diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr.cpp b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr.cpp
index c1aafda..6f24fe1 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr.cpp
@@ -1610,38 +1610,6 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
-bool fs_mgr_load_verity_state(int* mode) {
-    /* return the default mode, unless any of the verified partitions are in
-     * logging mode, in which case return that */
-    *mode = VERITY_MODE_DEFAULT;
-
-    Fstab fstab;
-    if (!ReadDefaultFstab(&fstab)) {
-        LERROR << "Failed to read default fstab";
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    for (const auto& entry : fstab) {
-        if (entry.fs_mgr_flags.avb) {
-            *mode = VERITY_MODE_RESTART;  // avb only supports restart mode.
-            break;
-        } else if (!entry.fs_mgr_flags.verify) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        int current;
-        if (load_verity_state(entry, &current) < 0) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        if (current != VERITY_MODE_DEFAULT) {
-            *mode = current;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
 bool fs_mgr_is_verity_enabled(const FstabEntry& entry) {
     if (!entry.fs_mgr_flags.verify && !entry.fs_mgr_flags.avb) {
         return false;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_fstab.cpp b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_fstab.cpp
index da049ef..78455d4 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_fstab.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_fstab.cpp
@@ -261,10 +261,6 @@
                     LWARNING << "Warning: zramsize= flag malformed: " << arg;
                 }
             }
-        } else if (StartsWith(flag, "verify=")) {
-            // If the verify flag is followed by an = and the location for the verity state.
-            entry->fs_mgr_flags.verify = true;
-            entry->verity_loc = arg;
         } else if (StartsWith(flag, "forceencrypt=")) {
             // The forceencrypt flag is followed by an = and the location of the keys.
             entry->fs_mgr_flags.force_crypt = true;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_priv.h b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_priv.h
index 70abf5b..c36fd3d 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_priv.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_priv.h
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
 bool fs_mgr_is_device_unlocked();
 const std::string& get_android_dt_dir();
 bool is_dt_compatible();
-int load_verity_state(const android::fs_mgr::FstabEntry& entry, int* mode);
 
