diff --git a/init/Android.mk b/init/Android.mk
index ef62bce..8b436db 100644
--- a/init/Android.mk
+++ b/init/Android.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 	property_service.c \
 	util.c \
 	parser.c \
-	logo.c \
 	keychords.c \
 	signal_handler.c \
 	init_parser.c \
diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index b699be0..525b69f 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -575,29 +575,28 @@
         have_console = 1;
     close(fd);
 
-    if( load_565rle_image(INIT_IMAGE_FILE) ) {
-        fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_WRONLY);
-        if (fd >= 0) {
-            const char *msg;
-                msg = "\n"
-            "\n"
-            "\n"
-            "\n"
-            "\n"
-            "\n"
-            "\n"  // console is 40 cols x 30 lines
-            "\n"
-            "\n"
-            "\n"
-            "\n"
-            "\n"
-            "\n"
-            "\n"
-            "             A N D R O I D ";
-            write(fd, msg, strlen(msg));
-            close(fd);
-        }
+    fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_WRONLY);
+    if (fd >= 0) {
+        const char *msg;
+            msg = "\n"
+        "\n"
+        "\n"
+        "\n"
+        "\n"
+        "\n"
+        "\n"  // console is 40 cols x 30 lines
+        "\n"
+        "\n"
+        "\n"
+        "\n"
+        "\n"
+        "\n"
+        "\n"
+        "             A N D R O I D ";
+        write(fd, msg, strlen(msg));
+        close(fd);
     }
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/init/init.h b/init/init.h
index 3928d52..736b75b 100644
--- a/init/init.h
+++ b/init/init.h
@@ -133,10 +133,6 @@
 void service_start(struct service *svc, const char *dynamic_args);
 void property_changed(const char *name, const char *value);
 
-#define INIT_IMAGE_FILE	"/initlogo.rle"
-
-int load_565rle_image( char *file_name );
-
 extern struct selabel_handle *sehandle;
 extern struct selabel_handle *sehandle_prop;
 extern int selinux_reload_policy(void);
diff --git a/init/logo.c b/init/logo.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 614224c..0000000
--- a/init/logo.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,163 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2008 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.
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-#include <linux/fb.h>
-#include <linux/kd.h>
-
-#include "log.h"
-
-#ifdef ANDROID
-#include <cutils/memory.h>
-#else
-void android_memset16(void *_ptr, unsigned short val, unsigned count)
-{
-    unsigned short *ptr = _ptr;
-    count >>= 1;
-    while(count--)
-        *ptr++ = val;
-}
-#endif
-
-struct FB {
-    unsigned short *bits;
-    unsigned size;
-    int fd;
-    struct fb_fix_screeninfo fi;
-    struct fb_var_screeninfo vi;
-};
-
-#define fb_width(fb) ((fb)->vi.xres)
-#define fb_height(fb) ((fb)->vi.yres)
-#define fb_size(fb) ((fb)->vi.xres * (fb)->vi.yres * 2)
-
-static int fb_open(struct FB *fb)
-{
-    fb->fd = open("/dev/graphics/fb0", O_RDWR);
-    if (fb->fd < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    if (ioctl(fb->fd, FBIOGET_FSCREENINFO, &fb->fi) < 0)
-        goto fail;
-    if (ioctl(fb->fd, FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO, &fb->vi) < 0)
-        goto fail;
-
-    fb->bits = mmap(0, fb_size(fb), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, 
-                    MAP_SHARED, fb->fd, 0);
-    if (fb->bits == MAP_FAILED)
-        goto fail;
-
-    return 0;
-
-fail:
-    close(fb->fd);
-    return -1;
-}
-
-static void fb_close(struct FB *fb)
-{
-    munmap(fb->bits, fb_size(fb));
-    close(fb->fd);
-}
-
-/* there's got to be a more portable way to do this ... */
-static void fb_update(struct FB *fb)
-{
-    fb->vi.yoffset = 1;
-    ioctl(fb->fd, FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO, &fb->vi);
-    fb->vi.yoffset = 0;
-    ioctl(fb->fd, FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO, &fb->vi);
-}
-
-static int vt_set_mode(int graphics)
-{
-    int fd, r;
-    fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_RDWR | O_SYNC);
-    if (fd < 0)
-        return -1;
-    r = ioctl(fd, KDSETMODE, (void*) (graphics ? KD_GRAPHICS : KD_TEXT));
-    close(fd);
-    return r;
-}
-
-/* 565RLE image format: [count(2 bytes), rle(2 bytes)] */
-
-int load_565rle_image(char *fn)
-{
-    struct FB fb;
-    struct stat s;
-    unsigned short *data, *bits, *ptr;
-    unsigned count, max;
-    int fd;
-
-    if (vt_set_mode(1)) 
-        return -1;
-
-    fd = open(fn, O_RDONLY);
-    if (fd < 0) {
-        ERROR("cannot open '%s'\n", fn);
-        goto fail_restore_text;
-    }
-
-    if (fstat(fd, &s) < 0) {
-        goto fail_close_file;
-    }
-
-    data = mmap(0, s.st_size, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
-    if (data == MAP_FAILED)
-        goto fail_close_file;
-
-    if (fb_open(&fb))
-        goto fail_unmap_data;
-
-    max = fb_width(&fb) * fb_height(&fb);
-    ptr = data;
-    count = s.st_size;
-    bits = fb.bits;
-    while (count > 3) {
-        unsigned n = ptr[0];
-        if (n > max)
-            break;
-        android_memset16(bits, ptr[1], n << 1);
-        bits += n;
-        max -= n;
-        ptr += 2;
-        count -= 4;
-    }
-
-    munmap(data, s.st_size);
-    fb_update(&fb);
-    fb_close(&fb);
-    close(fd);
-    unlink(fn);
-    return 0;
-
-fail_unmap_data:
-    munmap(data, s.st_size);    
-fail_close_file:
-    close(fd);
-fail_restore_text:
-    vt_set_mode(0);
-    return -1;
-}
-