diff --git a/liblog/Android.bp b/liblog/Android.bp
index 588089b..8a63007 100644
--- a/liblog/Android.bp
+++ b/liblog/Android.bp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
     "logger_read.cpp",
     "logger_write.cpp",
     "logprint.cpp",
-    "stderr_write.cpp",
 ]
 liblog_host_sources = [
     "fake_log_device.cpp",
diff --git a/liblog/config_write.cpp b/liblog/config_write.cpp
index d454379..6ed893d 100644
--- a/liblog/config_write.cpp
+++ b/liblog/config_write.cpp
@@ -66,27 +66,6 @@
     __android_log_add_transport(&__android_log_transport_write, &fakeLoggerWrite);
 #endif
   }
-
-  if (__android_log_transport & LOGGER_STDERR) {
-    extern struct android_log_transport_write stderrLoggerWrite;
-
-    /*
-     * stderr logger should be primary if we can be the only one, or if
-     * already in the primary list.  Otherwise land in the persist list.
-     * Remember we can be called here if we are already initialized.
-     */
-    if (list_empty(&__android_log_transport_write)) {
-      __android_log_add_transport(&__android_log_transport_write, &stderrLoggerWrite);
-    } else {
-      struct android_log_transport_write* transp;
-      write_transport_for_each(transp, &__android_log_transport_write) {
-        if (transp == &stderrLoggerWrite) {
-          return;
-        }
-      }
-      __android_log_add_transport(&__android_log_persist_write, &stderrLoggerWrite);
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 void __android_log_config_write_close() {
diff --git a/liblog/include/log/log_transport.h b/liblog/include/log/log_transport.h
index b48761a..bda7c25 100644
--- a/liblog/include/log/log_transport.h
+++ b/liblog/include/log/log_transport.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #define LOGGER_KERNEL  0x02 /* Reserved/Deprecated */
 #define LOGGER_NULL    0x04 /* Does not release resources of other selections */
 #define LOGGER_RESERVED 0x08 /* Reserved, previously for logging to local memory */
-#define LOGGER_STDERR  0x10 /* logs sent to stderr */
+#define LOGGER_RESERVED2  0x10 /* Reserved, previously for logs sent to stderr */
 /* clang-format on */
 
 /* Both return the selected transport flag mask, or negative errno */
diff --git a/liblog/logger_write.cpp b/liblog/logger_write.cpp
index aef9e04..7fc8747 100644
--- a/liblog/logger_write.cpp
+++ b/liblog/logger_write.cpp
@@ -586,9 +586,9 @@
     return retval;
   }
 
-  __android_log_transport &= LOGGER_LOGD | LOGGER_STDERR;
+  __android_log_transport &= LOGGER_LOGD;
 
-  transport_flag &= LOGGER_LOGD | LOGGER_STDERR;
+  transport_flag &= LOGGER_LOGD;
 
