diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
index 3381959667bfe..4f3b5b3370a68 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
@@ -197,10 +197,14 @@ class ZygoteConnection {
 
         try {
             parsedArgs = new Arguments(args);
+            if (parsedArgs.permittedCapabilities != 0 || parsedArgs.effectiveCapabilities != 0) {
+                throw new ZygoteSecurityException("Client may not specify capabilities: " +
+                        "permitted=0x" + Long.toHexString(parsedArgs.permittedCapabilities) +
+                        ", effective=0x" + Long.toHexString(parsedArgs.effectiveCapabilities));
+            }
 
             applyUidSecurityPolicy(parsedArgs, peer, peerSecurityContext);
             applyRlimitSecurityPolicy(parsedArgs, peer, peerSecurityContext);
-            applyCapabilitiesSecurityPolicy(parsedArgs, peer, peerSecurityContext);
             applyInvokeWithSecurityPolicy(parsedArgs, peer, peerSecurityContext);
             applyseInfoSecurityPolicy(parsedArgs, peer, peerSecurityContext);
 
@@ -702,71 +706,6 @@ class ZygoteConnection {
          }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Applies zygote security policy per bug #1042973. A root peer may
-     * spawn an instance with any capabilities. All other uids may spawn
-     * instances with any of the capabilities in the peer's permitted set
-     * but no more.
-     *
-     * @param args non-null; zygote spawner arguments
-     * @param peer non-null; peer credentials
-     * @throws ZygoteSecurityException
-     */
-    private static void applyCapabilitiesSecurityPolicy(
-            Arguments args, Credentials peer, String peerSecurityContext)
-            throws ZygoteSecurityException {
-
-        if (args.permittedCapabilities == 0
-                && args.effectiveCapabilities == 0) {
-            // nothing to check
-            return;
-        }
-
-        boolean allowed = SELinux.checkSELinuxAccess(peerSecurityContext,
-                                                     peerSecurityContext,
-                                                     "zygote",
-                                                     "specifycapabilities");
-        if (!allowed) {
-            throw new ZygoteSecurityException(
-                    "Peer may not specify capabilities");
-        }
-
-        if (peer.getUid() == 0) {
-            // root may specify anything
-            return;
-        }
-
-        long permittedCaps;
-
-        try {
-            permittedCaps = ZygoteInit.capgetPermitted(peer.getPid());
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
-            throw new ZygoteSecurityException(
-                    "Error retrieving peer's capabilities.");
-        }
-
-        /*
-         * Ensure that the client did not specify an effective set larger
-         * than the permitted set. The kernel will enforce this too, but we
-         * do it here to make the following check easier.
-         */
-        if (((~args.permittedCapabilities) & args.effectiveCapabilities) != 0) {
-            throw new ZygoteSecurityException(
-                    "Effective capabilities cannot be superset of "
-                            + " permitted capabilities" );
-        }
-
-        /*
-         * Ensure that the new permitted (and thus the new effective) set is
-         * a subset of the peer process's permitted set
-         */
-
-        if (((~permittedCaps) & args.permittedCapabilities) != 0) {
-            throw new ZygoteSecurityException(
-                    "Peer specified unpermitted capabilities" );
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Applies zygote security policy.
      * Based on the credentials of the process issuing a zygote command:
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
index 4c82ce80a080e..e2715f1a51446 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
@@ -709,15 +709,6 @@ public class ZygoteInit {
     static native void setCloseOnExec(FileDescriptor fd, boolean flag)
             throws IOException;
 
-    /**
-     * Retrieves the permitted capability set from another process.
-     *
-     * @param pid >=0 process ID or 0 for this process
-     * @throws IOException on error
-     */
-    static native long capgetPermitted(int pid)
-            throws IOException;
-
     /**
      * Invokes select() on the provider array of file descriptors (selecting
      * for readability only). Array elements of null are ignored.
diff --git a/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit.cpp b/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit.cpp
index 44452f0010909..2233ee3e012b2 100644
--- a/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit.cpp
@@ -159,29 +159,6 @@ static void com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit_setCloseOnExec (JNIEnv *env,
     }
 }
 
-static jlong com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit_capgetPermitted (JNIEnv *env,
-    jobject clazz, jint pid)
-{
-    struct __user_cap_header_struct capheader;
-    struct __user_cap_data_struct capdata;
-    int err;
-
-    memset (&capheader, 0, sizeof(capheader));
-    memset (&capdata, 0, sizeof(capdata));
-
-    capheader.version = _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION;
-    capheader.pid = pid;
-
-    err = capget (&capheader, &capdata);
-
-    if (err < 0) {
-        jniThrowIOException(env, errno);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    return (jlong) capdata.permitted;
-}
-
 static jint com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit_selectReadable (
         JNIEnv *env, jobject clazz, jobjectArray fds)
 {
@@ -274,8 +251,6 @@ static JNINativeMethod gMethods[] = {
             (void *) com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit_reopenStdio},
     { "setCloseOnExec", "(Ljava/io/FileDescriptor;Z)V",
         (void *)  com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit_setCloseOnExec},
-    { "capgetPermitted", "(I)J",
-        (void *) com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit_capgetPermitted },
     { "selectReadable", "([Ljava/io/FileDescriptor;)I",
         (void *) com_android_internal_os_ZygoteInit_selectReadable },
     { "createFileDescriptor", "(I)Ljava/io/FileDescriptor;",