diff --git a/init/builtins.cpp b/init/builtins.cpp
index e1a86e4..169edbe 100644
--- a/init/builtins.cpp
+++ b/init/builtins.cpp
@@ -1098,86 +1098,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-static Result<Success> bind_mount_file(const char* source, const char* mount_point,
-                                       bool remount_private) {
-    if (remount_private && mount(nullptr, mount_point, nullptr, MS_PRIVATE, nullptr) == -1) {
-        return ErrnoError() << "Could not change " << mount_point << " to a private mount point";
-    }
-    if (mount(source, mount_point, nullptr, MS_BIND, nullptr) == -1) {
-        return ErrnoError() << "Could not bind-mount " << source << " to " << mount_point;
-    }
-    return Success();
-}
-
-static Result<Success> bind_mount_bionic(const char* linker_source, const char* lib_dir_source,
-                                         const char* linker_mount_point, const char* lib_mount_dir,
-                                         bool remount_private) {
-    if (access(linker_source, F_OK) != 0) {
-        return Success();
-    }
-    if (auto result = bind_mount_file(linker_source, linker_mount_point, remount_private);
-        !result) {
-        return result;
-    }
-    for (auto libname : kBionicLibFileNames) {
-        std::string mount_point = lib_mount_dir + libname;
-        std::string source = lib_dir_source + libname;
-        if (auto result = bind_mount_file(source.c_str(), mount_point.c_str(), remount_private);
-            !result) {
-            return result;
-        }
-    }
-    return Success();
-}
-
-// The bootstrap bionic libs and the bootstrap linker are bind-mounted to
-// the mount points for pre-apexd processes.
-static Result<Success> do_prepare_bootstrap_bionic(const BuiltinArguments& args) {
-    static bool prepare_bootstrap_bionic_done = false;
-    if (prepare_bootstrap_bionic_done) {
-        return Error() << "prepare_bootstrap_bionic was already executed. Cannot be executed again";
-    }
-    if (auto result = bind_mount_bionic(kBootstrapLinkerPath, kBootstrapBionicLibsDir,
-                                        kLinkerMountPoint, kBionicLibsMountPointDir, false);
-        !result) {
-        return result;
-    }
-    if (auto result = bind_mount_bionic(kBootstrapLinkerPath64, kBootstrapBionicLibsDir64,
-                                        kLinkerMountPoint64, kBionicLibsMountPointDir64, false);
-        !result) {
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    LOG(INFO) << "prepare_bootstrap_bionic done";
-    prepare_bootstrap_bionic_done = true;
-    return Success();
-}
-
-// The bionic libs and the dynamic linker from the runtime APEX are bind-mounted
-// to the mount points. As a result, the previous mounts done by
-// prepare_bootstrap_bionic become hidden.
-static Result<Success> do_setup_runtime_bionic(const BuiltinArguments& args) {
-    static bool setup_runtime_bionic_done = false;
-    if (setup_runtime_bionic_done) {
-        return Error() << "setup_runtime_bionic was already executed. Cannot be executed again";
-    }
-    if (auto result = bind_mount_bionic(kRuntimeLinkerPath, kRuntimeBionicLibsDir,
-                                        kLinkerMountPoint, kBionicLibsMountPointDir, true);
-        !result) {
-        return result;
-    }
-    if (auto result = bind_mount_bionic(kRuntimeLinkerPath64, kRuntimeBionicLibsDir64,
-                                        kLinkerMountPoint64, kBionicLibsMountPointDir64, true);
-        !result) {
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    ServiceList::GetInstance().MarkRuntimeAvailable();
-    LOG(INFO) << "setup_runtime_bionic done";
-    setup_runtime_bionic_done = true;
-    return Success();
-}
-
 // Builtin-function-map start
 const BuiltinFunctionMap::Map& BuiltinFunctionMap::map() const {
     constexpr std::size_t kMax = std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max();
@@ -1216,7 +1136,6 @@
         {"mount_all",               {1,     kMax, {false,  do_mount_all}}},
         {"mount",                   {3,     kMax, {false,  do_mount}}},
         {"parse_apex_configs",      {0,     0,    {false,  do_parse_apex_configs}}},
-        {"prepare_bootstrap_bionic",{0,     0,    {false,  do_prepare_bootstrap_bionic}}},
         {"umount",                  {1,     1,    {false,  do_umount}}},
         {"readahead",               {1,     2,    {true,   do_readahead}}},
         {"restart",                 {1,     1,    {false,  do_restart}}},
@@ -1225,7 +1144,6 @@
         {"rm",                      {1,     1,    {true,   do_rm}}},
         {"rmdir",                   {1,     1,    {true,   do_rmdir}}},
         {"setprop",                 {2,     2,    {true,   do_setprop}}},
-        {"setup_runtime_bionic",    {0,     0,    {false,  do_setup_runtime_bionic}}},
         {"setrlimit",               {3,     3,    {false,  do_setrlimit}}},
         {"start",                   {1,     1,    {false,  do_start}}},
         {"stop",                    {1,     1,    {false,  do_stop}}},
diff --git a/init/service.cpp b/init/service.cpp
index f3eafe4..272809f 100644
--- a/init/service.cpp
+++ b/init/service.cpp
@@ -140,43 +140,6 @@
     return Success();
 }
 
