diff --git a/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_Zygote.cpp b/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_Zygote.cpp
index 0bed29b7ba287..8b7096646cffb 100644
--- a/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_Zygote.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_Zygote.cpp
@@ -1026,21 +1026,6 @@ static void ClearUsapTable() {
   gUsapPoolCount = 0;
 }
 
-NO_PAC_FUNC
-static void PAuthKeyChange(JNIEnv* env) {
-#ifdef __aarch64__
-  unsigned long int hwcaps = getauxval(AT_HWCAP);
-  if (hwcaps & HWCAP_PACA) {
-    const unsigned long key_mask = PR_PAC_APIAKEY | PR_PAC_APIBKEY |
-                                   PR_PAC_APDAKEY | PR_PAC_APDBKEY | PR_PAC_APGAKEY;
-    if (prctl(PR_PAC_RESET_KEYS, key_mask, 0, 0, 0) != 0) {
-      ALOGE("Failed to change the PAC keys: %s", strerror(errno));
-      RuntimeAbort(env, __LINE__, "PAC key change failed.");
-    }
-  }
-#endif
-}
-
 // Create an app data directory over tmpfs overlayed CE / DE storage, and bind mount it
 // from the actual app data directory in data mirror.
 static bool createAndMountAppData(std::string_view package_name,
@@ -2020,7 +2005,6 @@ void zygote::ZygoteFailure(JNIEnv* env,
 }
 
 // Utility routine to fork a process from the zygote.
-NO_PAC_FUNC
 pid_t zygote::ForkCommon(JNIEnv* env, bool is_system_server,
                          const std::vector<int>& fds_to_close,
                          const std::vector<int>& fds_to_ignore,
@@ -2075,7 +2059,6 @@ pid_t zygote::ForkCommon(JNIEnv* env, bool is_system_server,
     }
 
     // The child process.
-    PAuthKeyChange(env);
     PreApplicationInit();
 
     // Clean up any descriptors which must be closed immediately
@@ -2107,7 +2090,6 @@ static void com_android_internal_os_Zygote_nativePreApplicationInit(JNIEnv*, jcl
   PreApplicationInit();
 }
 
-NO_PAC_FUNC
 static jint com_android_internal_os_Zygote_nativeForkAndSpecialize(
         JNIEnv* env, jclass, jint uid, jint gid, jintArray gids, jint runtime_flags,
         jobjectArray rlimits, jint mount_external, jstring se_info, jstring nice_name,
@@ -2157,7 +2139,6 @@ static jint com_android_internal_os_Zygote_nativeForkAndSpecialize(
     return pid;
 }
 
-NO_PAC_FUNC
 static jint com_android_internal_os_Zygote_nativeForkSystemServer(
         JNIEnv* env, jclass, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, jintArray gids,
         jint runtime_flags, jobjectArray rlimits, jlong permitted_capabilities,
@@ -2229,7 +2210,6 @@ static jint com_android_internal_os_Zygote_nativeForkSystemServer(
  * @param is_priority_fork  Controls the nice level assigned to the newly created process
  * @return child pid in the parent, 0 in the child
  */
-NO_PAC_FUNC
 static jint com_android_internal_os_Zygote_nativeForkApp(JNIEnv* env,
                                                          jclass,
                                                          jint read_pipe_fd,
@@ -2244,7 +2224,6 @@ static jint com_android_internal_os_Zygote_nativeForkApp(JNIEnv* env,
                             args_known == JNI_TRUE, is_priority_fork == JNI_TRUE, true);
 }
 
-NO_PAC_FUNC
 int zygote::forkApp(JNIEnv* env,
                     int read_pipe_fd,
                     int write_pipe_fd,
diff --git a/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_Zygote.h b/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_Zygote.h
index d2da91476bc7f..b87396cbd5f5c 100644
--- a/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_Zygote.h
+++ b/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_Zygote.h
@@ -20,18 +20,6 @@
 #define LOG_TAG "Zygote"
 #define ATRACE_TAG ATRACE_TAG_DALVIK
 
-/* Functions in the callchain during the fork shall not be protected with
-   Armv8.3-A Pointer Authentication, otherwise child will not be able to return. */
-#ifdef __ARM_FEATURE_PAC_DEFAULT
-#ifdef __ARM_FEATURE_BTI_DEFAULT
-#define NO_PAC_FUNC __attribute__((target("branch-protection=bti")))
-#else
-#define NO_PAC_FUNC __attribute__((target("branch-protection=none")))
-#endif /* __ARM_FEATURE_BTI_DEFAULT */
-#else /* !__ARM_FEATURE_PAC_DEFAULT */
-#define NO_PAC_FUNC
-#endif /* __ARM_FEATURE_PAC_DEFAULT */
-
 #include <jni.h>
 #include <vector>
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
@@ -42,7 +30,6 @@
 namespace android {
 namespace zygote {
 
-NO_PAC_FUNC
 pid_t ForkCommon(JNIEnv* env,bool is_system_server,
                  const std::vector<int>& fds_to_close,
                  const std::vector<int>& fds_to_ignore,
@@ -57,7 +44,6 @@ pid_t ForkCommon(JNIEnv* env,bool is_system_server,
  * communication is required. Is_priority_fork should be true if this is on the app startup
  * critical path. Purge specifies that unused pages should be purged before the fork.
  */
-NO_PAC_FUNC
 int forkApp(JNIEnv* env,
             int read_pipe_fd,
             int write_pipe_fd,
diff --git a/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_ZygoteCommandBuffer.cpp b/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_ZygoteCommandBuffer.cpp
index 011e8f8f1b8cd..24fef4881e4c3 100644
--- a/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_ZygoteCommandBuffer.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_ZygoteCommandBuffer.cpp
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ void com_android_internal_os_ZygoteCommandBuffer_nativeReadFullyAndReset(JNIEnv*
 // We only process fork commands if the peer uid matches expected_uid.
 // For every fork command after the first, we check that the requested uid is at
 // least minUid.
-NO_PAC_FUNC
 jboolean com_android_internal_os_ZygoteCommandBuffer_nativeForkRepeatedly(
             JNIEnv* env,
             jclass,