diff --git a/cmds/installd/commands.cpp b/cmds/installd/commands.cpp
index f25060c..cfe5a62 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/commands.cpp
+++ b/cmds/installd/commands.cpp
@@ -1255,245 +1255,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-int movefileordir(char* srcpath, char* dstpath, int dstbasepos,
-        int dstuid, int dstgid, struct stat* statbuf)
-{
-    DIR *d;
-    struct dirent *de;
-    int res;
-
-    int srcend = strlen(srcpath);
-    int dstend = strlen(dstpath);
-
-    if (lstat(srcpath, statbuf) < 0) {
-        ALOGW("Unable to stat %s: %s\n", srcpath, strerror(errno));
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    if ((statbuf->st_mode&S_IFDIR) == 0) {
-        mkinnerdirs(dstpath, dstbasepos, S_IRWXU|S_IRWXG|S_IXOTH,
-                dstuid, dstgid, statbuf);
-        ALOGV("Renaming %s to %s (uid %d)\n", srcpath, dstpath, dstuid);
-        if (rename(srcpath, dstpath) >= 0) {
-            if (chown(dstpath, dstuid, dstgid) < 0) {
-                ALOGE("cannot chown %s: %s\n", dstpath, strerror(errno));
-                unlink(dstpath);
-                return 1;
-            }
-        } else {
-            ALOGW("Unable to rename %s to %s: %s\n",
-                srcpath, dstpath, strerror(errno));
-            return 1;
-        }
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    d = opendir(srcpath);
-    if (d == NULL) {
-        ALOGW("Unable to opendir %s: %s\n", srcpath, strerror(errno));
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    res = 0;
-
-    while ((de = readdir(d))) {
-        const char *name = de->d_name;
-            /* always skip "." and ".." */
-        if (name[0] == '.') {
-            if (name[1] == 0) continue;
-            if ((name[1] == '.') && (name[2] == 0)) continue;
-        }
-
-        if ((srcend+strlen(name)) >= (PKG_PATH_MAX-2)) {
-            ALOGW("Source path too long; skipping: %s/%s\n", srcpath, name);
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        if ((dstend+strlen(name)) >= (PKG_PATH_MAX-2)) {
-            ALOGW("Destination path too long; skipping: %s/%s\n", dstpath, name);
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        srcpath[srcend] = dstpath[dstend] = '/';
-        strcpy(srcpath+srcend+1, name);
-        strcpy(dstpath+dstend+1, name);
-
-        if (movefileordir(srcpath, dstpath, dstbasepos, dstuid, dstgid, statbuf) != 0) {
-            res = 1;
-        }
-
-        // Note: we will be leaving empty directories behind in srcpath,
-        // but that is okay, the package manager will be erasing all of the
-        // data associated with .apks that disappear.
-
-        srcpath[srcend] = dstpath[dstend] = 0;
-    }
-
-    closedir(d);
-    return res;
-}
-
-int movefiles()
-{
-    DIR *d;
-    int dfd, subfd;
-    struct dirent *de;
-    struct stat s;
-    char buf[PKG_PATH_MAX+1];
-    int bufp, bufe, bufi, readlen;
-
-    char srcpkg[PKG_NAME_MAX];
-    char dstpkg[PKG_NAME_MAX];
-    char srcpath[PKG_PATH_MAX];
-    char dstpath[PKG_PATH_MAX];
-    int dstuid=-1, dstgid=-1;
-    int hasspace;
-
-    d = opendir(UPDATE_COMMANDS_DIR_PREFIX);
-    if (d == NULL) {
-        goto done;
-    }
-    dfd = dirfd(d);
-
-        /* Iterate through all files in the directory, executing the
-         * file movements requested there-in.
