diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index 80d7081..dc557f4 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -159,25 +159,16 @@
         #LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += liblz4
     endif
 endif
-ifneq ($(wildcard external/libselinux/Android.mk),)
-    TWHAVE_SELINUX := true
-endif
-ifeq ($(TWHAVE_SELINUX), true)
-  #LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/libselinux/include
-  #LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libselinux
-  #LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SELINUX -g
-endif # HAVE_SELINUX
-ifeq ($(TWHAVE_SELINUX), true)
-    LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/libselinux/include
-    LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libselinux
-    LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SELINUX
-    ifneq ($(TARGET_USERIMAGES_USE_EXT4), true)
-        LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DUSE_EXT4
-        LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += system/extras/ext4_utils
-        LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libext4_utils
-        ifneq ($(wildcard external/lz4/Android.mk),)
-            LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += liblz4
-        endif
+
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/libselinux/include
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libselinux
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -g
+ifneq ($(TARGET_USERIMAGES_USE_EXT4), true)
+    LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DUSE_EXT4
+    LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += system/extras/ext4_utils
+    LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libext4_utils
+    ifneq ($(wildcard external/lz4/Android.mk),)
+        LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += liblz4
     endif
 endif
 
@@ -509,10 +500,8 @@
 
 # If busybox does not have restorecon, assume it does not have SELinux support.
 # Then, let toolbox provide 'ls' so -Z is available to list SELinux contexts.
-ifeq ($(TWHAVE_SELINUX), true)
-	ifeq ($(filter restorecon, $(notdir $(BUSYBOX_LINKS))),)
-		exclude += ls
-	endif
+ifeq ($(filter restorecon, $(notdir $(BUSYBOX_LINKS))),)
+    exclude += ls
 endif
 
 RECOVERY_BUSYBOX_TOOLS := $(filter-out $(exclude), $(notdir $(BUSYBOX_LINKS)))
diff --git a/fixContexts.cpp b/fixContexts.cpp
index 6442944..7e650c2 100644
--- a/fixContexts.cpp
+++ b/fixContexts.cpp
@@ -25,16 +25,13 @@
 #include "fixContexts.hpp"
 #include "twrp-functions.hpp"
 #include "twcommon.h"
-#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
-#include "selinux/selinux.h"
-#include "selinux/label.h"
-#include "selinux/android.h"
-#include "selinux/label.h"
-#endif
+#include <selinux/selinux.h>
+#include <selinux/label.h>
+#include <selinux/android.h>
+#include <selinux/label.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
 struct selabel_handle *sehandle;
 struct selinux_opt selinux_options[] = {
 	{ SELABEL_OPT_PATH, "/file_contexts" }
@@ -146,18 +143,3 @@
 	selabel_close(sehandle);
 	return 0;
 }
-
-#else
-
-int fixContexts::restorecon(string entry __unused, struct stat *sb __unused) {
-	return -1;
-}
-
-int fixContexts::fixContextsRecursively(string name __unused, int level __unused) {
-	return -1;
-}
-
-int fixContexts::fixDataMediaContexts(string Mount_Point __unused) {
-	return -1;
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/gui/Android.mk b/gui/Android.mk
index 51b296d..3712bbf 100644
--- a/gui/Android.mk
+++ b/gui/Android.mk
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@
 ifneq ($(TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT),)
     LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DTW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT
 endif
-ifeq ($(HAVE_SELINUX), true)
-    LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SELINUX
-endif
 ifeq ($(TW_OEM_BUILD), true)
     LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DTW_OEM_BUILD
 endif
diff --git a/libtar/Android.mk b/libtar/Android.mk
index ddf8e05..c8905d9 100644
--- a/libtar/Android.mk
+++ b/libtar/Android.mk
@@ -10,11 +10,8 @@
                     external/zlib
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libz libc
 
-ifeq ($(TWHAVE_SELINUX), true)
-    LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/libselinux/include
-    LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libselinux
-    LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SELINUX
-endif
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/libselinux/include
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libselinux
 
 ifeq ($(TW_INCLUDE_CRYPTO_FBE), true)
     LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libe4crypt
@@ -34,11 +31,8 @@
                     external/zlib
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libz libc
 