   if (__android_log_transport != transport_flag) {
     __android_log_transport = transport_flag;
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@
   if (write_to_log == __write_to_log_null) {
     ret = LOGGER_NULL;
   } else {
-    __android_log_transport &= LOGGER_LOGD | LOGGER_STDERR;
+    __android_log_transport &= LOGGER_LOGD;
     ret = __android_log_transport;
     if ((write_to_log != __write_to_log_init) && (write_to_log != __write_to_log_daemon)) {
       ret = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/liblog/stderr_write.cpp b/liblog/stderr_write.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e76673f..0000000
--- a/liblog/stderr_write.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,209 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-/*
- * stderr write handler.  Output is logcat-like, and responds to
- * logcat's environment variables ANDROID_PRINTF_LOG and
- * ANDROID_LOG_TAGS to filter output.
- *
- * This transport only provides a writer, that means that it does not
- * provide an End-To-End capability as the logs are effectively _lost_
- * to the stderr file stream.  The purpose of this transport is to
- * supply a means for command line tools to report their logging
- * to the stderr stream, in line with all other activities.
- */
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include <log/event_tag_map.h>
-#include <log/log.h>
-#include <log/logprint.h>
-
-#include "log_portability.h"
-#include "logger.h"
-#include "uio.h"
-
-static int stderrOpen();
-static void stderrClose();
-static int stderrAvailable(log_id_t logId);
-static int stderrWrite(log_id_t logId, struct timespec* ts, struct iovec* vec, size_t nr);
-
-struct stderrContext {
-  AndroidLogFormat* logformat;
-#if defined(__ANDROID__)
-  EventTagMap* eventTagMap;
-#endif
-};
-
-struct android_log_transport_write stderrLoggerWrite = {
-    .node = {&stderrLoggerWrite.node, &stderrLoggerWrite.node},
-    .context.priv = NULL,
-    .name = "stderr",
-    .available = stderrAvailable,
-    .open = stderrOpen,
-    .close = stderrClose,
-    .write = stderrWrite,
-};
-
-static int stderrOpen() {
-  struct stderrContext* ctx;
-  const char* envStr;
-  bool setFormat;
-
-  if (!stderr || (fileno(stderr) < 0)) {
-    return -EBADF;
-  }
-
-  if (stderrLoggerWrite.context.priv) {
-    return fileno(stderr);
-  }
-
-  ctx = static_cast<stderrContext*>(calloc(1, sizeof(stderrContext)));
-  if (!ctx) {
-    return -ENOMEM;
-  }
-
-  ctx->logformat = android_log_format_new();
-  if (!ctx->logformat) {
-    free(ctx);
-    return -ENOMEM;
-  }
-
-  envStr = getenv("ANDROID_PRINTF_LOG");
-  setFormat = false;
-
-  if (envStr) {
-    char* formats = strdup(envStr);
-    char* sv = NULL;
-    char* arg = formats;
-    while (!!(arg = strtok_r(arg, ",:; \t\n\r\f", &sv))) {
-      AndroidLogPrintFormat format = android_log_formatFromString(arg);
-      arg = NULL;
-      if (format == FORMAT_OFF) {
-        continue;
-      }
-      if (android_log_setPrintFormat(ctx->logformat, format) <= 0) {
-        continue;
-      }
-      setFormat = true;
-    }
-    free(formats);
-  }
-  if (!setFormat) {
-    AndroidLogPrintFormat format = android_log_formatFromString("threadtime");
-    android_log_setPrintFormat(ctx->logformat, format);
-  }
-  envStr = getenv("ANDROID_LOG_TAGS");
-  if (envStr) {
-    android_log_addFilterString(ctx->logformat, envStr);
-  }
-  stderrLoggerWrite.context.priv = ctx;
-
-  return fileno(stderr);
-}
-
-static void stderrClose() {
-  stderrContext* ctx = static_cast<stderrContext*>(stderrLoggerWrite.context.priv);
-
-  if (ctx) {
-    stderrLoggerWrite.context.priv = NULL;
-    if (ctx->logformat) {
-      android_log_format_free(ctx->logformat);
-      ctx->logformat = NULL;
-    }
-#if defined(__ANDROID__)
-    if (ctx->eventTagMap) {
-      android_closeEventTagMap(ctx->eventTagMap);
-      ctx->eventTagMap = NULL;
-    }
-#endif
-  }
-}
-
-static int stderrAvailable(log_id_t logId) {
-  if ((logId >= LOG_ID_MAX) || (logId == LOG_ID_KERNEL)) {
-    return -EINVAL;
-  }
-  return 1;
-}
-
-static int stderrWrite(log_id_t logId, struct timespec* ts, struct iovec* vec, size_t nr) {
-  struct log_msg log_msg;
-  AndroidLogEntry entry;
-  char binaryMsgBuf[1024];
-  int err;
-  size_t i;
-  stderrContext* ctx = static_cast<stderrContext*>(stderrLoggerWrite.context.priv);
-
-  if (!ctx) return -EBADF;
-  if (!vec || !nr) return -EINVAL;
-
-  log_msg.entry.len = 0;
-  log_msg.entry.hdr_size = sizeof(log_msg.entry);
-  log_msg.entry.pid = getpid();
-#ifdef __BIONIC__
-  log_msg.entry.tid = gettid();
-#else
-  log_msg.entry.tid = getpid();
-#endif
-  log_msg.entry.sec = ts->tv_sec;
-  log_msg.entry.nsec = ts->tv_nsec;
-  log_msg.entry.lid = logId;
-  log_msg.entry.uid = __android_log_uid();
-
-  for (i = 0; i < nr; ++i) {
-    size_t len = vec[i].iov_len;
-    if ((log_msg.entry.len + len) > LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD) {
-      len = LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD - log_msg.entry.len;
-    }
-    if (!len) continue;
-    memcpy(log_msg.entry.msg + log_msg.entry.len, vec[i].iov_base, len);
-    log_msg.entry.len += len;
-  }
-
-  if ((logId == LOG_ID_EVENTS) || (logId == LOG_ID_SECURITY)) {
-#if defined(__ANDROID__)
-    if (!ctx->eventTagMap) {
-      ctx->eventTagMap = android_openEventTagMap(NULL);
-    }
-#endif
-    err = android_log_processBinaryLogBuffer(&log_msg.entry_v1, &entry,
-#if defined(__ANDROID__)
-                                             ctx->eventTagMap,
-#else
-                                             NULL,
-#endif
-                                             binaryMsgBuf, sizeof(binaryMsgBuf));
-  } else {
-    err = android_log_processLogBuffer(&log_msg.entry_v1, &entry);
-  }
-
-  /* print known truncated data, in essence logcat --debug */
-  if ((err < 0) && !entry.message) return -EINVAL;
-
-  if (!android_log_shouldPrintLine(ctx->logformat, entry.tag, entry.priority)) {
-    return log_msg.entry.len;
-  }
-
-  err = android_log_printLogLine(ctx->logformat, fileno(stderr), &entry);
-  if (err < 0) return errno ? -errno : -EINVAL;
-  return log_msg.entry.len;
-}
diff --git a/liblog/tests/Android.bp b/liblog/tests/Android.bp
index d9d1a21..45f09f2 100644
--- a/liblog/tests/Android.bp
+++ b/liblog/tests/Android.bp
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@
     ],
     srcs: [
         "libc_test.cpp",
-        "liblog_test_default.cpp",
-        "liblog_test_stderr.cpp",
+        "liblog_test.cpp",
         "log_id_test.cpp",
         "log_radio_test.cpp",
         "log_read_test.cpp",
diff --git a/liblog/tests/liblog_test.cpp b/liblog/tests/liblog_test.cpp
index 5a73dc0..57b6c4e 100644
--- a/liblog/tests/liblog_test.cpp
+++ b/liblog/tests/liblog_test.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
 #include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
 #include <private/android_logger.h>
 
