diff --git a/libcutils/ashmem-dev.cpp b/libcutils/ashmem-dev.cpp
index cfc2d3a..5fbe8a1 100644
--- a/libcutils/ashmem-dev.cpp
+++ b/libcutils/ashmem-dev.cpp
@@ -114,15 +114,8 @@
     // Check if kernel support exists, otherwise fall back to ashmem.
     // This code needs to build on old API levels, so we can't use the libc
     // wrapper.
-    //
-    // MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL is used to match the semantics of the ashmem device,
-    // which did not have executable permissions. This also seals the executable
-    // permissions of the buffer (i.e. they cannot be changed by fchmod()).
-    //
-    // MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL implies MFD_ALLOW_SEALING.
-
     android::base::unique_fd fd(
-            syscall(__NR_memfd_create, "test_android_memfd", MFD_CLOEXEC | MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL));
+            syscall(__NR_memfd_create, "test_android_memfd", MFD_CLOEXEC | MFD_ALLOW_SEALING));
     if (fd == -1) {
         ALOGE("memfd_create failed: %m, no memfd support");
         return false;
@@ -290,13 +283,7 @@
 static int memfd_create_region(const char* name, size_t size) {
     // This code needs to build on old API levels, so we can't use the libc
     // wrapper.
-    //
-    // MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL to match the semantics of the ashmem device, which did
-    // not have executable permissions. This also seals the executable
-    // permissions of the buffer (i.e. they cannot be changed by fchmod()).
-    //
-    // MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL implies MFD_ALLOW_SEALING.
-    android::base::unique_fd fd(syscall(__NR_memfd_create, name, MFD_CLOEXEC | MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL));
+    android::base::unique_fd fd(syscall(__NR_memfd_create, name, MFD_CLOEXEC | MFD_ALLOW_SEALING));
 
     if (fd == -1) {
         ALOGE("memfd_create(%s, %zd) failed: %m", name, size);