 bool fs_mgr_is_ext4(const std::string& blk_device);
 bool fs_mgr_is_f2fs(const std::string& blk_device);
diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_verity.cpp b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_verity.cpp
index 3f09157..1deb1ac 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_verity.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_verity.cpp
@@ -275,248 +275,6 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int check_verity_restart(const char *fname)
-{
-    char buffer[VERITY_KMSG_BUFSIZE + 1];
-    int fd;
-    int rc = 0;
-    ssize_t size;
-    struct stat s;
-
-    fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(fname, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
-
-    if (fd == -1) {
-        if (errno != ENOENT) {
-            PERROR << "Failed to open " << fname;
-        }
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    if (fstat(fd, &s) == -1) {
-        PERROR << "Failed to fstat " << fname;
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    size = VERITY_KMSG_BUFSIZE;
-
-    if (size > s.st_size) {
-        size = s.st_size;
-    }
-
-    if (lseek(fd, s.st_size - size, SEEK_SET) == -1) {
-        PERROR << "Failed to lseek " << (intmax_t)(s.st_size - size) << " " << fname;
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    if (!android::base::ReadFully(fd, buffer, size)) {
-        PERROR << "Failed to read " << size << " bytes from " << fname;
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    buffer[size] = '\0';
-
-    if (strstr(buffer, VERITY_KMSG_RESTART) != NULL) {
-        rc = 1;
-    }
-
-out:
-    if (fd != -1) {
-        close(fd);
-    }
-
-    return rc;
-}
-
-static int was_verity_restart()
-{
-    static const char* files[] = {
-        // clang-format off
-        "/sys/fs/pstore/console-ramoops-0",
-        "/sys/fs/pstore/console-ramoops",
-        "/proc/last_kmsg",
-        NULL
-        // clang-format on
-    };
-    int i;
-
-    for (i = 0; files[i]; ++i) {
-        if (check_verity_restart(files[i])) {
-            return 1;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int metadata_add(FILE *fp, long start, const char *tag,
-        unsigned int length, off64_t *offset)
-{
-    if (fseek(fp, start, SEEK_SET) < 0 ||
-        fprintf(fp, "%s %u\n", tag, length) < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    *offset = ftell(fp);
-
-    if (fseek(fp, length, SEEK_CUR) < 0 ||
-        fprintf(fp, METADATA_EOD " 0\n") < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int metadata_find(const char *fname, const char *stag,
-        unsigned int slength, off64_t *offset)
-{
-    char tag[METADATA_TAG_MAX_LENGTH + 1];
-    int rc = -1;
-    int n;
-    long start = 0x4000; /* skip cryptfs metadata area */
-    uint32_t magic;
-    unsigned int length = 0;
-
-    if (!fname) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    auto fp = std::unique_ptr<FILE, decltype(&fclose)>{fopen(fname, "re+"), fclose};
-
-    if (!fp) {
-        PERROR << "Failed to open " << fname;
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    /* check magic */
-    if (fseek(fp.get(), start, SEEK_SET) < 0 || fread(&magic, sizeof(magic), 1, fp.get()) != 1) {
-        PERROR << "Failed to read magic from " << fname;
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (magic != METADATA_MAGIC) {
-        magic = METADATA_MAGIC;
-
-        if (fseek(fp.get(), start, SEEK_SET) < 0 ||
-            fwrite(&magic, sizeof(magic), 1, fp.get()) != 1) {
-            PERROR << "Failed to write magic to " << fname;
-            return -1;
-        }
-
-        rc = metadata_add(fp.get(), start + sizeof(magic), stag, slength, offset);
-        if (rc < 0) {
-            PERROR << "Failed to add metadata to " << fname;
-        }
-
-        return rc;
-    }
-
-    start += sizeof(magic);
-
-    while (1) {
-        n = fscanf(fp.get(), "%" STRINGIFY(METADATA_TAG_MAX_LENGTH) "s %u\n", tag, &length);
-
-        if (n == 2 && strcmp(tag, METADATA_EOD)) {
-            /* found a tag */
-            start = ftell(fp.get());
-
-            if (!strcmp(tag, stag) && length == slength) {
-                *offset = start;
-                return 0;
-            }
-
-            start += length;
-
-            if (fseek(fp.get(), length, SEEK_CUR) < 0) {
-                PERROR << "Failed to seek " << fname;
-                return -1;
-            }
-        } else {
-            rc = metadata_add(fp.get(), start, stag, slength, offset);
-            if (rc < 0) {
-                PERROR << "Failed to write metadata to " << fname;
-            }
-            return rc;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static int write_verity_state(const char *fname, off64_t offset, int32_t mode)
-{
-    int fd;
-    int rc = -1;
-    struct verity_state s = { VERITY_STATE_HEADER, VERITY_STATE_VERSION, mode };
-
-    fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(fname, O_WRONLY | O_SYNC | O_CLOEXEC));
