diff --git a/android/build_prop.go b/android/build_prop.go
index 14e5e2310..80bbfc19d 100644
--- a/android/build_prop.go
+++ b/android/build_prop.go
@@ -121,12 +121,7 @@ func (p *buildPropModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx ModuleContext) {
 		postProcessCmd.Flag("--allow-dup")
 	}
 	postProcessCmd.FlagWithArg("--sdk-version ", config.PlatformSdkVersion().String())
-	if ctx.Config().EnableUffdGc() == "default" {
-		postProcessCmd.FlagWithInput("--kernel-version-file-for-uffd-gc ", PathForOutput(ctx, "dexpreopt/kernel_version_for_uffd_gc.txt"))
-	} else {
-		// still need to pass an empty string to kernel-version-file-for-uffd-gc
-		postProcessCmd.FlagWithArg("--kernel-version-file-for-uffd-gc ", `""`)
-	}
+	postProcessCmd.FlagWithInput("--kernel-version-file-for-uffd-gc ", PathForOutput(ctx, "dexpreopt/kernel_version_for_uffd_gc.txt"))
 	postProcessCmd.Text(p.outputFilePath.String())
 	postProcessCmd.Flags(p.properties.Block_list)
 
diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index 40a73d6e7..bb2c38a1d 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -2085,7 +2085,3 @@ func (c *config) UseDebugArt() bool {
 func (c *config) SystemPropFiles(ctx PathContext) Paths {
 	return PathsForSource(ctx, c.productVariables.SystemPropFiles)
 }
-
-func (c *config) EnableUffdGc() string {
-	return String(c.productVariables.EnableUffdGc)
-}
diff --git a/android/variable.go b/android/variable.go
index a715e0eb0..00dcbc409 100644
--- a/android/variable.go
+++ b/android/variable.go
@@ -509,8 +509,6 @@ type ProductVariables struct {
 	ArtTargetIncludeDebugBuild *bool `json:",omitempty"`
 
 	SystemPropFiles []string `json:",omitempty"`
-
-	EnableUffdGc *string `json:",omitempty"`
 }
 
 type PartitionQualifiedVariablesType struct {