diff --git a/libsysutils/src/NetlinkEvent.cpp b/libsysutils/src/NetlinkEvent.cpp
index 55bbe46..47586db 100644
--- a/libsysutils/src/NetlinkEvent.cpp
+++ b/libsysutils/src/NetlinkEvent.cpp
@@ -37,108 +37,44 @@
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 
 #include <android-base/parseint.h>
-#include <bpf/KernelUtils.h>
 #include <log/log.h>
 #include <sysutils/NetlinkEvent.h>
 
 using android::base::ParseInt;
-using android::bpf::isKernel64Bit;
 
-/* From kernel's net/netfilter/xt_quota2.c */
-const int LOCAL_QLOG_NL_EVENT = 112;
-const int LOCAL_NFLOG_PACKET = NFNL_SUBSYS_ULOG << 8 | NFULNL_MSG_PACKET;
+// 'long' on a 32-bit kernel is 32-bits with 32-bit alignment,
+// and on a 64-bit kernel is 64-bits with 64-bit alignment,
+// while 'long long' is always 64-bit it may have 32-bit aligment (x86 structs).
+typedef long long __attribute__((__aligned__(8))) long64;
+typedef unsigned long long __attribute__((__aligned__(8))) ulong64;
+static_assert(sizeof(long64) == 8);
+static_assert(sizeof(ulong64) == 8);
 
-/******************************************************************************
- * WARNING: HERE BE DRAGONS!                                                  *
- *                                                                            *
- * This is here to provide for compatibility with both 32 and 64-bit kernels  *
- * from 32-bit userspace.                                                     *
- *                                                                            *
- * The kernel definition of this struct uses types (like long) that are not   *
- * the same across 32-bit and 64-bit builds, and there is no compatibility    *
- * layer to fix it up before it reaches userspace.                            *
- * As such we need to detect the bit-ness of the kernel and deal with it.     *
- *                                                                            *
- ******************************************************************************/
+// From kernel's net/netfilter/xt_quota2.c
+// It got there from deprecated ipt_ULOG.h to parse QLOG_NL_EVENT.
+constexpr int LOCAL_QLOG_NL_EVENT = 112;
+constexpr int LOCAL_NFLOG_PACKET = NFNL_SUBSYS_ULOG << 8 | NFULNL_MSG_PACKET;
 
-/*
- * This is the verbatim kernel declaration from net/netfilter/xt_quota2.c,
- * it is *NOT* of a well defined layout and is included here for compile
- * time assertions only.
- *
- * It got there from deprecated ipt_ULOG.h to parse QLOG_NL_EVENT.
- */
-#define ULOG_MAC_LEN 80
-#define ULOG_PREFIX_LEN 32
-typedef struct ulog_packet_msg {
-    unsigned long mark;
-    long timestamp_sec;
-    long timestamp_usec;
+constexpr int ULOG_MAC_LEN = 80;
+constexpr int ULOG_PREFIX_LEN = 32;
+
+// This structure layout assumes we're running on a 64-bit kernel.
+typedef struct {
+    ulong64 mark;  // kernel: unsigned long
+    long64 timestamp_sec;  // kernel: long
+    long64 timestamp_usec;  // kernel: long
     unsigned int hook;
     char indev_name[IFNAMSIZ];
     char outdev_name[IFNAMSIZ];
-    size_t data_len;
+    ulong64 data_len;  // kernel: size_t, a.k.a. unsigned long
     char prefix[ULOG_PREFIX_LEN];
     unsigned char mac_len;
     unsigned char mac[ULOG_MAC_LEN];
     unsigned char payload[0];
 } ulog_packet_msg_t;
 
