diff --git a/cmds/installd/dexopt.cpp b/cmds/installd/dexopt.cpp
index 3710e6b..bb499e6 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/dexopt.cpp
+++ b/cmds/installd/dexopt.cpp
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 
 static void run_dex2oat(int zip_fd, int oat_fd, int input_vdex_fd, int output_vdex_fd, int image_fd,
         const char* input_file_name, const char* output_file_name, int swap_fd,
-        const char* instruction_set, const char* compiler_filter, bool vm_safe_mode,
+        const char* instruction_set, const char* compiler_filter,
         bool debuggable, bool post_bootcomplete, int profile_fd, const char* shared_libraries) {
     static const unsigned int MAX_INSTRUCTION_SET_LEN = 7;
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
                                  dex2oat_flags, NULL) <= 0 ? 0 : split_count(dex2oat_flags);
     ALOGV("dalvik.vm.dex2oat-flags=%s\n", dex2oat_flags);
 
-    // If we booting without the real /data, don't spend time compiling.
+    // If we are booting without the real /data, don't spend time compiling.
     char vold_decrypt[kPropertyValueMax];
     bool have_vold_decrypt = get_property("vold.decrypt", vold_decrypt, "") > 0;
     bool skip_compilation = (have_vold_decrypt &&
@@ -319,20 +319,24 @@
 
     // Compute compiler filter.
 
-    bool have_dex2oat_compiler_filter_flag;
+    bool have_dex2oat_compiler_filter_flag = false;
     if (skip_compilation) {
         strcpy(dex2oat_compiler_filter_arg, "--compiler-filter=extract");
         have_dex2oat_compiler_filter_flag = true;
         have_dex2oat_relocation_skip_flag = true;
-    } else if (vm_safe_mode) {
-        strcpy(dex2oat_compiler_filter_arg, "--compiler-filter=quicken");
-        have_dex2oat_compiler_filter_flag = true;
-    } else if (compiler_filter != nullptr &&
-            strlen(compiler_filter) + strlen("--compiler-filter=") <
+    } else if (compiler_filter != nullptr) {
+        if (strlen(compiler_filter) + strlen("--compiler-filter=") <
                     arraysize(dex2oat_compiler_filter_arg)) {
-        sprintf(dex2oat_compiler_filter_arg, "--compiler-filter=%s", compiler_filter);
-        have_dex2oat_compiler_filter_flag = true;
-    } else {
+            sprintf(dex2oat_compiler_filter_arg, "--compiler-filter=%s", compiler_filter);
+            have_dex2oat_compiler_filter_flag = true;
+        } else {
+            ALOGW("Compiler filter name '%s' is too large (max characters is %zu)",
+                  compiler_filter,
+                  kPropertyValueMax);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!have_dex2oat_compiler_filter_flag) {
         char dex2oat_compiler_filter_flag[kPropertyValueMax];
         have_dex2oat_compiler_filter_flag = get_property("dalvik.vm.dex2oat-filter",
                                                          dex2oat_compiler_filter_flag, NULL) > 0;
@@ -1475,7 +1479,6 @@
     }
 
     bool is_public = (dexopt_flags & DEXOPT_PUBLIC) != 0;
-    bool vm_safe_mode = (dexopt_flags & DEXOPT_SAFEMODE) != 0;
     bool debuggable = (dexopt_flags & DEXOPT_DEBUGGABLE) != 0;
     bool boot_complete = (dexopt_flags & DEXOPT_BOOTCOMPLETE) != 0;
     bool profile_guided = (dexopt_flags & DEXOPT_PROFILE_GUIDED) != 0;
@@ -1573,7 +1576,6 @@
                     swap_fd.get(),
                     instruction_set,
                     compiler_filter,
-                    vm_safe_mode,
                     debuggable,
                     boot_complete,
                     reference_profile_fd.get(),