-         */
-    while ((de = readdir(d))) {
-        const char *name = de->d_name;
-
-        if (de->d_type == DT_DIR) {
-            continue;
-        } else {
-            subfd = openat(dfd, name, O_RDONLY);
-            if (subfd < 0) {
-                ALOGW("Unable to open update commands at %s%s\n",
-                        UPDATE_COMMANDS_DIR_PREFIX, name);
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            bufp = 0;
-            bufe = 0;
-            buf[PKG_PATH_MAX] = 0;
-            srcpkg[0] = dstpkg[0] = 0;
-            while (1) {
-                bufi = bufp;
-                while (bufi < bufe && buf[bufi] != '\n') {
-                    bufi++;
-                }
-                if (bufi < bufe) {
-                    buf[bufi] = 0;
-                    ALOGV("Processing line: %s\n", buf+bufp);
-                    hasspace = 0;
-                    while (bufp < bufi && isspace(buf[bufp])) {
-                        hasspace = 1;
-                        bufp++;
-                    }
-                    if (buf[bufp] == '#' || bufp == bufi) {
-                        // skip comments and empty lines.
-                    } else if (hasspace) {
-                        if (dstpkg[0] == 0) {
-                            ALOGW("Path before package line in %s%s: %s\n",
-                                    UPDATE_COMMANDS_DIR_PREFIX, name, buf+bufp);
-                        } else if (srcpkg[0] == 0) {
-                            // Skip -- source package no longer exists.
-                        } else {
-                            ALOGV("Move file: %s (from %s to %s)\n", buf+bufp, srcpkg, dstpkg);
-                            if (!create_move_path(srcpath, srcpkg, buf+bufp, 0) &&
-                                    !create_move_path(dstpath, dstpkg, buf+bufp, 0)) {
-                                movefileordir(srcpath, dstpath,
-                                        strlen(dstpath)-strlen(buf+bufp),
-                                        dstuid, dstgid, &s);
-                            }
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        char* div = strchr(buf+bufp, ':');
-                        if (div == NULL) {
-                            ALOGW("Bad package spec in %s%s; no ':' sep: %s\n",
-                                    UPDATE_COMMANDS_DIR_PREFIX, name, buf+bufp);
-                        } else {
-                            *div = 0;
-                            div++;
-                            if (strlen(buf+bufp) < PKG_NAME_MAX) {
-                                strcpy(dstpkg, buf+bufp);
-                            } else {
-                                srcpkg[0] = dstpkg[0] = 0;
-                                ALOGW("Package name too long in %s%s: %s\n",
-                                        UPDATE_COMMANDS_DIR_PREFIX, name, buf+bufp);
-                            }
-                            if (strlen(div) < PKG_NAME_MAX) {
-                                strcpy(srcpkg, div);
-                            } else {
-                                srcpkg[0] = dstpkg[0] = 0;
-                                ALOGW("Package name too long in %s%s: %s\n",
-                                        UPDATE_COMMANDS_DIR_PREFIX, name, div);
-                            }
-                            if (srcpkg[0] != 0) {
-                                if (!create_pkg_path(srcpath, srcpkg, PKG_DIR_POSTFIX, 0)) {
-                                    if (lstat(srcpath, &s) < 0) {
-                                        // Package no longer exists -- skip.
-                                        srcpkg[0] = 0;
-                                    }
-                                } else {
-                                    srcpkg[0] = 0;
-                                    ALOGW("Can't create path %s in %s%s\n",
-                                            div, UPDATE_COMMANDS_DIR_PREFIX, name);
-                                }
-                                if (srcpkg[0] != 0) {
-                                    if (!create_pkg_path(dstpath, dstpkg, PKG_DIR_POSTFIX, 0)) {
-                                        if (lstat(dstpath, &s) == 0) {
-                                            dstuid = s.st_uid;
-                                            dstgid = s.st_gid;
-                                        } else {
-                                            // Destination package doesn't
-                                            // exist...  due to original-package,
-                                            // this is normal, so don't be
-                                            // noisy about it.