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+#define TEST_LOGGER LOGGER_DEFAULT
+#endif
+#define USING_LOGGER_DEFAULT
+
 #ifndef TEST_PREFIX
 #ifdef TEST_LOGGER
 #define TEST_PREFIX android_set_log_transport(TEST_LOGGER);
@@ -281,11 +286,7 @@
     fprintf(stderr, "%sLOGGER_NULL", prefix);
     prefix = orstr;
   }
-  if (logger & LOGGER_STDERR) {
-    fprintf(stderr, "%sLOGGER_STDERR", prefix);
-    prefix = orstr;
-  }
-  logger &= ~(LOGGER_LOGD | LOGGER_KERNEL | LOGGER_NULL | LOGGER_STDERR);
+  logger &= ~(LOGGER_LOGD | LOGGER_KERNEL | LOGGER_NULL);
   if (logger) {
     fprintf(stderr, "%s0x%x", prefix, logger);
     prefix = orstr;
diff --git a/liblog/tests/liblog_test_default.cpp b/liblog/tests/liblog_test_default.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 2edea27..0000000
--- a/liblog/tests/liblog_test_default.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#ifdef __ANDROID__
-#include <log/log_transport.h>
-#define TEST_LOGGER LOGGER_DEFAULT
-#endif
-#define USING_LOGGER_DEFAULT
-#include "liblog_test.cpp"
diff --git a/liblog/tests/liblog_test_stderr.cpp b/liblog/tests/liblog_test_stderr.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index abc1b9c..0000000
--- a/liblog/tests/liblog_test_stderr.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#include <log/log_transport.h>
-#define liblog liblog_stderr
-#define TEST_LOGGER LOGGER_STDERR
-#define USING_LOGGER_STDERR
-#include "liblog_test.cpp"