diff --git a/bootstat/boot_event_record_store.cpp b/bootstat/boot_event_record_store.cpp
index 78be944..f902af3 100644
--- a/bootstat/boot_event_record_store.cpp
+++ b/bootstat/boot_event_record_store.cpp
@@ -46,24 +46,6 @@
 
   *uptime = file_stat.st_mtime;
 
-  // The following code (till function exit) is a debug test 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 code.
-  std::string content;
-  if (!android::base::ReadFileToString(path, &content)) {
-    PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to read " << path;
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  // Ignore existing bootstat records (which do not contain file content).
-  if (!content.empty()) {
-    int32_t value;
-    if (android::base::ParseInt(content, &value)) {
-      bootstat::LogHistogram("bootstat_mtime_matches_content", value == *uptime);
-    }
-  }
-
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -89,16 +71,6 @@
     return;
   }
 
-  // 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)) {
-    PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to write value to " << record_path;
-    close(record_fd);
-    return;
-  }
-
   // Fill out the stat structure for |record_path| in order to get the atime to
   // set in the utime() call.
   struct stat file_stat;
diff --git a/bootstat/boot_event_record_store_test.cpp b/bootstat/boot_event_record_store_test.cpp
index 01c2cc1..90f6513 100644
--- a/bootstat/boot_event_record_store_test.cpp
+++ b/bootstat/boot_event_record_store_test.cpp
@@ -45,14 +45,6 @@
     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)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
   // Set the |mtime| of the file to store the value of the boot event while
   // preserving the |atime|.
   struct timeval atime = {/* tv_sec */ 0, /* tv_usec */ 0};