISurfaceComposer.h>
 #include <private/gui/ComposerService.h>
@@ -54,8 +52,7 @@
     return id | counter++;
 }
 
-BufferQueueCore::BufferQueueCore(const sp<IGraphicBufferAlloc>& allocator) :
-    mAllocator(allocator),
+BufferQueueCore::BufferQueueCore() :
     mMutex(),
     mIsAbandoned(false),
     mConsumerControlledByApp(false),
@@ -97,30 +94,6 @@
     mLastQueuedSlot(INVALID_BUFFER_SLOT),
     mUniqueId(getUniqueId())
 {
-    if (allocator == NULL) {
-
-#ifdef HAVE_NO_SURFACE_FLINGER
-        // Without a SurfaceFlinger, allocate in-process.  This only makes
-        // sense in systems with static SELinux configurations and no
-        // applications (since applications need dynamic SELinux policy).
-        mAllocator = new GraphicBufferAlloc();
-#else
-        // Run time check for headless, where we also allocate in-process.
-        char value[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
-        property_get("config.headless", value, "0");
-        if (atoi(value) == 1) {
-            mAllocator = new GraphicBufferAlloc();
-        } else {
-            sp<ISurfaceComposer> composer(ComposerService::getComposerService());
-            mAllocator = composer->createGraphicBufferAlloc();
-        }
-#endif  // HAVE_NO_SURFACE_FLINGER
-
-        if (mAllocator == NULL) {
-            BQ_LOGE("createGraphicBufferAlloc failed");
-        }
-    }
-
     int numStartingBuffers = getMaxBufferCountLocked();
     for (int s = 0; s < numStartingBuffers; s++) {
         mFreeSlots.insert(s);
diff --git a/libs/gui/BufferQueueProducer.cpp b/libs/gui/BufferQueueProducer.cpp
index 27ced61..b92e895 100644
--- a/libs/gui/BufferQueueProducer.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/BufferQueueProducer.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <gui/BufferQueueProducer.h>
 #include <gui/GLConsumer.h>
 #include <gui/IConsumerListener.h>
-#include <gui/IGraphicBufferAlloc.h>
 #include <gui/IProducerListener.h>
 
 #include <utils/Log.h>
@@ -454,8 +453,7 @@
         mSlots[found].mBufferState.dequeue();
 
         if ((buffer == NULL) ||
-                buffer->needsReallocation(width, height, format, BQ_LAYER_COUNT,
-                usage))
+                buffer->needsReallocation(width, height, format, BQ_LAYER_COUNT, usage))
         {
             mSlots[found].mAcquireCalled = false;
             mSlots[found].mGraphicBuffer = NULL;
@@ -503,11 +501,13 @@
     } // Autolock scope
 
     if (returnFlags & BUFFER_NEEDS_REALLOCATION) {
-        status_t error;
         BQ_LOGV("dequeueBuffer: allocating a new buffer for slot %d", *outSlot);
-        sp<GraphicBuffer> graphicBuffer(mCore->mAllocator->createGraphicBuffer(
-                width, height, format, BQ_LAYER_COUNT, usage,
-                {mConsumerName.string(), mConsumerName.size()}, &error));
+        sp<GraphicBuffer> graphicBuffer = new GraphicBuffer(
+                width, height, format, BQ_LAYER_COUNT, usage, usage,
+                {mConsumerName.string(), mConsumerName.size()});
+
+        status_t error = graphicBuffer->initCheck();
+
         { // Autolock scope
             Mutex::Autolock lock(mCore->mMutex);
 
@@ -1329,11 +1329,12 @@
 
         Vector<sp<GraphicBuffer>> buffers;
         for (size_t i = 0; i <  newBufferCount; ++i) {
-            status_t result = NO_ERROR;
-            sp<GraphicBuffer> graphicBuffer(mCore->mAllocator->createGraphicBuffer(
+            sp<GraphicBuffer> graphicBuffer = new GraphicBuffer(
                     allocWidth, allocHeight, allocFormat, BQ_LAYER_COUNT,
-                    allocUsage, {mConsumerName.string(), mConsumerName.size()},
-                    &result));
+                    allocUsage, allocUsage, {mConsumerName.string(), mConsumerName.size()});
+
+            status_t result = graphicBuffer->initCheck();
+
             if (result != NO_ERROR) {
                 BQ_LOGE("allocateBuffers: failed to allocate buffer (%u x %u, format"
                         " %u, usage %u)", width, height, format, usage);
diff --git a/libs/gui/ConsumerBase.cpp b/libs/gui/ConsumerBase.cpp
index 8acdfed..9d0fa7e 100644
--- a/libs/gui/ConsumerBase.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/ConsumerBase.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <cutils/atomic.h>
 