-Result<Success> Service::SetUpPreApexdMounts() const {
-    // If a pre-apexd service is 're' launched after the runtime APEX is
-    // available, unmount the linker and bionic libs which are currently
-    // bind mounted to the files in the runtime APEX. This will reveal
-    // the hidden mount points (targetting the bootstrap ones in the
-    // system partition) which were setup before the runtime APEX was
-    // started. Note that these unmounts are done in a separate mount namespace
-    // for the process. It does not affect other processes including the init.
-    if (pre_apexd_ && ServiceList::GetInstance().IsRuntimeAvailable()) {
-        if (access(kLinkerMountPoint, F_OK) == 0) {
-            if (umount(kLinkerMountPoint) == -1) {
-                return ErrnoError() << "Could not umount " << kLinkerMountPoint;
-            }
-            for (const auto& libname : kBionicLibFileNames) {
-                std::string mount_point = kBionicLibsMountPointDir + libname;
-                if (umount(mount_point.c_str()) == -1) {
-                    return ErrnoError() << "Could not umount " << mount_point;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (access(kLinkerMountPoint64, F_OK) == 0) {
-            if (umount(kLinkerMountPoint64) == -1) {
-                return ErrnoError() << "Could not umount " << kLinkerMountPoint64;
-            }
-            for (const auto& libname : kBionicLibFileNames) {
-                std::string mount_point = kBionicLibsMountPointDir64 + libname;
-                std::string source = kBootstrapBionicLibsDir64 + libname;
-                if (umount(mount_point.c_str()) == -1) {
-                    return ErrnoError() << "Could not umount " << mount_point;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return Success();
-}
-
 Result<Success> Service::SetUpPidNamespace() const {
     if (prctl(PR_SET_NAME, name_.c_str()) == -1) {
         return ErrnoError() << "Could not set name";
@@ -406,7 +369,7 @@
 
     // If we crash > 4 times in 4 minutes, reboot into bootloader or set crashing property
     boot_clock::time_point now = boot_clock::now();
-    if (((flags_ & SVC_CRITICAL) || !pre_apexd_) && !(flags_ & SVC_RESTART)) {
+    if (((flags_ & SVC_CRITICAL) || classnames_.count("updatable")) && !(flags_ & SVC_RESTART)) {
         if (now < time_crashed_ + 4min) {
             if (++crash_count_ > 4) {
                 if (flags_ & SVC_CRITICAL) {
@@ -966,14 +929,6 @@
         scon = *result;
     }
 
-    if (!ServiceList::GetInstance().IsRuntimeAvailable() && !pre_apexd_) {
-        // If this service is started before the runtime APEX gets available,
-        // mark it as pre-apexd one. Note that this marking is permanent. So
-        // for example, if the service is re-launched (e.g., due to crash),
-        // it is still recognized as pre-apexd... for consistency.
-        pre_apexd_ = true;
-    }
-
     LOG(INFO) << "starting service '" << name_ << "'...";
 
     pid_t pid = -1;
@@ -990,37 +945,6 @@
             LOG(FATAL) << "Service '" << name_ << "' could not enter namespaces: " << result.error();
         }
 
