diff --git a/libhidlmemory/mapping.cpp b/libhidlmemory/mapping.cpp
index 3fcc354..8f0bcf4 100644
--- a/libhidlmemory/mapping.cpp
+++ b/libhidlmemory/mapping.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <mutex>
 #include <string>
 
-#include <AshmemMemory.h>
 #include <hidlmemory/mapping.h>
 
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
@@ -36,33 +35,6 @@
 
 static std::map<std::string, sp<IMapper>> gMappersByName;
 static std::mutex gMutex;
-static std::once_flag gOnceFlagLog;
-
-static sp<IMemory> createAshmemMemory(const hidl_memory& mem) {
-    if (mem.handle()->numFds == 0) {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-
-    // If ashmem service runs in 32-bit (size_t is uint32_t) and a 64-bit
-    // client process requests a memory > 2^32 bytes, the size would be
-    // converted to a 32-bit number in mmap. mmap could succeed but the
-    // mapped memory's actual size would be smaller than the reported size.
-    if (mem.size() > SIZE_MAX) {
-        ALOGE("Cannot map %" PRIu64 " bytes of memory because it is too large.", mem.size());
-        android_errorWriteLog(0x534e4554, "79376389");
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-
-    int fd = mem.handle()->data[0];
-    void* data = mmap(0, mem.size(), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
-    if (data == MAP_FAILED) {
-        // mmap never maps at address zero without MAP_FIXED, so we can avoid
-        // exposing clients to MAP_FAILED.
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-
-    return new impl::AshmemMemory(mem, data);
-}
 
 static inline sp<IMapper> getMapperService(const std::string& name) {
     std::unique_lock<std::mutex> _lock(gMutex);
@@ -83,14 +55,8 @@
     sp<IMapper> mapper = getMapperService(memory.name());
 
     if (mapper == nullptr) {
-        if (memory.name() == "ashmem") {
-            std::call_once(gOnceFlagLog,
-                           [&]() { LOG(INFO) << "Using libhidlmemory mapper for ashmem."; });
-            return createAshmemMemory(memory);
-        } else {
-            LOG(ERROR) << "Could not fetch mapper for " << memory.name() << " shared memory";
-            return nullptr;
-        }
+        LOG(ERROR) << "Could not fetch mapper for " << memory.name() << " shared memory";
+        return nullptr;
     }
 
     if (mapper->isRemote()) {