-
-    if (fd == -1) {
-        PERROR << "Failed to open " << fname;
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(pwrite64(fd, &s, sizeof(s), offset)) != sizeof(s)) {
-        PERROR << "Failed to write " << sizeof(s) << " bytes to " << fname
-               << " to offset " << offset;
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    rc = 0;
-
-out:
-    if (fd != -1) {
-        close(fd);
-    }
-
-    return rc;
-}
-
-static int read_verity_state(const char *fname, off64_t offset, int *mode)
-{
-    int fd = -1;
-    int rc = -1;
-    struct verity_state s;
-
-    fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(fname, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
-
-    if (fd == -1) {
-        PERROR << "Failed to open " << fname;
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(pread64(fd, &s, sizeof(s), offset)) != sizeof(s)) {
-        PERROR << "Failed to read " <<  sizeof(s) << " bytes from " << fname
-               << " offset " << offset;
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    if (s.header != VERITY_STATE_HEADER) {
-        /* space allocated, but no state written. write default state */
-        *mode = VERITY_MODE_DEFAULT;
-        rc = write_verity_state(fname, offset, *mode);
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    if (s.version != VERITY_STATE_VERSION) {
-        LERROR << "Unsupported verity state version (" << s.version << ")";
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    if (s.mode < VERITY_MODE_EIO ||
-        s.mode > VERITY_MODE_LAST) {
-        LERROR << "Unsupported verity mode (" << s.mode << ")";
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    *mode = s.mode;
-    rc = 0;
-
-out:
-    if (fd != -1) {
-        close(fd);
-    }
-
-    return rc;
-}
-
 static int read_partition(const char *path, uint64_t size)
 {
     char buf[READ_BUF_SIZE];
@@ -540,119 +298,23 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int compare_last_signature(const FstabEntry& entry, int* match) {
-    char tag[METADATA_TAG_MAX_LENGTH + 1];
-    int fd = -1;
-    int rc = -1;
-    off64_t offset = 0;
-    struct fec_handle *f = NULL;
-    struct fec_verity_metadata verity;
-    uint8_t curr[SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];
-    uint8_t prev[SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];
-
-    *match = 1;
-
-    if (fec_open(&f, entry.blk_device.c_str(), O_RDONLY, FEC_VERITY_DISABLE, FEC_DEFAULT_ROOTS) ==
-        -1) {
-        PERROR << "Failed to open '" << entry.blk_device << "'";
-        return rc;
-    }
-
-    // read verity metadata
-    if (fec_verity_get_metadata(f, &verity) == -1) {
-        PERROR << "Failed to get verity metadata '" << entry.blk_device << "'";
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    SHA256(verity.signature, sizeof(verity.signature), curr);
-
-    if (snprintf(tag, sizeof(tag), VERITY_LASTSIG_TAG "_%s", basename(entry.mount_point.c_str())) >=
-        (int)sizeof(tag)) {
-        LERROR << "Metadata tag name too long for " << entry.mount_point;
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    if (metadata_find(entry.verity_loc.c_str(), tag, SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH, &offset) < 0) {
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(entry.verity_loc.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_SYNC | O_CLOEXEC));
-
-    if (fd == -1) {
-        PERROR << "Failed to open " << entry.verity_loc;
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(pread64(fd, prev, sizeof(prev), offset)) != sizeof(prev)) {
-        PERROR << "Failed to read " << sizeof(prev) << " bytes from " << entry.verity_loc
-               << " offset " << offset;
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    *match = !memcmp(curr, prev, SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH);
-
-    if (!*match) {
-        /* update current signature hash */
-        if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(pwrite64(fd, curr, sizeof(curr),
-                offset)) != sizeof(curr)) {
-            PERROR << "Failed to write " << sizeof(curr) << " bytes to " << entry.verity_loc
-                   << " offset " << offset;
-            goto out;
-        }
-    }
-
-    rc = 0;
-
-out:
-    fec_close(f);
-    return rc;
-}
-
-static int get_verity_state_offset(const FstabEntry& entry, off64_t* offset) {
-    char tag[METADATA_TAG_MAX_LENGTH + 1];
-
-    if (snprintf(tag, sizeof(tag), VERITY_STATE_TAG "_%s", basename(entry.mount_point.c_str())) >=
-        (int)sizeof(tag)) {
-        LERROR << "Metadata tag name too long for " << entry.mount_point;
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return metadata_find(entry.verity_loc.c_str(), tag, sizeof(struct verity_state), offset);
-}
-
-int load_verity_state(const FstabEntry& entry, int* mode) {
+bool fs_mgr_load_verity_state(int* mode) {
     // unless otherwise specified, use EIO mode.
     *mode = VERITY_MODE_EIO;
 
