diff --git a/libc/Android.mk b/libc/Android.mk
index 5e09cf950..2f0c7239d 100644
--- a/libc/Android.mk
+++ b/libc/Android.mk
@@ -577,10 +577,6 @@ libc_common_cflags := \
     -D_LIBC=1 \
     -Wall -Wextra -Wunused \
 
-ifneq ($(TARGET_USES_LOGD),false)
-libc_common_cflags += -DTARGET_USES_LOGD
-endif
-
 use_clang := $(USE_CLANG_PLATFORM_BUILD)
 
 # Clang/llvm has incompatible long double (fp128) for x86_64.
diff --git a/libc/bionic/libc_logging.cpp b/libc/bionic/libc_logging.cpp
index cb0b334b8..2a987b9de 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/libc_logging.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/libc_logging.cpp
@@ -448,7 +448,6 @@ static int __libc_write_stderr(const char* tag, const char* msg) {
   return result;
 }
 
-#ifdef TARGET_USES_LOGD
 static int __libc_open_log_socket() {
   // ToDo: Ideally we want this to fail if the gid of the current
   // process is AID_LOGD, but will have to wait until we have
@@ -486,10 +485,8 @@ struct log_time { // Wire format
   uint32_t tv_sec;
   uint32_t tv_nsec;
 };
-#endif
 
 static int __libc_write_log(int priority, const char* tag, const char* msg) {
-#ifdef TARGET_USES_LOGD
   int main_log_fd = __libc_open_log_socket();
   if (main_log_fd == -1) {
     // Try stderr instead.
@@ -517,24 +514,6 @@ static int __libc_write_log(int priority, const char* tag, const char* msg) {
   vec[4].iov_len = strlen(tag) + 1;
   vec[5].iov_base = const_cast<char*>(msg);
   vec[5].iov_len = strlen(msg) + 1;
-#else
-  int main_log_fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open("/dev/log/main", O_CLOEXEC | O_WRONLY));
-  if (main_log_fd == -1) {
-    if (errno == ENOTDIR) {
-      // /dev/log isn't a directory? Maybe we're running on the host? Try stderr instead.
-      return __libc_write_stderr(tag, msg);
-    }
-    return -1;
-  }
-
-  iovec vec[3];
-  vec[0].iov_base = &priority;
-  vec[0].iov_len = 1;
-  vec[1].iov_base = const_cast<char*>(tag);
-  vec[1].iov_len = strlen(tag) + 1;
-  vec[2].iov_base = const_cast<char*>(msg);
-  vec[2].iov_len = strlen(msg) + 1;
-#endif
 
   int result = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(writev(main_log_fd, vec, sizeof(vec) / sizeof(vec[0])));
   close(main_log_fd);
@@ -557,7 +536,6 @@ int __libc_format_log(int priority, const char* tag, const char* format, ...) {
 }
 
 static int __libc_android_log_event(int32_t tag, char type, const void* payload, size_t len) {
-#ifdef TARGET_USES_LOGD
   iovec vec[6];
   char log_id = LOG_ID_EVENTS;
   vec[0].iov_base = &log_id;
@@ -581,17 +559,6 @@ static int __libc_android_log_event(int32_t tag, char type, const void* payload,
   vec[5].iov_len = len;
 
   int event_log_fd = __libc_open_log_socket();
-#else
-  iovec vec[3];
-  vec[0].iov_base = &tag;
-  vec[0].iov_len = sizeof(tag);
-  vec[1].iov_base = &type;
-  vec[1].iov_len = sizeof(type);
-  vec[2].iov_base = const_cast<void*>(payload);
-  vec[2].iov_len = len;
-
-  int event_log_fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open("/dev/log/events", O_CLOEXEC | O_WRONLY));
-#endif
 
   if (event_log_fd == -1) {
     return -1;