diff --git a/libcutils/include/cutils/trace.h b/libcutils/include/cutils/trace.h
index 793e2ce8a..ef426ff7b 100644
--- a/libcutils/include/cutils/trace.h
+++ b/libcutils/include/cutils/trace.h
@@ -103,14 +103,6 @@ void atrace_setup();
  */
 void atrace_update_tags();
 
-/**
- * Set whether the process is debuggable.  By default the process is not
- * considered debuggable.  If the process is not debuggable then application-
- * level tracing is not allowed unless the ro.debuggable system property is
- * set to '1'.
- */
-void atrace_set_debuggable(bool debuggable);
-
 /**
  * Set whether tracing is enabled for the current process.  This is used to
  * prevent tracing within the Zygote process.
diff --git a/libcutils/trace-dev.inc b/libcutils/trace-dev.inc
index 80205bc50..3b459e094 100644
--- a/libcutils/trace-dev.inc
+++ b/libcutils/trace-dev.inc
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ constexpr uint32_t kSeqNoNotInit = static_cast<uint32_t>(-1);
 atomic_bool              atrace_is_ready      = ATOMIC_VAR_INIT(false);
 int                      atrace_marker_fd     = -1;
 uint64_t                 atrace_enabled_tags  = ATRACE_TAG_NOT_READY;
-static bool              atrace_is_debuggable = false;
 static atomic_bool       atrace_is_enabled    = ATOMIC_VAR_INIT(true);
 static pthread_mutex_t   atrace_tags_mutex    = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
@@ -96,15 +95,6 @@ uint64_t atrace_get_enabled_tags()
     return atrace_enabled_tags;
 }
 
-// Set whether this process is debuggable, which determines whether
-// application-level tracing is allowed when the ro.debuggable system property
-// is not set to '1'.
-void atrace_set_debuggable(bool debuggable)
-{
-    atrace_is_debuggable = debuggable;
-    atrace_update_tags();
-}
-
 // Check whether the given command line matches one of the comma-separated
 // values listed in the app_cmdlines property.
 static bool atrace_is_cmdline_match(const char* cmdline)
@@ -128,24 +118,21 @@ static bool atrace_is_cmdline_match(const char* cmdline)
 // Determine whether application-level tracing is enabled for this process.
 static bool atrace_is_app_tracing_enabled()
 {
-    bool sys_debuggable = property_get_bool("ro.debuggable", 0);
     bool result = false;
 
-    if (sys_debuggable || atrace_is_debuggable) {
-        // Check whether tracing is enabled for this process.
-        FILE * file = fopen("/proc/self/cmdline", "re");
-        if (file) {
-            char cmdline[4096];
-            if (fgets(cmdline, sizeof(cmdline), file)) {
-                result = atrace_is_cmdline_match(cmdline);
-            } else {
-                ALOGE("Error reading cmdline: %s (%d)", strerror(errno), errno);
-            }
-            fclose(file);
+    // Check whether tracing is enabled for this process.
+    FILE * file = fopen("/proc/self/cmdline", "re");
+    if (file) {
+        char cmdline[4096];
+        if (fgets(cmdline, sizeof(cmdline), file)) {
+            result = atrace_is_cmdline_match(cmdline);
         } else {
-            ALOGE("Error opening /proc/self/cmdline: %s (%d)", strerror(errno),
-                    errno);
+            ALOGE("Error reading cmdline: %s (%d)", strerror(errno), errno);
         }
+        fclose(file);
+    } else {
+        ALOGE("Error opening /proc/self/cmdline: %s (%d)", strerror(errno),
+                errno);
     }
 
     return result;