diff --git a/init/devices.cpp b/init/devices.cpp
index 215d2ea..13cf991 100644
--- a/init/devices.cpp
+++ b/init/devices.cpp
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
     return {0600, 0, 0};
 }
 
-void DeviceHandler::MakeDevice(const std::string& path, int block, int major, int minor,
+void DeviceHandler::MakeDevice(const std::string& path, bool block, int major, int minor,
                                const std::vector<std::string>& links) const {
     auto[mode, uid, gid] = GetDevicePermissions(path, links);
     mode |= (block ? S_IFBLK : S_IFCHR);
@@ -279,45 +279,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-std::vector<std::string> DeviceHandler::GetCharacterDeviceSymlinks(const Uevent& uevent) const {
-    std::string parent_device;
-    if (!FindPlatformDevice(uevent.path, &parent_device)) return {};
-
-    // skip path to the parent driver
-    std::string path = uevent.path.substr(parent_device.length());
-
-    if (!StartsWith(path, "/usb")) return {};
-
-    // skip root hub name and device. use device interface
-    // skip 3 slashes, including the first / by starting the search at the 1st character, not 0th.
-    // then extract what comes between the 3rd and 4th slash
-    // e.g. "/usb/usb_device/name/tty2-1:1.0" -> "name"
-
-    std::string::size_type start = 0;
-    start = path.find('/', start + 1);
-    if (start == std::string::npos) return {};
-
-    start = path.find('/', start + 1);
-    if (start == std::string::npos) return {};
-
-    auto end = path.find('/', start + 1);
-    if (end == std::string::npos) return {};
-
-    start++;  // Skip the first '/'
-
-    auto length = end - start;
-    if (length == 0) return {};
-
-    auto name_string = path.substr(start, length);
-
-    std::vector<std::string> links;
-    links.emplace_back("/dev/usb/" + uevent.subsystem + name_string);
-
-    mkdir("/dev/usb", 0755);
-
-    return links;
-}
-
 // replaces any unacceptable characters with '_', the
 // length of the resulting string is equal to the input string
 void SanitizePartitionName(std::string* string) {
@@ -385,7 +346,7 @@
     return links;
 }
 
-void DeviceHandler::HandleDevice(const std::string& action, const std::string& devpath, int block,
+void DeviceHandler::HandleDevice(const std::string& action, const std::string& devpath, bool block,
                                  int major, int minor, const std::vector<std::string>& links) const {
     if (action == "add") {
         MakeDevice(devpath, block, major, minor, links);
@@ -411,31 +372,26 @@
     }
 }
 
-void DeviceHandler::HandleBlockDeviceEvent(const Uevent& uevent) const {
-    // if it's not a /dev device, nothing to do
-    if (uevent.major < 0 || uevent.minor < 0) return;
-
-    const char* base = "/dev/block/";
-    make_dir(base, 0755, sehandle_);
-
-    std::string name = Basename(uevent.path);
-    std::string devpath = base + name;
-
-    std::vector<std::string> links;
-    if (StartsWith(uevent.path, "/devices")) {
-        links = GetBlockDeviceSymlinks(uevent);
+void DeviceHandler::HandleDeviceEvent(const Uevent& uevent) {
+    if (uevent.action == "add" || uevent.action == "change" || uevent.action == "online") {
+        FixupSysPermissions(uevent.path, uevent.subsystem);
     }
 
-    HandleDevice(uevent.action, devpath, 1, uevent.major, uevent.minor, links);
-}
-
-void DeviceHandler::HandleGenericDeviceEvent(const Uevent& uevent) const {
     // if it's not a /dev device, nothing to do
     if (uevent.major < 0 || uevent.minor < 0) return;
 
     std::string devpath;
+    std::vector<std::string> links;
+    bool block = false;
 
-    if (StartsWith(uevent.subsystem, "usb")) {
+    if (uevent.subsystem == "block") {
+        block = true;
+        devpath = "/dev/block/" + Basename(uevent.path);
+
+        if (StartsWith(uevent.path, "/devices")) {
+            links = GetBlockDeviceSymlinks(uevent);
+        }
+    } else if (StartsWith(uevent.subsystem, "usb")) {
         if (uevent.subsystem == "usb") {
             if (!uevent.device_name.empty()) {
                 devpath = "/dev/" + uevent.device_name;
@@ -461,21 +417,7 @@
 
     mkdir_recursive(Dirname(devpath), 0755, sehandle_);
 