-ifeq ($(TWHAVE_SELINUX), true)
-    LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/libselinux/include
-    LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libselinux
-    LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SELINUX
-endif
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/libselinux/include
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libselinux
 
 ifeq ($(TW_INCLUDE_CRYPTO_FBE), true)
     LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libe4crypt
diff --git a/libtar/append.c b/libtar/append.c
index 7c679f6..d8ba3ca 100644
--- a/libtar/append.c
+++ b/libtar/append.c
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@
 # include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
-# include "selinux/selinux.h"
-#endif
+#include <selinux/selinux.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_EXT4_CRYPT
 # include "ext4crypt_tar.h"
@@ -105,7 +103,6 @@
 #endif
 	th_set_path(t, (savename ? savename : realname));
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
 	/* get selinux context */
 	if (t->options & TAR_STORE_SELINUX)
 	{
@@ -129,7 +126,6 @@
 #endif
 		}
 	}
-#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_EXT4_CRYPT
 	if (TH_ISDIR(t) && t->options & TAR_STORE_EXT4_POL)
diff --git a/libtar/block.c b/libtar/block.c
index a117857..1b3ba82 100644
--- a/libtar/block.c
+++ b/libtar/block.c
@@ -123,10 +123,8 @@
 		free(t->th_buf.gnu_longname);
 	if (t->th_buf.gnu_longlink != NULL)
 		free(t->th_buf.gnu_longlink);
-#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
 	if (t->th_buf.selinux_context != NULL)
 		free(t->th_buf.selinux_context);
-#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_EXT4_CRYPT
 	if (t->th_buf.e4crypt_policy != NULL) {
 		free(t->th_buf.e4crypt_policy);
@@ -287,7 +285,7 @@
 				printf("    th_read(): Posix capabilities detected\n");
 #endif
 			} // end posix capabilities
-#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX // selinux contexts
+			// selinux contexts
 			start = strstr(buf, SELINUX_TAG);
 			if(start && start+SELINUX_TAG_LEN < buf+len)
 			{
@@ -300,8 +298,7 @@
 					printf("    th_read(): SELinux context xattr detected: %s\n", t->th_buf.selinux_context);
 #endif
 				}
-			}
-#endif // HAVE_SELINUX
+			} // end selinux contexts
 #ifdef HAVE_EXT4_CRYPT
 			start = strstr(buf, E4CRYPT_TAG);
 			if(start && start+E4CRYPT_TAG_LEN < buf+len)
@@ -496,7 +493,7 @@
 
 	memset(buf, 0, T_BLOCKSIZE);
 	ptr = buf;
-#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
+
 	if((t->options & TAR_STORE_SELINUX) && t->th_buf.selinux_context != NULL)
 	{
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -514,7 +511,6 @@
 		snprintf(ptr, T_BLOCKSIZE, "%d "SELINUX_TAG"%s\n", (int)sz, t->th_buf.selinux_context);
 		ptr += sz;
 	}
-#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_EXT4_CRYPT
 	if((t->options & TAR_STORE_EXT4_POL) && t->th_buf.e4crypt_policy != NULL)
diff --git a/libtar/extract.c b/libtar/extract.c
index 9e24e8e..87ccf24 100644
--- a/libtar/extract.c
+++ b/libtar/extract.c
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@
 # include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
-# include "selinux/selinux.h"
-#endif
+#include <selinux/selinux.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_EXT4_CRYPT
 # include "ext4crypt_tar.h"
@@ -159,7 +157,6 @@
 		return i;
 	}
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
 	if((t->options & TAR_STORE_SELINUX) && t->th_buf.selinux_context != NULL)
 	{
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -168,7 +165,6 @@
 		if (lsetfilecon(realname, t->th_buf.selinux_context) < 0)
 			fprintf(stderr, "tar_extract_file(): failed to restore SELinux context %s to file %s !!!\n", t->th_buf.selinux_context, realname);
 	}
-#endif
 
 	if((t->options & TAR_STORE_POSIX_CAP) && t->th_buf.has_cap_data)
 	{
diff --git a/libtar/libtar.h b/libtar/libtar.h
index 8c42028..4d92124 100644
--- a/libtar/libtar.h
+++ b/libtar/libtar.h
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@
 	char padding[12];
 	char *gnu_longname;
 	char *gnu_longlink;
-#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
 	char *selinux_context;
-#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_EXT4_CRYPT
 	char *e4crypt_policy;
 #endif
diff --git a/minzip/Android.mk b/minzip/Android.mk
index 957ab0b..8b52f35 100644
--- a/minzip/Android.mk
+++ b/minzip/Android.mk
@@ -12,11 +12,8 @@
 	external/zlib \
 	external/safe-iop/include
 
-ifeq ($(TWHAVE_SELINUX),true)
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/libselinux/include
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libselinux
-LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SELINUX
-endif
 
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DPLATFORM_SDK_VERSION=$(PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION)
 
@@ -44,11 +41,8 @@
 	external/zlib \
 	external/safe-iop/include
 
-ifeq ($(TWHAVE_SELINUX),true)
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/libselinux/include
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libselinux
-LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SELINUX
-endif
 