-// On Linux int is always 32 bits, while sizeof(long) == sizeof(void*),
-// thus long on a 32-bit Linux kernel is 32-bits, like int always is
-typedef int long32;
-typedef unsigned int ulong32;
-static_assert(sizeof(long32) == 4);
-static_assert(sizeof(ulong32) == 4);
-
-// Here's the same structure definition with the assumption the kernel
-// is compiled for 32-bits.
-typedef struct {
-    ulong32 mark;
-    long32 timestamp_sec;
-    long32 timestamp_usec;
-    unsigned int hook;
-    char indev_name[IFNAMSIZ];
-    char outdev_name[IFNAMSIZ];
-    ulong32 data_len;
-    char prefix[ULOG_PREFIX_LEN];
-    unsigned char mac_len;
-    unsigned char mac[ULOG_MAC_LEN];
-    unsigned char payload[0];
-} ulog_packet_msg32_t;
-
-// long on a 64-bit kernel is 64-bits with 64-bit alignment,
-// while long long is 64-bit but may have 32-bit aligment.
-typedef long long __attribute__((__aligned__(8))) long64;
-typedef unsigned long long __attribute__((__aligned__(8))) ulong64;
-static_assert(sizeof(long64) == 8);
-static_assert(sizeof(ulong64) == 8);
-
-// Here's the same structure definition with the assumption the kernel
-// is compiled for 64-bits.
-typedef struct {
-    ulong64 mark;
-    long64 timestamp_sec;
-    long64 timestamp_usec;
-    unsigned int hook;
-    char indev_name[IFNAMSIZ];
-    char outdev_name[IFNAMSIZ];
-    ulong64 data_len;
-    char prefix[ULOG_PREFIX_LEN];
-    unsigned char mac_len;
-    unsigned char mac[ULOG_MAC_LEN];
-    unsigned char payload[0];
-} ulog_packet_msg64_t;
-
-// One expects the 32-bit version to be smaller than the 64-bit version.
-static_assert(sizeof(ulog_packet_msg32_t) < sizeof(ulog_packet_msg64_t));
-// And either way the 'native' version should match either the 32 or 64 bit one.
-static_assert(sizeof(ulog_packet_msg_t) == sizeof(ulog_packet_msg32_t) ||
-              sizeof(ulog_packet_msg_t) == sizeof(ulog_packet_msg64_t));
-
-// In practice these sizes are always simply (for both x86 and arm):
-static_assert(sizeof(ulog_packet_msg32_t) == 168);
-static_assert(sizeof(ulog_packet_msg64_t) == 192);
+// In practice, for both x86 and arm, we have
+static_assert(sizeof(ulog_packet_msg_t) == 192);
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
@@ -356,20 +292,11 @@
  * Parse a QLOG_NL_EVENT message.
  */
 bool NetlinkEvent::parseUlogPacketMessage(const struct nlmsghdr *nh) {
-    const char* alert;
-    const char* devname;
+    ulog_packet_msg_t* pm = (ulog_packet_msg_t*)NLMSG_DATA(nh);
+    if (!checkRtNetlinkLength(nh, sizeof(*pm))) return false;
 
-    if (isKernel64Bit()) {
-        ulog_packet_msg64_t* pm64 = (ulog_packet_msg64_t*)NLMSG_DATA(nh);
-        if (!checkRtNetlinkLength(nh, sizeof(*pm64))) return false;
-        alert = pm64->prefix;
-        devname = pm64->indev_name[0] ? pm64->indev_name : pm64->outdev_name;
-    } else {
-        ulog_packet_msg32_t* pm32 = (ulog_packet_msg32_t*)NLMSG_DATA(nh);
-        if (!checkRtNetlinkLength(nh, sizeof(*pm32))) return false;
-        alert = pm32->prefix;
-        devname = pm32->indev_name[0] ? pm32->indev_name : pm32->outdev_name;
-    }
+    const char* alert = pm->prefix;
+    const char* devname = pm->indev_name[0] ? pm->indev_name : pm->outdev_name;
 
     asprintf(&mParams[0], "ALERT_NAME=%s", alert);
     asprintf(&mParams[1], "INTERFACE=%s", devname);