diff --git a/services/mediaresourcemanager/ResourceManagerService.cpp b/services/mediaresourcemanager/ResourceManagerService.cpp
index ff45c87..be5af00 100644
--- a/services/mediaresourcemanager/ResourceManagerService.cpp
+++ b/services/mediaresourcemanager/ResourceManagerService.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@
         info.uid = uid;
         info.clientId = clientId;
         info.client = client;
-        info.pendingRemoval = false;
 
         index = infos.add(clientId, info);
     }
@@ -649,36 +648,6 @@
     return Status::ok();
 }
 
-Status ResourceManagerService::markClientForPendingRemoval(int32_t pid, int64_t clientId) {
-    String8 log = String8::format(
-            "markClientForPendingRemoval(pid %d, clientId %lld)",
-            pid, (long long) clientId);
-    mServiceLog->add(log);
-
-    Mutex::Autolock lock(mLock);
-    if (!mProcessInfo->isValidPid(pid)) {
-        ALOGE("Rejected markClientForPendingRemoval call with invalid pid.");
-        return Status::fromServiceSpecificError(BAD_VALUE);
-    }
-    ssize_t index = mMap.indexOfKey(pid);
-    if (index < 0) {
-        ALOGV("markClientForPendingRemoval: didn't find pid %d for clientId %lld",
-              pid, (long long)clientId);
-        return Status::ok();
-    }
-    ResourceInfos &infos = mMap.editValueAt(index);
-
-    index = infos.indexOfKey(clientId);
-    if (index < 0) {
-        ALOGV("markClientForPendingRemoval: didn't find clientId %lld", (long long) clientId);
-        return Status::ok();
-    }
-
-    ResourceInfo &info = infos.editValueAt(index);
-    info.pendingRemoval = true;
-    return Status::ok();
-}
-
 bool ResourceManagerService::getPriority_l(int pid, int* priority) {
     int newPid = pid;
 
@@ -724,12 +693,6 @@
     int lowestPriorityPid;
     int lowestPriority;
     int callingPriority;
-
-    // Before looking into other processes, check if we have clients marked for
-    // pending removal in the same process.
-    if (getBiggestClient_l(callingPid, type, client, true /* pendingRemovalOnly */)) {
-        return true;
-    }
     if (!getPriority_l(callingPid, &callingPriority)) {
         ALOGE("getLowestPriorityBiggestClient_l: can't get process priority for pid %d",
                 callingPid);
@@ -798,8 +761,7 @@
 }
 
 bool ResourceManagerService::getBiggestClient_l(
-        int pid, MediaResource::Type type, std::shared_ptr<IResourceManagerClient> *client,
-        bool pendingRemovalOnly) {
+        int pid, MediaResource::Type type, std::shared_ptr<IResourceManagerClient> *client) {
     ssize_t index = mMap.indexOfKey(pid);
     if (index < 0) {
         ALOGE("getBiggestClient_l: can't find resource info for pid %d", pid);
@@ -811,9 +773,6 @@
     const ResourceInfos &infos = mMap.valueAt(index);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < infos.size(); ++i) {
         const ResourceList &resources = infos[i].resources;
-        if (pendingRemovalOnly && !infos[i].pendingRemoval) {
-            continue;
-        }
         for (auto it = resources.begin(); it != resources.end(); it++) {
             const MediaResourceParcel &resource = it->second;
             if (resource.type == type) {