-        // b/122559956: mount namespace is not cloned for the devices that don't support
-        // the update of bionic libraries via APEX. In that case, because the bionic
-        // libraries in the runtime APEX and the bootstrap bionic libraries are
-        // identical, it doesn't matter which libs are used. This is also to avoid the
-        // bug in sdcardfs which is triggered when we have multiple mount namespaces
-        // across vold and the others. BIONIC_UPDATABLE shall be true only for the
-        // devices where kernel has the fix for the sdcardfs bug (see the commit message
-        // for the fix).
-        static bool bionic_updatable =
-                android::base::GetBoolProperty("ro.apex.bionic_updatable", false);
-
-        if (bionic_updatable && pre_apexd_) {
-            // pre-apexd process gets a private copy of the mount namespace.
-            // However, this does not mean that mount/unmount events are not
-            // shared across pre-apexd processes and post-apexd processes.
-            // *Most* of the events are still shared because the propagation
-            // type of / is set to 'shared'. (see `mount rootfs rootfs /shared
-            // rec` in init.rc)
-            //
-            // This unsharing is required to not propagate the mount events
-            // under /system/lib/{libc|libdl|libm}.so and /system/bin/linker(64)
-            // whose propagation type is set to private. With this,
-            // bind-mounting the bionic libs and the dynamic linker from the
-            // runtime APEX to the mount points does not affect pre-apexd
-            // processes which should use the bootstrap ones.
-            if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNS) != 0) {
-                LOG(FATAL) << "Creating a new mount namespace for service"
-                           << " '" << name_ << "' failed: " << strerror(errno);
-            }
-        }
-
         if (namespace_flags_ & CLONE_NEWNS) {
             if (auto result = SetUpMountNamespace(); !result) {
                 LOG(FATAL) << "Service '" << name_
@@ -1028,14 +952,6 @@
             }
         }
 
-        // b/122559956: same as above
-        if (bionic_updatable && pre_apexd_ && ServiceList::GetInstance().IsRuntimeAvailable()) {
-            if (auto result = SetUpPreApexdMounts(); !result) {
-                LOG(FATAL) << "Pre-apexd service '" << name_
-                           << "' could not setup the mount points: " << result.error();
-            }
-        }
-
         if (namespace_flags_ & CLONE_NEWPID) {
             // This will fork again to run an init process inside the PID
             // namespace.
@@ -1408,10 +1324,6 @@
     delayed_service_names_.clear();
 }
 
-void ServiceList::MarkRuntimeAvailable() {
-    runtime_available_ = true;
-}
-
 void ServiceList::DelayService(const Service& service) {
     if (services_update_finished_) {
         LOG(ERROR) << "Cannot delay the start of service '" << service.name()
diff --git a/init/service.h b/init/service.h
index 676111f..56e75b0 100644
--- a/init/service.h
+++ b/init/service.h
@@ -62,24 +62,6 @@
 namespace android {
 namespace init {
 
-static constexpr const char* kLinkerMountPoint = "/system/bin/linker";
-static constexpr const char* kBootstrapLinkerPath = "/system/bin/linker";
-static constexpr const char* kRuntimeLinkerPath = "/apex/com.android.runtime/bin/linker";
-
-static constexpr const char* kBionicLibsMountPointDir = "/system/lib/";
-static constexpr const char* kBootstrapBionicLibsDir = "/system/lib/";
-static constexpr const char* kRuntimeBionicLibsDir = "/apex/com.android.runtime/lib/bionic/";
-
-static constexpr const char* kLinkerMountPoint64 = "/system/bin/linker64";
-static constexpr const char* kBootstrapLinkerPath64 = "/system/bin/linker64";
-static constexpr const char* kRuntimeLinkerPath64 = "/apex/com.android.runtime/bin/linker64";
-
-static constexpr const char* kBionicLibsMountPointDir64 = "/system/lib64/";
-static constexpr const char* kBootstrapBionicLibsDir64 = "/system/lib64/";
-static constexpr const char* kRuntimeBionicLibsDir64 = "/apex/com.android.runtime/lib64/bionic/";
-
-static const std::vector<std::string> kBionicLibFileNames = {"libc.so", "libm.so", "libdl.so"};
-
 class Service {
   public:
     Service(const std::string& name, Subcontext* subcontext_for_restart_commands,
@@ -142,7 +124,6 @@
     std::optional<std::chrono::seconds> timeout_period() const { return timeout_period_; }
     const std::vector<std::string>& args() const { return args_; }
     bool is_updatable() const { return updatable_; }
-    bool is_pre_apexd() const { return pre_apexd_; }
 