-    auto links = GetCharacterDeviceSymlinks(uevent);
-
-    HandleDevice(uevent.action, devpath, 0, uevent.major, uevent.minor, links);
-}
-
-void DeviceHandler::HandleDeviceEvent(const Uevent& uevent) {
-    if (uevent.action == "add" || uevent.action == "change" || uevent.action == "online") {
-        FixupSysPermissions(uevent.path, uevent.subsystem);
-    }
-
-    if (uevent.subsystem == "block") {
-        HandleBlockDeviceEvent(uevent);
-    } else {
-        HandleGenericDeviceEvent(uevent);
-    }
+    HandleDevice(uevent.action, devpath, block, uevent.major, uevent.minor, links);
 }
 
 DeviceHandler::DeviceHandler(std::vector<Permissions> dev_permissions,
diff --git a/init/devices.h b/init/devices.h
index 5105ad7..c64f5fb 100644
--- a/init/devices.h
+++ b/init/devices.h
@@ -115,16 +115,12 @@
     bool FindPlatformDevice(std::string path, std::string* platform_device_path) const;
     std::tuple<mode_t, uid_t, gid_t> GetDevicePermissions(
         const std::string& path, const std::vector<std::string>& links) const;
-    void MakeDevice(const std::string& path, int block, int major, int minor,
+    void MakeDevice(const std::string& path, bool block, int major, int minor,
                     const std::vector<std::string>& links) const;
-    std::vector<std::string> GetCharacterDeviceSymlinks(const Uevent& uevent) const;
-    void HandleDevice(const std::string& action, const std::string& devpath, int block, int major,
+    void HandleDevice(const std::string& action, const std::string& devpath, bool block, int major,
                       int minor, const std::vector<std::string>& links) const;
     void FixupSysPermissions(const std::string& upath, const std::string& subsystem) const;
 
-    void HandleBlockDeviceEvent(const Uevent& uevent) const;
-    void HandleGenericDeviceEvent(const Uevent& uevent) const;
-
     std::vector<Permissions> dev_permissions_;
     std::vector<SysfsPermissions> sysfs_permissions_;
     std::vector<Subsystem> subsystems_;
diff --git a/init/devices_test.cpp b/init/devices_test.cpp
index 57d8e0f..ac4ab9b 100644
--- a/init/devices_test.cpp
+++ b/init/devices_test.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 class DeviceHandlerTester {
   public:
     void TestGetSymlinks(const std::string& platform_device, const Uevent& uevent,
-                         const std::vector<std::string> expected_links, bool block) {
+                         const std::vector<std::string> expected_links) {
         TemporaryDir fake_sys_root;
         device_handler_.sysfs_mount_point_ = fake_sys_root.path;
 
@@ -44,11 +44,7 @@
         mkdir_recursive(android::base::Dirname(fake_sys_root.path + uevent.path), 0777, nullptr);
 
         std::vector<std::string> result;
-        if (block) {
-            result = device_handler_.GetBlockDeviceSymlinks(uevent);
-        } else {
-            result = device_handler_.GetCharacterDeviceSymlinks(uevent);
-        }
+        result = device_handler_.GetBlockDeviceSymlinks(uevent);
 
         auto expected_size = expected_links.size();
         ASSERT_EQ(expected_size, result.size());
@@ -64,95 +60,6 @@
     DeviceHandler device_handler_;
 };
 