 #include <gui/BufferItem.h>
-#include <gui/IGraphicBufferAlloc.h>
 #include <gui/ISurfaceComposer.h>
 #include <gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h>
 #include <gui/ConsumerBase.h>
diff --git a/libs/gui/GLConsumer.cpp b/libs/gui/GLConsumer.cpp
index 55e0d26..c654f08 100644
--- a/libs/gui/GLConsumer.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/GLConsumer.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 
 #include <gui/BufferItem.h>
 #include <gui/GLConsumer.h>
-#include <gui/IGraphicBufferAlloc.h>
 #include <gui/ISurfaceComposer.h>
 #include <gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h>
 
diff --git a/libs/gui/GraphicBufferAlloc.cpp b/libs/gui/GraphicBufferAlloc.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index cc7d403..0000000
--- a/libs/gui/GraphicBufferAlloc.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/*
- **
- ** Copyright 2012 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 <gui/GraphicBufferAlloc.h>
-
-#include <log/log.h>
-
-
-namespace android {
-
-GraphicBufferAlloc::GraphicBufferAlloc() = default;
-GraphicBufferAlloc::~GraphicBufferAlloc() = default;
-
-sp<GraphicBuffer> GraphicBufferAlloc::createGraphicBuffer(uint32_t width,
-        uint32_t height, PixelFormat format, uint32_t layerCount,
-        uint64_t producerUsage, uint64_t consumerUsage,
-        std::string requestorName, status_t* error) {
-    sp<GraphicBuffer> graphicBuffer(new GraphicBuffer(
-            width, height, format, layerCount, producerUsage, consumerUsage,
-            std::move(requestorName)));
-    status_t err = graphicBuffer->initCheck();
-    *error = err;
-    if (err != 0 || graphicBuffer->handle == 0) {
-        if (err == NO_MEMORY) {
-            GraphicBuffer::dumpAllocationsToSystemLog();
-        }
-        ALOGE("GraphicBufferAlloc::createGraphicBuffer(w=%u, h=%u, lc=%u) failed (%s), handle=%p",
-                width, height, layerCount, strerror(-err),
-                graphicBuffer->handle);
-        graphicBuffer.clear();
-    }
-    return graphicBuffer;
-}
-
-} // namespace android
diff --git a/libs/gui/IGraphicBufferAlloc.cpp b/libs/gui/IGraphicBufferAlloc.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 21a0dd5..0000000
--- a/libs/gui/IGraphicBufferAlloc.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2011 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.
- */
-
-// tag as surfaceflinger
-#define LOG_TAG "SurfaceFlinger"
-
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-#include <binder/Parcel.h>
-
-#include <ui/GraphicBuffer.h>
-
-#include <gui/IGraphicBufferAlloc.h>
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-namespace android {
-
-enum {
-    CREATE_GRAPHIC_BUFFER = IBinder::FIRST_CALL_TRANSACTION,
-};
-
-class BpGraphicBufferAlloc : public BpInterface<IGraphicBufferAlloc>
-{
-public:
-    explicit BpGraphicBufferAlloc(const sp<IBinder>& impl)
-        : BpInterface<IGraphicBufferAlloc>(impl)
-    {
-    }
-
-    virtual ~BpGraphicBufferAlloc();
-
-    virtual sp<GraphicBuffer> createGraphicBuffer(uint32_t width,
-            uint32_t height, PixelFormat format, uint32_t layerCount,
-            uint64_t producerUsage, uint64_t consumerUsage,
-            std::string requestorName, status_t* error) {
-        Parcel data, reply;
-        data.writeInterfaceToken(IGraphicBufferAlloc::getInterfaceDescriptor());
-        data.writeUint32(width);
-        data.writeUint32(height);
-        data.writeInt32(static_cast<int32_t>(format));
-        data.writeUint32(layerCount);
-        data.writeUint64(producerUsage);
-        data.writeUint64(consumerUsage);
-        if (requestorName.empty()) {
-            requestorName += "[PID ";
-            requestorName += std::to_string(getpid());
-            requestorName += ']';
-        }
-        data.writeUtf8AsUtf16(requestorName);
-        remote()->transact(CREATE_GRAPHIC_BUFFER, data, &reply);
-        sp<GraphicBuffer> graphicBuffer;
-        status_t result = reply.readInt32();
-        if (result == NO_ERROR) {
-            graphicBuffer = new GraphicBuffer();
-            result = reply.read(*graphicBuffer);
-            if (result != NO_ERROR) {
-                graphicBuffer.clear();
-            }
-            // reply.readStrongBinder();
-            // here we don't even have to read the BufferReference from
-            // the parcel, it'll die with the parcel.
-        }
-        *error = result;
-        return graphicBuffer;
-    }
-};
-
-// Out-of-line virtual method definition to trigger vtable emission in this
-// translation unit (see clang warning -Wweak-vtables)
-BpGraphicBufferAlloc::~BpGraphicBufferAlloc() {}
-
-IMPLEMENT_META_INTERFACE(GraphicBufferAlloc, "android.ui.IGraphicBufferAlloc");
-
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-status_t BnGraphicBufferAlloc::onTransact(
-    uint32_t code, const Parcel& data, Parcel* reply, uint32_t flags)
-{
-    // codes that don't require permission check
-
-    // BufferReference just keeps a strong reference to a GraphicBuffer until it
-    // is destroyed (that is, until no local or remote process have a reference
-    // to it).
-    class BufferReference : public BBinder {
-        sp<GraphicBuffer> mBuffer;
-    public:
-        explicit BufferReference(const sp<GraphicBuffer>& buffer) : mBuffer(buffer) {}
-    };
-
-
-    switch (code) {
-        case CREATE_GRAPHIC_BUFFER: {
-            CHECK_INTERFACE(IGraphicBufferAlloc, data, reply);
-            uint32_t width = data.readUint32();
-            uint32_t height = data.readUint32();
-            PixelFormat format = static_cast<PixelFormat>(data.readInt32());
-            uint32_t layerCount = data.readUint32();
-            uint64_t producerUsage = data.readUint64();
-            uint64_t consumerUsage = data.readUint64();
-            status_t error = NO_ERROR;
-            std::string requestorName;
-            data.readUtf8FromUtf16(&requestorName);
-            sp<GraphicBuffer> result = createGraphicBuffer(width, height,
-                    format, layerCount, producerUsage, consumerUsage,
-                    requestorName, &error);
-            reply->writeInt32(error);
-            if (result != 0) {
-                reply->write(*result);
-                // We add a BufferReference to this parcel to make sure the
-                // buffer stays alive until the GraphicBuffer object on
-                // the other side has been created.
-                // This is needed so that the buffer handle can be
-                // registered before the buffer is destroyed on implementations
-                // that do not use file-descriptors to track their buffers.
-                reply->writeStrongBinder( new BufferReference(result) );
-            }
-            return NO_ERROR;
-        }
-        default:
-            return BBinder::onTransact(code, data, reply, flags);
-    }
-}
-
-}; // namespace android
diff --git a/libs/gui/ISurfaceComposer.cpp b/libs/gui/ISurfaceComposer.cpp
index 4d2692f..2516fb8 100644
--- a/libs/gui/ISurfaceComposer.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/ISurfaceComposer.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <binder/IServiceManager.h>
 
