diff --git a/third_party/ashmem/ashmem-dev.c b/third_party/ashmem/ashmem-dev.c
index fcdfd1b77ef94..a8b8e3f59106a 100644
--- a/third_party/ashmem/ashmem-dev.c
+++ b/third_party/ashmem/ashmem-dev.c
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ typedef enum {
 
 static AshmemStatus s_ashmem_status = ASHMEM_STATUS_INIT;
 static dev_t s_ashmem_dev;
-static bool s_use_memfd;
 
 /* Return the dev_t of a given file path, or 0 if not available, */
 static dev_t ashmem_find_dev(const char* path) {
@@ -129,41 +128,6 @@ static int ashmem_dev_fd_check(int fd) {
   return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * ashmem_create_region - creates a new ashmem region and returns the file
- * descriptor, or <0 on error
- *
- * `name' is an optional label to give the region (visible in /proc/pid/maps)
- * `size' is the size of the region, in page-aligned bytes
- */
-static int ashmem_dev_create_region(const char *name, size_t size) {
-  int fd = open(ASHMEM_DEVICE, O_RDWR);
-  if (fd < 0)
-    return fd;
-
-  int ret;
-  if (name) {
-    char buf[ASHMEM_NAME_LEN];
-    strlcpy(buf, name, sizeof(buf));
-    ret = ioctl(fd, ASHMEM_SET_NAME, buf);
-    if (ret < 0)
-      goto error;
-  }
-  ret = ioctl(fd, ASHMEM_SET_SIZE, size);
-  if (ret < 0)
-    goto error;
-
-  return fd;
-
-error:
-  close(fd);
-  return ret;
-}
-
-static int ashmem_dev_set_prot_region(int fd, int prot) {
-  return ioctl(fd, ASHMEM_SET_PROT_MASK, prot);
-}
-
 static int ashmem_dev_get_prot_region(int fd) {
   return ioctl(fd, ASHMEM_GET_PROT_MASK);
 }
@@ -277,30 +241,26 @@ static int memfd_get_prot_region(int fd) {
 
 static void ashmem_init_funcs() {
   ASharedMemoryFuncs* funcs = &s_ashmem_funcs;
-  if (device_api_level() >= __ANDROID_API_O__) {
+  /*
+   * When a device conforms to the VSR for API level 202604 (Android 17),
+   * ASharedMemory will allocate memfds and attempt to relabel them by using
+   * fsetxattr() to workaround how SELinux handles memfds.
+   *
+   * fsetxattr() is not allowlisted in our seccomp filter, and allowlisting
+   * it may be unsafe. Since memfds from Chromium should be accessible with
+   * the existing sepolicy for appdomain_tmpfs files, just allocate memfds
+   * directly if the device conforms to the VSR for API level 202604.
+   */
+  if (vendor_api_level() >= 202604) {
+    funcs->create = &memfd_create_region;
+    funcs->setProt = &memfd_set_prot_region;
+  } else {
     /* Leaked intentionally! */
     void* lib = dlopen("libandroid.so", RTLD_NOW);
-    /*
-     * When a device conforms to the VSR for API level 202604 (Android 17),
-     * ASharedMemory will allocate memfds and attempt to relabel them by using
-     * fsetxattr() to workaround how SELinux handles memfds.
-     *
-     * fsetxattr() is not allowlisted in our seccomp filter, and allowlisting
-     * it may be unsafe. Since memfds from Chromium should be accessible with
-     * the existing sepolicy for appdomain_tmpfs files, just allocate memfds
-     * directly if the device conforms to the VSR for API level 202604.
-     */
-    if (vendor_api_level() >= 202604) {
-      s_use_memfd = true;
-      return;
-    }
     funcs->create =
         (ASharedMemory_createFunc)dlsym(lib, "ASharedMemory_create");
     funcs->setProt =
         (ASharedMemory_setProtFunc)dlsym(lib, "ASharedMemory_setProt");
-  } else {
-    funcs->create = &ashmem_dev_create_region;
-    funcs->setProt = &ashmem_dev_set_prot_region;
   }
 }
 
@@ -310,16 +270,10 @@ static const ASharedMemoryFuncs* ashmem_get_funcs() {
 }
 
 int ashmem_create_region(const char* name, size_t size) {
-  if (s_use_memfd)
-    return memfd_create_region(name, size);
-
   return ashmem_get_funcs()->create(name, size);
 }
 
 int ashmem_set_prot_region(int fd, int prot) {
-  if (s_use_memfd)
-    return memfd_set_prot_region(fd, prot);
-
   return ashmem_get_funcs()->setProt(fd, prot);
 }