diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerShellCommand.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerShellCommand.java
index adb7056408ba9..f37fcb54e7c27 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerShellCommand.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerShellCommand.java
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ import com.android.internal.util.MemInfoReader;
 import com.android.internal.util.Preconditions;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
@@ -719,8 +718,7 @@ 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;
@@ -871,8 +869,7 @@ final class ActivityManagerShellCommand extends ShellCommand {
         String process = getNextArgRequired();
         String heapFile = getNextArgRequired();
 
-        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;