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DPLATFORM_SDK_VERSION=$(PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION)
 
diff --git a/partition.cpp b/partition.cpp
index 359d70c..bbee37d 100644
--- a/partition.cpp
+++ b/partition.cpp
@@ -65,10 +65,8 @@
 	#define CRYPT_FOOTER_OFFSET 0x4000
 #endif
 }
-#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
-#include "selinux/selinux.h"
+#include <selinux/selinux.h>
 #include <selinux/label.h>
-#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_CAPABILITIES
 #include <sys/capability.h>
 #include <sys/xattr.h>
@@ -1910,7 +1908,7 @@
 	if (!UnMount(true))
 		return false;
 
-#if defined(HAVE_SELINUX) && defined(USE_EXT4)
+#if defined(USE_EXT4)
 	int ret;
 	char *secontext = NULL;
 
@@ -2619,14 +2617,14 @@
 #ifdef TW_INTERNAL_STORAGE_PATH
 		mkdir(EXPAND(TW_INTERNAL_STORAGE_PATH), 0770);
 #endif
-#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
+
 		// Afterwards, we will try to set the
 		// default metadata that we were hopefully able to get during
 		// early boot.
 		tw_set_default_metadata(Media_Path.c_str());
 		if (!Internal_path.empty())
 			tw_set_default_metadata(Internal_path.c_str());
-#endif
+
 		// Toggle mount to ensure that "internal sdcard" gets mounted
 		PartitionManager.UnMount_By_Path(Symlink_Mount_Point, true);
 		PartitionManager.Mount_By_Path(Symlink_Mount_Point, true);
diff --git a/partitionmanager.cpp b/partitionmanager.cpp
index 0395f17..a772ea4 100644
--- a/partitionmanager.cpp
+++ b/partitionmanager.cpp
@@ -1578,7 +1578,6 @@
 }
 
 int TWPartitionManager::Fix_Contexts(void) {
-#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
 	std::vector<TWPartition*>::iterator iter;
 	for (iter = Partitions.begin(); iter != Partitions.end(); iter++) {
 		if ((*iter)->Has_Data_Media) {
@@ -1591,10 +1590,6 @@
 	UnMount_Main_Partitions();
 	gui_msg("done=Done.");
 	return 0;
-#else
-	LOGERR("Cannot fix contexts, no selinux support present.\n");
-	return -1;
-#endif
 }
 
 TWPartition* TWPartitionManager::Find_Next_Storage(string Path, bool Exclude_Data_Media) {
diff --git a/prebuilt/Android.mk b/prebuilt/Android.mk
index 0356197..2edcfe9 100644
--- a/prebuilt/Android.mk
+++ b/prebuilt/Android.mk
@@ -135,19 +135,12 @@
 ifneq ($(TW_EXCLUDE_MTP), true)
     RELINK_SOURCE_FILES += $(TARGET_OUT_SHARED_LIBRARIES)/libtwrpmtp.so
 endif
-ifeq ($(TARGET_USERIMAGES_USE_EXT4), true)
-    RELINK_SOURCE_FILES += $(TARGET_OUT_SHARED_LIBRARIES)/libext4_utils.so
-endif
+RELINK_SOURCE_FILES += $(TARGET_OUT_SHARED_LIBRARIES)/libext4_utils.so
 RELINK_SOURCE_FILES += $(TARGET_OUT_SHARED_LIBRARIES)/libaosprecovery.so
 ifneq ($(TW_INCLUDE_JPEG),)
     RELINK_SOURCE_FILES += $(TARGET_OUT_SHARED_LIBRARIES)/libjpeg.so
 endif
-ifeq ($(TWHAVE_SELINUX), true)
-    RELINK_SOURCE_FILES += $(TARGET_OUT_SHARED_LIBRARIES)/libselinux.so
-    ifneq ($(TARGET_USERIMAGES_USE_EXT4), true)
-        RELINK_SOURCE_FILES += $(TARGET_OUT_SHARED_LIBRARIES)/libext4_utils.so
-    endif
-endif
+RELINK_SOURCE_FILES += $(TARGET_OUT_SHARED_LIBRARIES)/libselinux.so
 ifeq ($(BUILD_ID), GINGERBREAD)
     TW_NO_EXFAT := true
 endif
diff --git a/toolbox/Android.mk b/toolbox/Android.mk
index 07e4738..9160802 100644
--- a/toolbox/Android.mk
+++ b/toolbox/Android.mk
@@ -18,28 +18,26 @@
 
 # If busybox does not have SELinux support, provide these tools with toolbox.
 # Note that RECOVERY_BUSYBOX_TOOLS will be empty if TW_USE_TOOLBOX == true.
-ifeq ($(TWHAVE_SELINUX), true)
-    TOOLS_FOR_SELINUX := \
-        ls
+TOOLS_FOR_SELINUX := \
+    ls
 
