diff --git a/bootstat/boot_event_record_store.cpp b/bootstat/boot_event_record_store.cpp
index ef4f68e..5d1fae9 100644
--- a/bootstat/boot_event_record_store.cpp
+++ b/bootstat/boot_event_record_store.cpp
@@ -55,11 +55,8 @@
     return false;
   }
 
-  // Ignore existing bootstat records (which do not contain file content).
-  if (!content.empty()) {
-    int32_t value = std::stoi(content);
-    bootstat::LogHistogram("bootstat_mtime_matches_content", value == *uptime);
-  }
+  int32_t value = std::stoi(content);
+  bootstat::LogHistogram("bootstat_mtime_matches_content", value == *uptime);
 
   return true;
 }
diff --git a/bootstat/boot_event_record_store.h b/bootstat/boot_event_record_store.h
index a2b8318..4d5deee 100644
--- a/bootstat/boot_event_record_store.h
+++ b/bootstat/boot_event_record_store.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
   FRIEND_TEST(BootEventRecordStoreTest, AddMultipleBootEvents);
   FRIEND_TEST(BootEventRecordStoreTest, AddBootEventWithValue);
   FRIEND_TEST(BootEventRecordStoreTest, GetBootEvent);
-  FRIEND_TEST(BootEventRecordStoreTest, GetBootEventNoFileContent);
 
   // Sets the filesystem path of the record store.
   void SetStorePath(const std::string& path);
diff --git a/bootstat/boot_event_record_store_test.cpp b/bootstat/boot_event_record_store_test.cpp
index d4f0755..343f9d0 100644
--- a/bootstat/boot_event_record_store_test.cpp
+++ b/bootstat/boot_event_record_store_test.cpp
@@ -17,16 +17,12 @@
 #include "boot_event_record_store.h"
 
 #include <dirent.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <cstdlib>
-#include <fstream>
 #include <android-base/file.h>
-#include <android-base/logging.h>
 #include <android-base/test_utils.h>
-#include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include <gmock/gmock.h>
 #include "uptime_parser.h"
@@ -35,36 +31,6 @@
 
 namespace {
 
-// Creates a fake boot event record file at |record_path| containing the boot
-// record |value|. This method is necessary as truncating a
-// BootEventRecordStore-created file would modify the mtime, which would alter
-// the value of the record.
-bool CreateEmptyBootEventRecord(const std::string& record_path, int32_t value) {
-  android::base::unique_fd record_fd(creat(record_path.c_str(), S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR));
-  if (record_fd.get() == -1) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  // Writing the value as content in the record file is a debug measure to
-  // ensure the validity of the file mtime value, i.e., to check that the record
-  // file mtime values are not changed once set.
-  // TODO(jhawkins): Remove this block.
-  if (!android::base::WriteStringToFd(std::to_string(value), record_fd.get())) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  // Set the |mtime| of the file to store the value of the boot event while
-  // preserving the |atime|.
-  struct timespec atime = {/* tv_sec */ 0, /* tv_usec */ UTIME_OMIT};
-  struct timespec mtime = {/* tv_sec */ value, /* tv_usec */ 0};
-  const struct timespec times[] = {atime, mtime};
-  if (futimens(record_fd.get(), times) != 0) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  return true;
-}
-
 // Returns true if the time difference between |a| and |b| is no larger
 // than 10 seconds.  This allow for a relatively large fuzz when comparing
 // two timestamps taken back-to-back.
@@ -212,19 +178,4 @@
 
   // Null |record|.
   EXPECT_DEATH(store.GetBootEvent("carboniferous", nullptr), std::string());
-}
-
-// Tests that the BootEventRecordStore is capable of handling an older record
-// protocol which does not contain file contents.
-TEST_F(BootEventRecordStoreTest, GetBootEventNoFileContent) {
-  BootEventRecordStore store;
-  store.SetStorePath(GetStorePathForTesting());
-
-  EXPECT_TRUE(CreateEmptyBootEventRecord(store.GetBootEventPath("devonian"), 2718));
-
-  BootEventRecordStore::BootEventRecord record;
-  bool result = store.GetBootEvent("devonian", &record);
-  EXPECT_EQ(true, result);
-  EXPECT_EQ("devonian", record.first);
-  EXPECT_EQ(2718, record.second);
-}
+}
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