diff --git a/include/cutils/ashmem.h b/include/cutils/ashmem.h
index 25b233e..acedf73 100644
--- a/include/cutils/ashmem.h
+++ b/include/cutils/ashmem.h
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 
+#if defined(__BIONIC__)
+#include <linux/ashmem.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
@@ -26,20 +30,4 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifndef __ASHMEMIOC	/* in case someone included <linux/ashmem.h> too */
-
-#define ASHMEM_NAME_LEN		256
-
-#define ASHMEM_NAME_DEF		"dev/ashmem"
-
-/* Return values from ASHMEM_PIN: Was the mapping purged while unpinned? */
-#define ASHMEM_NOT_PURGED	0
-#define ASHMEM_WAS_PURGED	1
-
-/* Return values from ASHMEM_UNPIN: Is the mapping now pinned or unpinned? */
-#define ASHMEM_IS_UNPINNED	0
-#define ASHMEM_IS_PINNED	1
-
-#endif	/* ! __ASHMEMIOC */
-
 #endif	/* _CUTILS_ASHMEM_H */
diff --git a/libcutils/ashmem-host.c b/libcutils/ashmem-host.c
index c85f06b..1f9f753 100644
--- a/libcutils/ashmem-host.c
+++ b/libcutils/ashmem-host.c
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@
 
 int ashmem_pin_region(int fd __unused, size_t offset __unused, size_t len __unused)
 {
-    return ASHMEM_NOT_PURGED;
+    return 0 /*ASHMEM_NOT_PURGED*/;
 }
 
 int ashmem_unpin_region(int fd __unused, size_t offset __unused, size_t len __unused)
 {
-    return ASHMEM_IS_UNPINNED;
+    return 0 /*ASHMEM_IS_UNPINNED*/;
 }
 
 int ashmem_get_size_region(int fd)