diff --git a/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp b/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
index 65bbc1e..7c15429 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
+++ b/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
@@ -203,9 +203,8 @@
 {
     std::unique_ptr<DIR, decltype(&closedir)> uid(opendir(uid_path), closedir);
     if (uid != NULL) {
-        struct dirent cur;
-        struct dirent *dir;
-        while ((readdir_r(uid.get(), &cur, &dir) == 0) && dir) {
+        dirent* dir;
+        while ((dir = readdir(uid.get())) != nullptr) {
             char path[PROCESSGROUP_MAX_PATH_LEN];
 
             if (dir->d_type != DT_DIR) {
@@ -231,9 +230,8 @@
     if (root == NULL) {
         PLOG(ERROR) << "failed to open " << cgroup_root_path;
     } else {
-        struct dirent cur;
-        struct dirent *dir;
-        while ((readdir_r(root.get(), &cur, &dir) == 0) && dir) {
+        dirent* dir;
+        while ((dir = readdir(root.get())) != nullptr) {
             char path[PROCESSGROUP_MAX_PATH_LEN];
 
             if (dir->d_type != DT_DIR) {
diff --git a/libutils/ProcessCallStack.cpp b/libutils/ProcessCallStack.cpp
index 4e87a98..73ed4eb 100644
--- a/libutils/ProcessCallStack.cpp
+++ b/libutils/ProcessCallStack.cpp
@@ -131,9 +131,6 @@
 }
 
 void ProcessCallStack::update() {
-    struct dirent *ep;
-    struct dirent entry;
-
     std::unique_ptr<DIR, decltype(&closedir)> dp(opendir(PATH_SELF_TASK), closedir);
     if (dp == NULL) {
         ALOGE("%s: Failed to update the process's call stacks: %s",
@@ -158,8 +155,8 @@
      * Each tid is a directory inside of /proc/self/task
      * - Read every file in directory => get every tid
      */
-    int code;
-    while ((code = readdir_r(dp.get(), &entry, &ep)) == 0 && ep != NULL) {
+    dirent* ep;
+    while ((ep = readdir(dp.get())) != NULL) {
         pid_t tid = -1;
         sscanf(ep->d_name, "%d", &tid);
 
@@ -194,10 +191,6 @@
         ALOGV("%s: Got call stack for tid %d (size %zu)",
               __FUNCTION__, tid, threadInfo.callStack.size());
     }
-    if (code != 0) { // returns positive error value on error
-        ALOGE("%s: Failed to readdir from %s: %s",
-              __FUNCTION__, PATH_SELF_TASK, strerror(code));
-    }
 }
 
 void ProcessCallStack::log(const char* logtag, android_LogPriority priority,