 #include <gui/IDisplayEventConnection.h>
-#include <gui/IGraphicBufferAlloc.h>
 #include <gui/IGraphicBufferProducer.h>
 #include <gui/ISurfaceComposer.h>
 #include <gui/ISurfaceComposerClient.h>
@@ -72,14 +71,6 @@
         return interface_cast<ISurfaceComposerClient>(reply.readStrongBinder());
     }
 
-    virtual sp<IGraphicBufferAlloc> createGraphicBufferAlloc()
-    {
-        Parcel data, reply;
-        data.writeInterfaceToken(ISurfaceComposer::getInterfaceDescriptor());
-        remote()->transact(BnSurfaceComposer::CREATE_GRAPHIC_BUFFER_ALLOC, data, &reply);
-        return interface_cast<IGraphicBufferAlloc>(reply.readStrongBinder());
-    }
-
     virtual void setTransactionState(
             const Vector<ComposerState>& state,
             const Vector<DisplayState>& displays,
@@ -505,12 +496,6 @@
             reply->writeStrongBinder(b);
             return NO_ERROR;
         }
-        case CREATE_GRAPHIC_BUFFER_ALLOC: {
-            CHECK_INTERFACE(ISurfaceComposer, data, reply);
-            sp<IBinder> b = IInterface::asBinder(createGraphicBufferAlloc());
-            reply->writeStrongBinder(b);
-            return NO_ERROR;
-        }
         case SET_TRANSACTION_STATE: {
             CHECK_INTERFACE(ISurfaceComposer, data, reply);
 
diff --git a/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp b/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp
index da6f13d..be48c11 100644
--- a/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp
@@ -366,9 +366,6 @@
             const sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>& /* parent */) override {
         return nullptr;
     }
-    sp<IGraphicBufferAlloc> createGraphicBufferAlloc() override {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
     sp<IDisplayEventConnection> createDisplayEventConnection() override {
         return nullptr;
     }
diff --git a/libs/nativewindow/AHardwareBuffer.cpp b/libs/nativewindow/AHardwareBuffer.cpp
index 2d9fc93..e25e909 100644
--- a/libs/nativewindow/AHardwareBuffer.cpp
+++ b/libs/nativewindow/AHardwareBuffer.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         if (err == NO_MEMORY) {
             GraphicBuffer::dumpAllocationsToSystemLog();
         }
-        ALOGE("GraphicBufferAlloc::createGraphicBuffer(w=%u, h=%u, lc=%u) failed (%s), handle=%p",
+        ALOGE("GraphicBuffer(w=%u, h=%u, lc=%u) failed (%s), handle=%p",
                 desc->width, desc->height, desc->layers, strerror(-err), gbuffer->handle);
         return err;
     }