-    ifeq ($(shell test $(PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION) -lt 23; echo $$?),0)
-        TOOLS_FOR_SELINUX += \
-            load_policy \
-            getenforce \
-            chcon \
-            restorecon \
-            runcon \
-            getsebool \
-            setsebool
-    endif
+ifeq ($(shell test $(PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION) -lt 23; echo $$?),0)
+    TOOLS_FOR_SELINUX += \
+        load_policy \
+        getenforce \
+        chcon \
+        restorecon \
+        runcon \
+        getsebool \
+        setsebool
+endif
 
-    OUR_TOOLS += $(filter-out $(RECOVERY_BUSYBOX_TOOLS), $(TOOLS_FOR_SELINUX))
+OUR_TOOLS += $(filter-out $(RECOVERY_BUSYBOX_TOOLS), $(TOOLS_FOR_SELINUX))
 
-    # toolbox setenforce is used during init, so it needs to be included here
-    # symlink is omitted at the very end if busybox already provides this
-    ifeq ($(shell test $(PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION) -lt 23; echo $$?),0)
-       OUR_TOOLS += setenforce
-    endif
+# toolbox setenforce is used during init, so it needs to be included here
+# symlink is omitted at the very end if busybox already provides this
+ifeq ($(shell test $(PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION) -lt 23; echo $$?),0)
+   OUR_TOOLS += setenforce
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(TW_USE_TOOLBOX), true)
@@ -153,9 +151,6 @@
             vmstat \
             watchprops \
             wipe
-        ifneq ($(TWHAVE_SELINUX), true)
-            OUR_TOOLS += ls
-        endif
     endif
 endif
 
@@ -209,9 +204,7 @@
         liblog
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(TWHAVE_SELINUX), true)
-    LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libselinux
-endif
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libselinux
 
 ifneq (,$(filter $(PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION), 21 22 23))
     # libusbhost is only used by lsusb, and that isn't usually included in toolbox.
@@ -265,13 +258,11 @@
 $(TOOLS_H):
 	$(transform-generated-source)
 
-ifeq ($(TWHAVE_SELINUX), true)
-    # toolbox setenforce is used during init in non-symlink form, so it was
-    # required to be included as part of the suite above. if busybox already
-    # provides setenforce, we can omit the toolbox symlink
-    TEMP_TOOLS := $(filter-out $(RECOVERY_BUSYBOX_TOOLS), $(ALL_TOOLS))
-    ALL_TOOLS := $(TEMP_TOOLS)
-endif
+# toolbox setenforce is used during init in non-symlink form, so it was
+# required to be included as part of the suite above. if busybox already
+# provides setenforce, we can omit the toolbox symlink
+TEMP_TOOLS := $(filter-out $(RECOVERY_BUSYBOX_TOOLS), $(ALL_TOOLS))
+ALL_TOOLS := $(TEMP_TOOLS)
 
 # Make /sbin/toolbox launchers for each tool
 SYMLINKS := $(addprefix $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/sbin/,$(ALL_TOOLS))
diff --git a/twrp.cpp b/twrp.cpp
index 5459bd4..ff40eb1 100644
--- a/twrp.cpp
+++ b/twrp.cpp
@@ -53,10 +53,8 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
-#include "selinux/label.h"
+#include <selinux/label.h>
 struct selabel_handle *selinux_handle;
-#endif
 
 extern int adb_server_main(int is_daemon, int server_port, int /* reply_fd */);
 
@@ -133,7 +131,6 @@
 	// Load up all the resources
 	gui_loadResources();
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
 	if (TWFunc::Path_Exists("/prebuilt_file_contexts")) {
 		if (TWFunc::Path_Exists("/file_contexts")) {
 			printf("Renaming regular /file_contexts -> /file_contexts.bak\n");
@@ -170,9 +167,6 @@
 			gui_msg("full_selinux=Full SELinux support is present.");
 		}
 	}
-#else
-	gui_warn("no_selinux=No SELinux support (no libselinux).");
-#endif
 
 	PartitionManager.Mount_By_Path("/cache", false);
 
diff --git a/twrpTarMain/Android.mk b/twrpTarMain/Android.mk
index f948708..a80b4de 100644
--- a/twrpTarMain/Android.mk
+++ b/twrpTarMain/Android.mk
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@
 endif
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libstdc++
 
-ifeq ($(TWHAVE_SELINUX), true)
-    LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/libselinux/include
-    LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libselinux
-    LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SELINUX
-endif
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/libselinux/include
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libselinux
+
 ifneq ($(RECOVERY_SDCARD_ON_DATA),)
 	LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DRECOVERY_SDCARD_ON_DATA
 endif
@@ -65,11 +63,9 @@
 endif
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libstdc++
 
-ifeq ($(TWHAVE_SELINUX), true)
-    LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/libselinux/include
-    LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libselinux
-    LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SELINUX
-endif
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/libselinux/include
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libselinux
+
 ifneq ($(RECOVERY_SDCARD_ON_DATA),)
 	LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DRECOVERY_SDCARD_ON_DATA
 endif