diff --git a/fsverity_init/Android.bp b/fsverity_init/Android.bp
index 83c5945..07eaf6a 100644
--- a/fsverity_init/Android.bp
+++ b/fsverity_init/Android.bp
@@ -10,26 +10,10 @@
 cc_binary {
     name: "fsverity_init",
     srcs: [
-        "main.cpp",
+        "fsverity_init.cpp",
     ],
     static_libs: [
         "libc++fs",
-        "libfsverity_init",
-        "libmini_keyctl_static",
-    ],
-    shared_libs: [
-        "libbase",
-        "libkeyutils",
-        "liblog",
-    ],
-    cflags: ["-Werror", "-Wall", "-Wextra"],
-}
-
-cc_library {
-    name: "libfsverity_init",
-    srcs: ["fsverity_init.cpp"],
-    static_libs: [
-        "libc++fs",
         "libmini_keyctl_static",
     ],
     shared_libs: [
@@ -38,6 +22,4 @@
         "liblog",
     ],
     cflags: ["-Werror", "-Wall", "-Wextra"],
-    export_include_dirs: ["include"],
-    recovery_available: true,
 }
diff --git a/fsverity_init/fsverity_init.cpp b/fsverity_init/fsverity_init.cpp
index 61f84dd..797118d 100644
--- a/fsverity_init/fsverity_init.cpp
+++ b/fsverity_init/fsverity_init.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,25 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+//
+// fsverity_init is a tool for loading X.509 certificates into the kernel keyring used by the
+// fsverity builtin signature verification kernel feature
+// (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/fsverity.html#built-in-signature-verification).
+// Starting in Android 14, Android has actually stopped using this feature, as it was too inflexible
+// and caused problems.  It has been replaced by userspace signature verification.  Also, some uses
+// of fsverity in Android are now for integrity-only use cases.
+//
+// Regardless, there may exist fsverity files on-disk that were created by Android 13 or earlier.
+// These files still have builtin signatures.  If the kernel is an older kernel that still has
+// CONFIG_FS_VERITY_BUILTIN_SIGNATURES enabled, these files cannot be opened unless the
+// corresponding key is in the ".fs-verity" keyring.  Therefore, this tool still has to exist and be
+// used to load keys into the kernel, even though this has no security purpose anymore.
+//
+// This tool can be removed as soon as all supported kernels are guaranteed to have
+// CONFIG_FS_VERITY_BUILTIN_SIGNATURES disabled, or alternatively as soon as support for upgrades
+// from Android 13 or earlier is no longer required.
+//
+
 #define LOG_TAG "fsverity_init"
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -23,33 +42,10 @@
 
 #include <android-base/file.h>
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
-#include <android-base/properties.h>
 #include <android-base/strings.h>
 #include <log/log.h>
 #include <mini_keyctl_utils.h>
 
-bool LoadKeyToKeyring(key_serial_t keyring_id, const char* desc, const char* data, size_t size) {
-    key_serial_t key = add_key("asymmetric", desc, data, size, keyring_id);
-    if (key < 0) {
-        PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to add key";
-        return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
-bool LoadKeyFromStdin(key_serial_t keyring_id, const char* keyname) {
-    std::string content;
-    if (!android::base::ReadFdToString(STDIN_FILENO, &content)) {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to read key from stdin";
-        return false;
-    }
-    if (!LoadKeyToKeyring(keyring_id, keyname, content.c_str(), content.size())) {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to load key from stdin";
-        return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
 void LoadKeyFromFile(key_serial_t keyring_id, const char* keyname, const std::string& path) {
     LOG(INFO) << "LoadKeyFromFile path=" << path << " keyname=" << keyname;
     std::string content;
@@ -57,8 +53,8 @@
         LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to read key from " << path;
         return;
     }
-    if (!LoadKeyToKeyring(keyring_id, keyname, content.c_str(), content.size())) {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to load key from " << path;
+    if (add_key("asymmetric", keyname, content.c_str(), content.size(), keyring_id) < 0) {
+        PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to add key from " << path;
     }
 }
 
@@ -81,3 +77,28 @@
     LoadKeyFromDirectory(keyring_id, "fsv_system_", "/system/etc/security/fsverity");
     LoadKeyFromDirectory(keyring_id, "fsv_product_", "/product/etc/security/fsverity");
 }
+
+int main(int argc, const char** argv) {
+    if (argc < 2) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << "Not enough arguments";
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    key_serial_t keyring_id = android::GetKeyringId(".fs-verity");
+    if (keyring_id < 0) {
+        // This is expected on newer kernels.  See comment at the beginning of this file.
+        LOG(DEBUG) << "no initialization required";
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    const std::string_view command = argv[1];
+
+    if (command == "--load-verified-keys") {
+        LoadKeyFromVerifiedPartitions(keyring_id);
+    } else {
+        LOG(ERROR) << "Unknown argument(s).";
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/fsverity_init/include/fsverity_init.h b/fsverity_init/include/fsverity_init.h
deleted file mode 100644
index c3bc93b..0000000
--- a/fsverity_init/include/fsverity_init.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#include <mini_keyctl_utils.h>
-
-bool LoadKeyFromStdin(key_serial_t keyring_id, const char* keyname);
-void LoadKeyFromFile(key_serial_t keyring_id, const char* keyname, const std::string& path);
-void LoadKeyFromVerifiedPartitions(key_serial_t keyring_id);
diff --git a/fsverity_init/main.cpp b/fsverity_init/main.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index b502b91..0000000
--- a/fsverity_init/main.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#include <string>
-
-#include <android-base/file.h>
-#include <android-base/logging.h>
-#include <android-base/properties.h>
-#include <fsverity_init.h>
-#include <log/log.h>
-#include <mini_keyctl_utils.h>
-
-int main(int argc, const char** argv) {
-    if (argc < 2) {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "Not enough arguments";
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    key_serial_t keyring_id = android::GetKeyringId(".fs-verity");
-    if (keyring_id < 0) {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to find .fs-verity keyring id";
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    const std::string_view command = argv[1];
-
-    if (command == "--load-verified-keys") {
-        LoadKeyFromVerifiedPartitions(keyring_id);
-    } else if (command == "--load-extra-key") {
-        if (argc != 3) {
-            LOG(ERROR) << "--load-extra-key requires <key_name> argument.";
-            return -1;
-        }
-        if (!LoadKeyFromStdin(keyring_id, argv[2])) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-    } else if (command == "--lock") {
-        if (!android::base::GetBoolProperty("ro.debuggable", false)) {
-            if (keyctl_restrict_keyring(keyring_id, nullptr, nullptr) < 0) {
-                PLOG(ERROR) << "Cannot restrict .fs-verity keyring";
-            }
-        }
-    } else {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "Unknown argument(s).";
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}