diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerShellCommand.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerShellCommand.java
index 149e3baa90e7a..d3bc3b5271042 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerShellCommand.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerShellCommand.java
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ import com.android.internal.util.MemInfoReader;
 import com.android.server.compat.PlatformCompat;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
@@ -787,8 +786,7 @@ final class ActivityManagerShellCommand extends ShellCommand {
             return -1;
         }
 
-        File file = new File(filename);
-        file.delete();
+        // Writes an error message to stderr on failure
         ParcelFileDescriptor fd = openFileForSystem(filename, "w");
         if (fd == null) {
             return -1;
@@ -945,8 +943,7 @@ final class ActivityManagerShellCommand extends ShellCommand {
         pw.println("File: " + heapFile);
         pw.flush();
 
-        File file = new File(heapFile);
-        file.delete();
+        // Writes an error message to stderr on failure
         ParcelFileDescriptor fd = openFileForSystem(heapFile, "w");
         if (fd == null) {
             return -1;