diff --git a/media/libaudiohal/ConversionHelperHidl.cpp b/media/libaudiohal/ConversionHelperHidl.cpp
index 1fabfbe..9f9eb75 100644
--- a/media/libaudiohal/ConversionHelperHidl.cpp
+++ b/media/libaudiohal/ConversionHelperHidl.cpp
@@ -82,26 +82,8 @@
     }
 }
 
-// static
-void ConversionHelperHidl::crashIfHalIsDead(const Status& status) {
-    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(
-            status.transactionError() == DEAD_OBJECT, "HAL server crashed, need to restart");
-}
-
-status_t ConversionHelperHidl::processReturn(const char* funcName, const Status& status) {
-    const status_t st = status.transactionError();
-    ALOGE_IF(st, "%s %p %s: %s (from rpc)", mClassName, this, funcName, strerror(-st));
-    crashIfHalIsDead(status);
-    return st;
-}
-
-status_t ConversionHelperHidl::processReturn(
-        const char* funcName, const Status& status, hardware::audio::V2_0::Result retval) {
-    const status_t st = status.isOk() ? analyzeResult(retval) : status.transactionError();
-    ALOGE_IF(!status.isOk() && st, "%s %p %s: %s (from rpc)",
-            mClassName, this, funcName, strerror(-st));
-    crashIfHalIsDead(status);
-    return st;
+void ConversionHelperHidl::emitError(const char* funcName, const char* description) {
+    ALOGE("%s %p %s: %s (from rpc)", mClassName, this, funcName, description);
 }
 
 }  // namespace android