-                                            srcpkg[0] = 0;
-                                        }
-                                    } else {
-                                        srcpkg[0] = 0;
-                                        ALOGW("Can't create path %s in %s%s\n",
-                                                div, UPDATE_COMMANDS_DIR_PREFIX, name);
-                                    }
-                                }
-                                ALOGV("Transfering from %s to %s: uid=%d\n",
-                                    srcpkg, dstpkg, dstuid);
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                    bufp = bufi+1;
-                } else {
-                    if (bufp == 0) {
-                        if (bufp < bufe) {
-                            ALOGW("Line too long in %s%s, skipping: %s\n",
-                                    UPDATE_COMMANDS_DIR_PREFIX, name, buf);
-                        }
-                    } else if (bufp < bufe) {
-                        memcpy(buf, buf+bufp, bufe-bufp);
-                        bufe -= bufp;
-                        bufp = 0;
-                    }
-                    readlen = read(subfd, buf+bufe, PKG_PATH_MAX-bufe);
-                    if (readlen < 0) {
-                        ALOGW("Failure reading update commands in %s%s: %s\n",
-                                UPDATE_COMMANDS_DIR_PREFIX, name, strerror(errno));
-                        break;
-                    } else if (readlen == 0) {
-                        break;
-                    }
-                    bufe += readlen;
-                    buf[bufe] = 0;
-                    ALOGV("Read buf: %s\n", buf);
-                }
-            }
-            close(subfd);
-        }
-    }
-    closedir(d);
-done:
-    return 0;
-}
-
 int linklib(const char* uuid, const char* pkgname, const char* asecLibDir, int userId)
 {
     struct stat s, libStat;
diff --git a/cmds/installd/commands.h b/cmds/installd/commands.h
index 6dfc42b..53a789f 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/commands.h
+++ b/cmds/installd/commands.h
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
            int dexopt_needed, const char* oat_dir, int dexopt_flags,
            const char* volume_uuid, bool use_profiles);
 int mark_boot_complete(const char *instruction_set);
-int movefiles();
 int linklib(const char* uuid, const char* pkgname, const char* asecLibDir, int userId);
 int idmap(const char *target_path, const char *overlay_path, uid_t uid);
 int create_oat_dir(const char* oat_dir, const char *instruction_set);
diff --git a/cmds/installd/installd.cpp b/cmds/installd/installd.cpp
index 09f2c26..02e9601 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/installd.cpp
+++ b/cmds/installd/installd.cpp
@@ -274,11 +274,6 @@
     return delete_user(parse_null(arg[0]), atoi(arg[1])); /* uuid, userid */
 }
 
-static int do_movefiles(char **arg ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, char reply[REPLY_MAX] ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return movefiles();
-}
-
 static int do_linklib(char **arg, char reply[REPLY_MAX] ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
     return linklib(parse_null(arg[0]), arg[1], arg[2], atoi(arg[3]));
@@ -327,7 +322,6 @@
     { "markbootcomplete",     1, do_mark_boot_complete },
     { "rmdex",                2, do_rm_dex },
     { "freecache",            2, do_free_cache },
-    { "movefiles",            0, do_movefiles },
     { "linklib",              4, do_linklib },
     { "mkuserconfig",         1, do_mk_user_config },
     { "rmuser",               2, do_rm_user },
diff --git a/cmds/installd/installd_constants.h b/cmds/installd/installd_constants.h
index f128c26..18f998d 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/installd_constants.h
+++ b/cmds/installd/installd_constants.h
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@
 #define DALVIK_CACHE "dalvik-cache"
 constexpr const char* DALVIK_CACHE_POSTFIX = "/classes.dex";
 
-constexpr const char* UPDATE_COMMANDS_DIR_PREFIX = "/system/etc/updatecmds/";
-
 constexpr const char* IDMAP_PREFIX = "/data/resource-cache/";
 constexpr const char* IDMAP_SUFFIX = "@idmap";