diff --git a/include/cutils/adb_networking.h b/include/cutils/adb_networking.h
deleted file mode 100755
index 409d577..0000000
--- a/include/cutils/adb_networking.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2006 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.
- */
-
-#ifndef _ADB_NETWORKING_H
-#define _ADB_NETWORKING_H 1
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-extern int adb_networking_connect_fd(int fd, struct sockaddr_in *p_address);
-extern int adb_networking_gethostbyname(const char *name, struct in_addr *p_out_addr);
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /*_ADB_NETWORKING_H*/
-
diff --git a/libcutils/Android.mk b/libcutils/Android.mk
index 1d1e576..afa64bc 100644
--- a/libcutils/Android.mk
+++ b/libcutils/Android.mk
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
         mspace.c \
         selector.c \
         tztime.c \
-        adb_networking.c \
         zygote.c
 
     commonHostSources += \
diff --git a/libcutils/adb_networking.c b/libcutils/adb_networking.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d819d44..0000000
--- a/libcutils/adb_networking.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,172 +0,0 @@
-/* libs/utils/adb_networking.c
-**
-** Copyright 2006, 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.
-*/
-
-#define ADB_PORT 5037
-
-#define _GNU_SOURCE     /* for asprintf */
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-#include <cutils/adb_networking.h>
-#include <cutils/sockets.h>
-#include <cutils/properties.h>
-
-#define ADB_RESPONSE_SIZE 4
-
-/**
- * Unfortunately, java.net.Socket wants to create it's filedescriptor early
- * So, this function takes an fd that must be an unconnected
- * PF_LOCAL SOCK_STREAM
- */
-int adb_networking_connect_fd(int fd, struct sockaddr_in *p_address)
-{
-    struct sockaddr_in local_addr;
-    socklen_t alen;
-    char *cmd;
-    char buf[ADB_RESPONSE_SIZE + 1];
-    ssize_t count_read;
-    int ret;
-    int err;
-    /* for impl of inet_ntoa below*/
-    union {
-        uint8_t  b[4];
-        uint32_t l;
-    } a;
-
-    /* First, connect to adb */
-   
-    memset(&local_addr, 0, sizeof(local_addr));
-    local_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
-    local_addr.sin_port = htons(ADB_PORT);
-    local_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
-
-    do {
-        err = connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &local_addr, sizeof(local_addr));
-    } while (err < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
-    if (err < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    a.l = p_address->sin_addr.s_addr;
-
-    // compose the command
-    asprintf(&cmd, "tcp:%u:%u.%u.%u.%u", 
-                (unsigned int)ntohs(p_address->sin_port), 
-                a.b[0],a.b[1],a.b[2],a.b[3]);
-
-    // buf is now the ascii hex length of cmd
-    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%04X", strlen(cmd));
-
-    // write the 4-byte length
-    do {
-        err = write(fd, buf, 4);        
-    } while (err < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
-    // write the command
-    do {
-        err = write(fd, cmd, strlen(cmd));        
-    } while (err < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
-    // read the result
-    do {
-        count_read = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
-    } while (count_read < 0 && errno != EINTR);
-
-    if (count_read == ADB_RESPONSE_SIZE 
-            && 0 == strncmp(buf, "OKAY", ADB_RESPONSE_SIZE)) {
-        ret = 0;
-    } else {
-        /* what errno here? <shrug? */
-        errno = ENETUNREACH;
-        ret = -1;
-    }
-
-    free(cmd);
-    
-    return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * Fills in *p_out_addr and returns 0 on success
- * Memset's *p_out_addr and returns -1 on fail
- */
-
-int adb_networking_gethostbyname(const char *name, struct in_addr *p_out_addr)
-{
-    int fd;
-    char *cmd = NULL;
-    char buf[ADB_RESPONSE_SIZE + 1];
-    int err;
-    ssize_t count_read;
-    
-    fd = socket_loopback_client(ADB_PORT, SOCK_STREAM);
-
-    if (fd < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    // compose the command
-    asprintf(&cmd, "dns:%s", name);
-
-    // buf is now the ascii hex length of cmd
-    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%04X", strlen(cmd));
-
-    // write the 4-byte length
-    do {
-        err = write(fd, buf, 4);        
-    } while (err < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
-    // write the command
-    do {
-        err = write(fd, cmd, strlen(cmd));        
-    } while (err < 0 && errno == EINTR);
-
-    // read the result
-    do {
-        count_read = read(fd, buf, ADB_RESPONSE_SIZE);
-    } while (count_read < 0 && errno != EINTR);
-
-    if (count_read != ADB_RESPONSE_SIZE 
-            || 0 != strncmp(buf, "OKAY", ADB_RESPONSE_SIZE)) {
-        goto error;
-    }
-
-    // read the actual IP address
-    do {
-        count_read = read(fd, &(p_out_addr->s_addr), sizeof(p_out_addr->s_addr));
-    } while (count_read < 0 && errno != EINTR);
-
-    if (count_read != 4) {
-        goto error;
-    }
-
-    free(cmd);
-    close(fd);
-    return 0;
-error:
-    free(cmd);
-    close(fd);
-    memset(p_out_addr, 0, sizeof(struct in_addr));
-    return -1;
-}
-