-    // use the kernel parameter if set.
-    std::string veritymode;
-    if (fs_mgr_get_boot_config("veritymode", &veritymode)) {
-        if (veritymode == "enforcing") {
-            *mode = VERITY_MODE_DEFAULT;
-        }
-        return 0;
+    // The bootloader communicates verity mode via the kernel commandline
+    std::string verity_mode;
+    if (!fs_mgr_get_boot_config("veritymode", &verity_mode)) {
+        return false;
     }
 
-    off64_t offset = 0;
-    if (get_verity_state_offset(entry, &offset) < 0) {
-        /* fall back to stateless behavior */
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    if (was_verity_restart()) {
-        /* device was restarted after dm-verity detected a corrupted
-         * block, so use EIO mode */
-        return write_verity_state(entry.verity_loc.c_str(), offset, *mode);
-    }
-
-    int match = 0;
-    if (!compare_last_signature(entry, &match) && !match) {
-        /* partition has been reflashed, reset dm-verity state */
+    if (verity_mode == "enforcing") {
         *mode = VERITY_MODE_DEFAULT;
-        return write_verity_state(entry.verity_loc.c_str(), offset, *mode);
+    } else if (verity_mode == "logging") {
+        *mode = VERITY_MODE_LOGGING;
     }
 
-    return read_verity_state(entry.verity_loc.c_str(), offset, mode);
+    return true;
 }
 
 // Update the verity table using the actual block device path.
@@ -759,7 +421,7 @@
 
     params.ecc_dev = entry->blk_device.c_str();
 
-    if (load_verity_state(*entry, &params.mode) < 0) {
+    if (!fs_mgr_load_verity_state(&params.mode)) {
         /* if accessing or updating the state failed, switch to the default
          * safe mode. This makes sure the device won't end up in an endless
          * restart loop, and no corrupted data will be exposed to userspace
diff --git a/fs_mgr/include_fstab/fstab/fstab.h b/fs_mgr/include_fstab/fstab/fstab.h
index d7afed6..c7193ab 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/include_fstab/fstab/fstab.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/include_fstab/fstab/fstab.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     std::string fs_options;
     std::string key_loc;
     std::string key_dir;
-    std::string verity_loc;
     off64_t length = 0;
     std::string label;
     int partnum = -1;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/tests/fs_mgr_test.cpp b/fs_mgr/tests/fs_mgr_test.cpp
index 72afa69..6d87594 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/tests/fs_mgr_test.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/tests/fs_mgr_test.cpp
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
     std::string fstab_contents = R"fs(
 source none0       swap   defaults      encryptable,forceencrypt,fileencryption,forcefdeorfbe,keydirectory,length,swapprio,zramsize,max_comp_streams,reservedsize,eraseblk,logicalblk,sysfs_path,zram_loopback_path,zram_loopback_size,zram_backing_dev_path
 
-source none1       swap   defaults      encryptable=,forceencrypt=,fileencryption=,keydirectory=,length=,swapprio=,zramsize=,max_comp_streams=,verify=,avb=,reservedsize=,eraseblk=,logicalblk=,sysfs_path=,zram_loopback_path=,zram_loopback_size=,zram_backing_dev_path=
+source none1       swap   defaults      encryptable=,forceencrypt=,fileencryption=,keydirectory=,length=,swapprio=,zramsize=,max_comp_streams=,avb=,reservedsize=,eraseblk=,logicalblk=,sysfs_path=,zram_loopback_path=,zram_loopback_size=,zram_backing_dev_path=
 
 source none2       swap   defaults      forcefdeorfbe=
 
@@ -413,7 +413,6 @@
     }
     EXPECT_EQ("", entry->key_loc);
     EXPECT_EQ("", entry->key_dir);
-    EXPECT_EQ("", entry->verity_loc);
     EXPECT_EQ(0, entry->length);
     EXPECT_EQ("", entry->label);
     EXPECT_EQ(-1, entry->partnum);
@@ -437,13 +436,11 @@
         flags.crypt = true;
         flags.force_crypt = true;
         flags.file_encryption = true;
-        flags.verify = true;
         flags.avb = true;
         EXPECT_TRUE(CompareFlags(flags, entry->fs_mgr_flags));
     }
     EXPECT_EQ("", entry->key_loc);
     EXPECT_EQ("", entry->key_dir);
-    EXPECT_EQ("", entry->verity_loc);
     EXPECT_EQ(0, entry->length);
     EXPECT_EQ("", entry->label);
     EXPECT_EQ(-1, entry->partnum);
@@ -639,29 +636,6 @@
     EXPECT_EQ(0, entry->zram_size);
 }
 