-TEST(device_handler, get_character_device_symlinks_success) {
-    const char* platform_device = "/devices/platform/some_device_name";
-    Uevent uevent = {
-        .path = "/devices/platform/some_device_name/usb/usb_device/name/tty2-1:1.0",
-        .subsystem = "tty",
-    };
-    std::vector<std::string> expected_result{"/dev/usb/ttyname"};
-
-    DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, false);
-}
-
-TEST(device_handler, get_character_device_symlinks_no_pdev_match) {
-    const char* platform_device = "/devices/platform/some_device_name";
-    Uevent uevent = {
-        .path = "/device/name/tty2-1:1.0", .subsystem = "tty",
-    };
-    std::vector<std::string> expected_result;
-
-    DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, false);
-}
-
-TEST(device_handler, get_character_device_symlinks_nothing_after_platform_device) {
-    const char* platform_device = "/devices/platform/some_device_name";
-    Uevent uevent = {
-        .path = "/devices/platform/some_device_name", .subsystem = "tty",
-    };
-    std::vector<std::string> expected_result;
-
-    DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, false);
-}
-
-TEST(device_handler, get_character_device_symlinks_no_usb_found) {
-    const char* platform_device = "/devices/platform/some_device_name";
-    Uevent uevent = {
-        .path = "/devices/platform/some_device_name/bad/bad/", .subsystem = "tty",
-    };
-    std::vector<std::string> expected_result;
-
-    DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, false);
-}
-
-TEST(device_handler, get_character_device_symlinks_no_roothub) {
-    const char* platform_device = "/devices/platform/some_device_name";
-    Uevent uevent = {
-        .path = "/devices/platform/some_device_name/usb/", .subsystem = "tty",
-    };
-    std::vector<std::string> expected_result;
-
-    DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, false);
-}
-
-TEST(device_handler, get_character_device_symlinks_no_usb_device) {
-    const char* platform_device = "/devices/platform/some_device_name";
-    Uevent uevent = {
-        .path = "/devices/platform/some_device_name/usb/usb_device/", .subsystem = "tty",
-    };
-    std::vector<std::string> expected_result;
-
-    DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, false);
-}
-
-TEST(device_handler, get_character_device_symlinks_no_final_slash) {
-    const char* platform_device = "/devices/platform/some_device_name";
-    Uevent uevent = {
-        .path = "/devices/platform/some_device_name/usb/usb_device/name", .subsystem = "tty",
-    };
-    std::vector<std::string> expected_result;
-
-    DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, false);
-}
-
-TEST(device_handler, get_character_device_symlinks_no_final_name) {
-    const char* platform_device = "/devices/platform/some_device_name";
-    Uevent uevent = {
-        .path = "/devices/platform/some_device_name/usb/usb_device//", .subsystem = "tty",
-    };
-    std::vector<std::string> expected_result;
-
-    DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, false);
-}
-
 TEST(device_handler, get_block_device_symlinks_success_platform) {
     // These are actual paths from bullhead
     const char* platform_device = "/devices/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci";
@@ -164,7 +71,7 @@
     std::vector<std::string> expected_result{"/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/mmcblk0"};
 
     DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, true);
+    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result);
 }
 
 TEST(device_handler, get_block_device_symlinks_success_platform_with_partition) {
@@ -182,7 +89,7 @@
     };
 
     DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, true);
+    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result);
 }
 
 TEST(device_handler, get_block_device_symlinks_success_platform_with_partition_only_num) {
@@ -198,7 +105,7 @@
     };
 
     DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, true);
+    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result);
 }
 
 TEST(device_handler, get_block_device_symlinks_success_platform_with_partition_only_name) {
@@ -214,7 +121,7 @@
     };
 
     DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, true);
+    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result);
 }
 
 TEST(device_handler, get_block_device_symlinks_success_pci) {
@@ -225,7 +132,7 @@
     std::vector<std::string> expected_result{"/dev/block/pci/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/mmcblk0"};
 
     DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, true);
+    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result);
 }
 
 TEST(device_handler, get_block_device_symlinks_pci_bad_format) {
@@ -236,7 +143,7 @@
     std::vector<std::string> expected_result{};
 
     DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, true);
+    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result);
 }
 
 TEST(device_handler, get_block_device_symlinks_success_vbd) {
@@ -247,7 +154,7 @@
     std::vector<std::string> expected_result{"/dev/block/vbd/1234/mmcblk0"};
 
     DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, true);
+    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result);
 }
 
 TEST(device_handler, get_block_device_symlinks_vbd_bad_format) {
@@ -258,7 +165,7 @@
     std::vector<std::string> expected_result{};
 
     DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, true);
+    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result);
 }
 
 TEST(device_handler, get_block_device_symlinks_no_matches) {
@@ -271,7 +178,7 @@
     std::vector<std::string> expected_result;
 
     DeviceHandlerTester device_handler_tester_;
-    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result, true);
+    device_handler_tester_.TestGetSymlinks(platform_device, uevent, expected_result);
 }
 
 TEST(device_handler, sanitize_null) {