diff --git a/init/property_service.cpp b/init/property_service.cpp
index 60c1895..5884cb6 100644
--- a/init/property_service.cpp
+++ b/init/property_service.cpp
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-static bool load_properties_from_file(const char *, const char *);
+static void load_properties_from_file(const char *, const char *);
 
 /*
  * Filter is used to decide which properties to load: NULL loads all keys,
@@ -508,17 +508,16 @@
 
 // Filter is used to decide which properties to load: NULL loads all keys,
 // "ro.foo.*" is a prefix match, and "ro.foo.bar" is an exact match.
-static bool load_properties_from_file(const char* filename, const char* filter) {
+static void load_properties_from_file(const char* filename, const char* filter) {
     Timer t;
     std::string data;
     if (!read_file(filename, &data)) {
         PLOG(WARNING) << "Couldn't load properties from " << filename;
-        return false;
+        return;
     }
     data.push_back('\n');
     load_properties(&data[0], filter);
     LOG(VERBOSE) << "(Loading properties from " << filename << " took " << t << ".)";
-    return true;
 }
 
 static void load_persistent_properties() {
@@ -593,10 +592,7 @@
 }
 
 void property_load_boot_defaults() {
-    if (!load_properties_from_file("/system/etc/prop.default", NULL)) {
-        // legacy path
-        load_properties_from_file("/default.prop", NULL);
-    }
+    load_properties_from_file("/default.prop", NULL);
     load_properties_from_file("/odm/default.prop", NULL);
     load_properties_from_file("/vendor/default.prop", NULL);