diff --git a/microdroid_manager/src/instance.rs b/microdroid_manager/src/instance.rs
index 4d65421..267a0e3 100644
--- a/microdroid_manager/src/instance.rs
+++ b/microdroid_manager/src/instance.rs
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@
     pub apk_data: ApkData,
     pub extra_apks_data: Vec<ApkData>,
     pub apex_data: Vec<ApexData>,
-    pub bootconfig: Box<[u8]>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
diff --git a/microdroid_manager/src/main.rs b/microdroid_manager/src/main.rs
index 827f9ff..005baf6 100644
--- a/microdroid_manager/src/main.rs
+++ b/microdroid_manager/src/main.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 use log::{error, info};
 use microdroid_metadata::{write_metadata, Metadata};
 use microdroid_payload_config::{Task, TaskType, VmPayloadConfig};
-use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use payload::{get_apex_data_from_payload, load_metadata, to_metadata};
 use rand::Fill;
 use ring::digest;
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@
 use rustutils::system_properties::PropertyWatcher;
 use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::fs::{self, create_dir, File, OpenOptions};
-use std::io::BufRead;
 use std::os::unix::io::{FromRawFd, IntoRawFd};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
@@ -308,13 +306,6 @@
 ) -> Result<MicrodroidData> {
     let start_time = SystemTime::now();
 
-    if let Some(saved_bootconfig) = saved_data.map(|d| &d.bootconfig) {
-        ensure!(
-            saved_bootconfig.as_ref() == get_bootconfig()?.as_slice(),
-            MicrodroidError::PayloadChanged(String::from("Bootconfig has changed."))
-        );
-    }
-
     // Verify main APK
     let root_hash = saved_data.map(|d| &d.apk_data.root_hash);
     let root_hash_from_idsig = get_apk_root_hash_from_idsig(MAIN_APK_IDSIG_PATH)?;
@@ -455,7 +446,6 @@
         apk_data: ApkData { root_hash: root_hash_from_idsig, pubkey: main_apk_pubkey },
         extra_apks_data,
         apex_data: apex_data_from_payload,
-        bootconfig: get_bootconfig()?.clone().into_boxed_slice(),
     })
 }
 
@@ -506,35 +496,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-fn get_bootconfig() -> Result<&'static Vec<u8>> {
-    static VAL: OnceCell<Vec<u8>> = OnceCell::new();
-    VAL.get_or_try_init(|| -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
-        let f = File::open("/proc/bootconfig")?;
-
-        // Filter-out androidboot.vbmeta.device which contains UUID of the vbmeta partition. That
-        // UUID could change everytime when the same VM is started because the composite disk image
-        // is ephemeral. A change in UUID is okay as long as other configs (e.g.
-        // androidboot.vbmeta.digest) remain same.
-        Ok(std::io::BufReader::new(f)
-            .lines()
-            // note: this try_fold is to early return when we fail to read a line from the file
-            .try_fold(Vec::new(), |mut lines, line| {
-                line.map(|s| {
-                    lines.push(s);
-                    lines
-                })
-            })?
-            .into_iter()
-            .filter(|line| {
-                let tokens: Vec<&str> = line.splitn(2, '=').collect();
-                // note: if `line` doesn't have =, tokens[0] is the entire line.
-                tokens[0].trim() != "androidboot.vbmeta.device"
-            })
-            .flat_map(|line| (line + "\n").into_bytes())
-            .collect())
-    })
-}
-
 fn load_config(path: &Path) -> Result<VmPayloadConfig> {
     info!("loading config from {:?}...", path);
     let file = ioutil::wait_for_file(path, WAIT_TIMEOUT)?;