diff --git a/apex/mediaswcodec.rc b/apex/mediaswcodec.rc
index d17481b..0c9b8c8 100644
--- a/apex/mediaswcodec.rc
+++ b/apex/mediaswcodec.rc
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
     class main
     user mediacodec
     group camera drmrpc mediadrm
-    override
     ioprio rt 4
     writepid /dev/cpuset/foreground/tasks
diff --git a/services/mediacodec/Android.bp b/services/mediacodec/Android.bp
index 05bbbc7..dc0773b 100644
--- a/services/mediacodec/Android.bp
+++ b/services/mediacodec/Android.bp
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
         "libmedia_headers",
     ],
 
-    init_rc: ["mediaswcodec.rc"],
-
     cflags: [
         "-Werror",
         "-Wall",
diff --git a/services/mediacodec/mediaswcodec.rc b/services/mediacodec/mediaswcodec.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index 3549666..0000000
--- a/services/mediacodec/mediaswcodec.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-service media.swcodec /system/bin/mediaswcodec
-    class main
-    user mediacodec
-    group camera drmrpc mediadrm
-    updatable
-    ioprio rt 4
-    writepid /dev/cpuset/foreground/tasks