diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit.java
index fd3cd42b07a1..a21187165c65 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit.java
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ import android.os.SystemProperties;
 import android.os.Trace;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.util.Slog;
+
 import com.android.internal.logging.AndroidConfig;
 import com.android.server.NetworkManagementSocketTagger;
+
 import dalvik.system.RuntimeHooks;
 import dalvik.system.VMRuntime;
 
@@ -374,9 +376,6 @@ public class RuntimeInit {
         // leftover running threads to crash before the process actually exits.
         nativeSetExitWithoutCleanup(true);
 
-        // We want to be fairly aggressive about heap utilization, to avoid
-        // holding on to a lot of memory that isn't needed.
-        VMRuntime.getRuntime().setTargetHeapUtilization(0.75f);
         VMRuntime.getRuntime().setTargetSdkVersion(targetSdkVersion);
 
         final Arguments args = new Arguments(argv);
diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java b/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
index def61bf88798..6a3280f30673 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
@@ -441,10 +441,6 @@ public final class SystemServer {
             // Mmmmmm... more memory!
             VMRuntime.getRuntime().clearGrowthLimit();
 
-            // The system server has to run all of the time, so it needs to be
-            // as efficient as possible with its memory usage.
-            VMRuntime.getRuntime().setTargetHeapUtilization(0.8f);
-
             // Some devices rely on runtime fingerprint generation, so make sure
             // we've defined it before booting further.
             Build.ensureFingerprintProperty();