diff --git a/health/2.0/utils/libhealthhalutils/HealthHalUtils.cpp b/health/2.0/utils/libhealthhalutils/HealthHalUtils.cpp
index 3c353e6..67f0ecc 100644
--- a/health/2.0/utils/libhealthhalutils/HealthHalUtils.cpp
+++ b/health/2.0/utils/libhealthhalutils/HealthHalUtils.cpp
@@ -24,34 +24,14 @@
 namespace health {
 namespace V2_0 {
 
+// Deprecated. Kept to minimize migration cost.
+// The function can be removed once Health 2.1 is removed
+// (i.e. compatibility_matrix.7.xml is the lowest supported level).
 sp<IHealth> get_health_service() {
-    // For the core and vendor variant, the "backup" instance points to healthd,
-    // which is removed.
-    // For the recovery variant, the "backup" instance has a different
-    // meaning. It points to android.hardware.health@2.0-impl-default.recovery
-    // which was assumed by OEMs to be always installed when a
-    // vendor-specific libhealthd is not necessary. Hence, its behavior
-    // is kept. See health/2.0/README.md.
-    // android.hardware.health@2.0-impl-default.recovery, and subsequently the
-    // special handling of recovery mode below, can be removed once health@2.1
-    // is the minimum required version (i.e. compatibility matrix level 5 is the
-    // minimum supported level). Health 2.1 requires OEMs to install the
+    // Health 2.1 requires OEMs to install the
     // implementation to the recovery partition when it is necessary (i.e. on
     // non-A/B devices, where IsBatteryOk() is needed in recovery).
-    for (auto&& instanceName :
-#ifdef __ANDROID_RECOVERY__
-         { "default", "backup" }
-#else
-         {"default"}
-#endif
-    ) {
-        auto ret = IHealth::getService(instanceName);
-        if (ret != nullptr) {
-            return ret;
-        }
-        LOG(INFO) << "health: cannot get " << instanceName << " service";
-    }
-    return nullptr;
+    return IHealth::getService();
 }
 
 }  // namespace V2_0