   private:
     using OptionParser = Result<Success> (Service::*)(std::vector<std::string>&& args);
@@ -151,7 +132,6 @@
     Result<Success> SetUpMountNamespace() const;
     Result<Success> SetUpPidNamespace() const;
     Result<Success> EnterNamespaces() const;
-    Result<Success> SetUpPreApexdMounts() const;
     void NotifyStateChange(const std::string& new_state) const;
     void StopOrReset(int how);
     void ZapStdio() const;
@@ -262,8 +242,6 @@
     std::vector<std::string> args_;
 
     std::vector<std::function<void(const siginfo_t& siginfo)>> reap_callbacks_;
-
-    bool pre_apexd_ = false;
 };
 
 class ServiceList {
@@ -306,16 +284,13 @@
     const std::vector<Service*> services_in_shutdown_order() const;
 
     void MarkServicesUpdate();
-    void MarkRuntimeAvailable();
     bool IsServicesUpdated() const { return services_update_finished_; }
-    bool IsRuntimeAvailable() const { return runtime_available_; }
     void DelayService(const Service& service);
 
   private:
     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Service>> services_;
 
     bool services_update_finished_ = false;
-    bool runtime_available_ = false;
     std::vector<std::string> delayed_service_names_;
 };
 
diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 9b20964..d1a0ffd 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@
 import /init.${ro.zygote}.rc
 
 on early-init
-    # Mount shared so changes propagate into child namespaces
-    # Do this before other processes are started from init. Otherwise,
-    # processes launched while the propagation type of / is 'private'
-    # won't get mount events from others.
-    mount rootfs rootfs / shared rec
-
     # Set init and its forked children's oom_adj.
     write /proc/1/oom_score_adj -1000
 
@@ -46,8 +40,6 @@
     # cgroup for system_server and surfaceflinger
     mkdir /dev/memcg/system 0550 system system
 
-    prepare_bootstrap_bionic
-
     start ueventd
 
 on init
@@ -352,6 +344,8 @@
     # Once everything is setup, no need to modify /.
     # The bind+remount combination allows this to work in containers.
     mount rootfs rootfs / remount bind ro nodev
+    # Mount shared so changes propagate into child namespaces
+    mount rootfs rootfs / shared rec
     # Mount default storage into root namespace
     mount none /mnt/runtime/default /storage bind rec
     mount none none /storage slave rec
@@ -587,14 +581,6 @@
     # Check any timezone data in /data is newer than the copy in the runtime module, delete if not.
     exec - system system -- /system/bin/tzdatacheck /apex/com.android.runtime/etc/tz /data/misc/zoneinfo
 
-    # Wait for apexd to finish activating APEXes before starting more processes.
-    # This certainly reduces the parallelism but is required to make as many processes
-    # as possible to use the bionic libs from the runtime APEX. This takes less than 50ms
-    # so the impact on the booting time is not significant.
-    wait_for_prop apexd.status ready
-    setup_runtime_bionic
-    parse_apex_configs
-
     # If there is no post-fs-data action in the init.<device>.rc file, you
     # must uncomment this line, otherwise encrypted filesystems
     # won't work.
@@ -816,3 +802,6 @@
 service flash_recovery /system/bin/install-recovery.sh
     class main
     oneshot
+
+on property:apexd.status=ready
+    parse_apex_configs