diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index bfb5cf4..a51b52e 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -84,10 +84,7 @@
         mBootTime(systemTime()),
         mVisibleRegionsDirty(false),
         mHwWorkListDirty(false),
-        mFreezeDisplay(false),
         mElectronBeamAnimationMode(0),
-        mFreezeCount(0),
-        mFreezeDisplayTime(0),
         mDebugRegion(0),
         mDebugBackground(0),
         mDebugDDMS(0),
@@ -190,11 +187,6 @@
 {
     // the window manager died on us. prepare its eulogy.
 
-    // unfreeze the screen in case it was... frozen
-    mFreezeDisplayTime = 0;
-    mFreezeCount = 0;
-    mFreezeDisplay = false;
-
     // reset screen orientation
     setOrientation(0, eOrientationDefault, 0);
 
@@ -322,33 +314,7 @@
 {
     while (true) {
         nsecs_t timeout = -1;
-        const nsecs_t freezeDisplayTimeout = ms2ns(5000);
-        if (UNLIKELY(isFrozen())) {
-            // wait 5 seconds
-            const nsecs_t now = systemTime();
-            if (mFreezeDisplayTime == 0) {
-                mFreezeDisplayTime = now;
-            }
-            nsecs_t waitTime = freezeDisplayTimeout - (now - mFreezeDisplayTime);
-            timeout = waitTime>0 ? waitTime : 0;
-        }
-
         sp<MessageBase> msg = mEventQueue.waitMessage(timeout);
-
-        // see if we timed out
-        if (isFrozen()) {
-            const nsecs_t now = systemTime();
-            nsecs_t frozenTime = (now - mFreezeDisplayTime);
-            if (frozenTime >= freezeDisplayTimeout) {
-                // we timed out and are still frozen
-                LOGW("timeout expired mFreezeDisplay=%d, mFreezeCount=%d",
-                        mFreezeDisplay, mFreezeCount);
-                mFreezeDisplayTime = 0;
-                mFreezeCount = 0;
-                mFreezeDisplay = false;
-            }
-        }
-
         if (msg != 0) {
             switch (msg->what) {
                 case MessageQueue::INVALIDATE:
@@ -451,7 +417,7 @@
     }
 
     const DisplayHardware& hw(graphicPlane(0).displayHardware());
-    if (LIKELY(hw.canDraw() && !isFrozen())) {
+    if (LIKELY(hw.canDraw())) {
         // repaint the framebuffer (if needed)
 
         const int index = hw.getCurrentBufferIndex();
@@ -582,13 +548,6 @@
             mDirtyRegion.set(hw.bounds());
         }
 
-        if (mCurrentState.freezeDisplay != mDrawingState.freezeDisplay) {
-            // freezing or unfreezing the display -> trigger animation if needed
-            mFreezeDisplay = mCurrentState.freezeDisplay;
-            if (mFreezeDisplay)
-                 mFreezeDisplayTime = 0;
-        }
-
         if (currentLayers.size() > mDrawingState.layersSortedByZ.size()) {
             // layers have been added
             mVisibleRegionsDirty = true;
@@ -614,11 +573,6 @@
     commitTransaction();
 }
 
-sp<FreezeLock> SurfaceFlinger::getFreezeLock() const
-{
-    return new FreezeLock(const_cast<SurfaceFlinger *>(this));
-}
-
 void SurfaceFlinger::computeVisibleRegions(
     const LayerVector& currentLayers, Region& dirtyRegion, Region& opaqueRegion)
 {
@@ -1276,34 +1230,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-status_t SurfaceFlinger::freezeDisplay(DisplayID dpy, uint32_t flags)
-{
-    if (UNLIKELY(uint32_t(dpy) >= DISPLAY_COUNT))
-        return BAD_VALUE;
-
-    Mutex::Autolock _l(mStateLock);
-    mCurrentState.freezeDisplay = 1;
-    setTransactionFlags(eTransactionNeeded);
-
-    // flags is intended to communicate some sort of animation behavior
-    // (for instance fading)
-    return NO_ERROR;
-}
-
-status_t SurfaceFlinger::unfreezeDisplay(DisplayID dpy, uint32_t flags)
-{
-    if (UNLIKELY(uint32_t(dpy) >= DISPLAY_COUNT))
-        return BAD_VALUE;
-
-    Mutex::Autolock _l(mStateLock);
-    mCurrentState.freezeDisplay = 0;
-    setTransactionFlags(eTransactionNeeded);
-
-    // flags is intended to communicate some sort of animation behavior
-    // (for instance fading)
-    return NO_ERROR;
-}
-
 int SurfaceFlinger::setOrientation(DisplayID dpy,
         int orientation, uint32_t flags)
 {
@@ -1608,8 +1534,7 @@
         mWormholeRegion.dump(result, "WormholeRegion");
         const DisplayHardware& hw(graphicPlane(0).displayHardware());
         snprintf(buffer, SIZE,
-                "  display frozen: %s, freezeCount=%d, orientation=%d, canDraw=%d\n",
-                mFreezeDisplay?"yes":"no", mFreezeCount,
+                "  orientation=%d, canDraw=%d\n",
                 mCurrentState.orientation, hw.canDraw());
         result.append(buffer);
         snprintf(buffer, SIZE,
@@ -1662,8 +1587,6 @@
         case CREATE_CONNECTION:
         case SET_TRANSACTION_STATE:
         case SET_ORIENTATION:
-        case FREEZE_DISPLAY:
-        case UNFREEZE_DISPLAY:
         case BOOT_FINISHED:
         case TURN_ELECTRON_BEAM_OFF:
         case TURN_ELECTRON_BEAM_ON:
@@ -1735,10 +1658,6 @@
                 GraphicLog::getInstance().setEnabled(enabled);
                 return NO_ERROR;
             }
-            case 1007: // set mFreezeCount
-                mFreezeCount = data.readInt32();
-                mFreezeDisplayTime = 0;
-                return NO_ERROR;
             case 1008:  // toggle use of hw composer
                 n = data.readInt32();
                 mDebugDisableHWC = n ? 1 : 0;