-TEST(fs_mgr, ReadFstabFromFile_FsMgrOptions_Verify) {
-    TemporaryFile tf;
-    ASSERT_TRUE(tf.fd != -1);
-    std::string fstab_contents = R"fs(
-source none0       swap   defaults      verify=/dir/key
-)fs";
-
-    ASSERT_TRUE(android::base::WriteStringToFile(fstab_contents, tf.path));
-
-    Fstab fstab;
-    EXPECT_TRUE(ReadFstabFromFile(tf.path, &fstab));
-    ASSERT_EQ(1U, fstab.size());
-
-    auto entry = fstab.begin();
-    EXPECT_EQ("none0", entry->mount_point);
-
-    FstabEntry::FsMgrFlags flags = {};
-    flags.verify = true;
-    EXPECT_TRUE(CompareFlags(flags, entry->fs_mgr_flags));
-
-    EXPECT_EQ("/dir/key", entry->verity_loc);
-}
-
 TEST(fs_mgr, ReadFstabFromFile_FsMgrOptions_ForceEncrypt) {
     TemporaryFile tf;
     ASSERT_TRUE(tf.fd != -1);
diff --git a/init/README.md b/init/README.md
index 28a106a..d7f809f 100644
--- a/init/README.md
+++ b/init/README.md
@@ -586,9 +586,6 @@
 `umount <path>`
 > Unmount the filesystem mounted at that path.
 
-`verity_load_state`
-> Internal implementation detail used to load dm-verity state.
-
 `verity_update_state <mount-point>`
 > Internal implementation detail used to update dm-verity state and
   set the partition._mount-point_.verified properties used by adb remount
diff --git a/init/builtins.cpp b/init/builtins.cpp
index 06da4be..62e0f8f 100644
--- a/init/builtins.cpp
+++ b/init/builtins.cpp
@@ -707,17 +707,6 @@
     return Success();
 }
 
-static Result<Success> do_verity_load_state(const BuiltinArguments& args) {
-    int mode = -1;
-    bool loaded = fs_mgr_load_verity_state(&mode);
-    if (loaded && mode != VERITY_MODE_DEFAULT) {
-        ActionManager::GetInstance().QueueEventTrigger("verity-logging");
-    }
-    if (!loaded) return Error() << "Could not load verity state";
-
-    return Success();
-}
-
 static Result<Success> do_verity_update_state(const BuiltinArguments& args) {
     int mode;
     if (!fs_mgr_load_verity_state(&mode)) {
@@ -1150,7 +1139,6 @@
         {"symlink",                 {2,     2,    {true,   do_symlink}}},
         {"sysclktz",                {1,     1,    {false,  do_sysclktz}}},
         {"trigger",                 {1,     1,    {false,  do_trigger}}},
-        {"verity_load_state",       {0,     0,    {false,  do_verity_load_state}}},
         {"verity_update_state",     {0,     0,    {false,  do_verity_update_state}}},
         {"wait",                    {1,     2,    {true,   do_wait}}},
         {"wait_for_prop",           {2,     2,    {false,  do_wait_for_prop}}},
diff --git a/init/first_stage_mount.cpp b/init/first_stage_mount.cpp
index 3e76556..85fa874 100644
--- a/init/first_stage_mount.cpp
+++ b/init/first_stage_mount.cpp
@@ -644,7 +644,6 @@
 }
 
 bool FirstStageMountVBootV1::GetDmVerityDevices() {
-    std::string verity_loc_device;
     need_dm_verity_ = false;
 
     for (const auto& fstab_entry : fstab_) {
@@ -657,21 +656,9 @@
         if (fstab_entry.fs_mgr_flags.verify) {
             need_dm_verity_ = true;
         }
-        // Checks if verity metadata is on a separate partition. Note that it is
-        // not partition specific, so there must be only one additional partition
-        // that carries verity state.
-        if (!fstab_entry.verity_loc.empty()) {
-            if (verity_loc_device.empty()) {
-                verity_loc_device = fstab_entry.verity_loc;
-            } else if (verity_loc_device != fstab_entry.verity_loc) {
-                LOG(ERROR) << "More than one verity_loc found: " << verity_loc_device << ", "
-                           << fstab_entry.verity_loc;
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
     }
 
-    // Includes the partition names of fstab records and verity_loc_device (if any).
+    // Includes the partition names of fstab records.
     // Notes that fstab_rec->blk_device has A/B suffix updated by fs_mgr when A/B is used.
     for (const auto& fstab_entry : fstab_) {
         if (!fstab_entry.fs_mgr_flags.logical) {
@@ -679,10 +666,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    if (!verity_loc_device.empty()) {
-        required_devices_partition_names_.emplace(basename(verity_loc_device.c_str()));
-    }
-
     return true;
 }