diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index b1e3798..9773d5e 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@
 
 
 include $(LOCAL_PATH)/minui/Android.mk \
-    $(LOCAL_PATH)/minelf/Android.mk \
     $(LOCAL_PATH)/minzip/Android.mk \
     $(LOCAL_PATH)/minadbd/Android.mk \
     $(LOCAL_PATH)/mtdutils/Android.mk \
diff --git a/applypatch/applypatch.c b/applypatch/applypatch.c
index cb9bc23..c9c40c9 100644
--- a/applypatch/applypatch.c
+++ b/applypatch/applypatch.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
 #include "mincrypt/sha.h"
 #include "applypatch.h"
@@ -44,14 +45,11 @@
 
 static int mtd_partitions_scanned = 0;
 
-// Read a file into memory; optionally (retouch_flag == RETOUCH_DO_MASK) mask
-// the retouched entries back to their original value (such that SHA-1 checks
-// don't fail due to randomization); store the file contents and associated
+// Read a file into memory; store the file contents and associated
 // metadata in *file.
 //
 // Return 0 on success.
-int LoadFileContents(const char* filename, FileContents* file,
-                     int retouch_flag) {
+int LoadFileContents(const char* filename, FileContents* file) {
     file->data = NULL;
 
     // A special 'filename' beginning with "MTD:" or "EMMC:" means to
@@ -87,20 +85,6 @@
     }
     fclose(f);
 
-    // apply_patch[_check] functions are blind to randomization. Randomization
-    // is taken care of in [Undo]RetouchBinariesFn. If there is a mismatch
-    // within a file, this means the file is assumed "corrupt" for simplicity.
-    if (retouch_flag) {
-        int32_t desired_offset = 0;
-        if (retouch_mask_data(file->data, file->size,
-                              &desired_offset, NULL) != RETOUCH_DATA_MATCHED) {
-            printf("error trying to mask retouch entries\n");
-            free(file->data);
-            file->data = NULL;
-            return -1;
-        }
-    }
-
     SHA_hash(file->data, file->size, file->sha1);
     return 0;
 }
@@ -579,7 +563,7 @@
     // LoadFileContents is successful.  (Useful for reading
     // partitions, where the filename encodes the sha1s; no need to
     // check them twice.)
-    if (LoadFileContents(filename, &file, RETOUCH_DO_MASK) != 0 ||
+    if (LoadFileContents(filename, &file) != 0 ||
         (num_patches > 0 &&
          FindMatchingPatch(file.sha1, patch_sha1_str, num_patches) < 0)) {
         printf("file \"%s\" doesn't have any of expected "
@@ -594,7 +578,7 @@
         // exists and matches the sha1 we're looking for, the check still
         // passes.
 
-        if (LoadFileContents(CACHE_TEMP_SOURCE, &file, RETOUCH_DO_MASK) != 0) {
+        if (LoadFileContents(CACHE_TEMP_SOURCE, &file) != 0) {
             printf("failed to load cache file\n");
             return 1;
         }
@@ -730,8 +714,7 @@
     const Value* copy_patch_value = NULL;
 
     // We try to load the target file into the source_file object.
-    if (LoadFileContents(target_filename, &source_file,
-                         RETOUCH_DO_MASK) == 0) {
+    if (LoadFileContents(target_filename, &source_file) == 0) {
         if (memcmp(source_file.sha1, target_sha1, SHA_DIGEST_SIZE) == 0) {
             // The early-exit case:  the patch was already applied, this file
             // has the desired hash, nothing for us to do.
@@ -750,8 +733,7 @@
         // target file, or we did but it's different from the source file.
         free(source_file.data);
         source_file.data = NULL;
-        LoadFileContents(source_filename, &source_file,
-                         RETOUCH_DO_MASK);
+        LoadFileContents(source_filename, &source_file);
     }
 
     if (source_file.data != NULL) {
@@ -767,8 +749,7 @@
         source_file.data = NULL;
         printf("source file is bad; trying copy\n");
 
-        if (LoadFileContents(CACHE_TEMP_SOURCE, &copy_file,
-                             RETOUCH_DO_MASK) < 0) {
+        if (LoadFileContents(CACHE_TEMP_SOURCE, &copy_file) < 0) {
             // fail.
             printf("failed to read copy file\n");
             return 1;
diff --git a/applypatch/applypatch.h b/applypatch/applypatch.h
index f1f13a1..ee54c24 100644
--- a/applypatch/applypatch.h
+++ b/applypatch/applypatch.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include "mincrypt/sha.h"
-#include "minelf/Retouch.h"
 #include "edify/expr.h"
 
 typedef struct _Patch {
@@ -61,8 +60,7 @@
                      int num_patches,
                      char** const patch_sha1_str);
 
-int LoadFileContents(const char* filename, FileContents* file,
-                     int retouch_flag);
+int LoadFileContents(const char* filename, FileContents* file);
 int SaveFileContents(const char* filename, const FileContents* file);
 void FreeFileContents(FileContents* file);
 int FindMatchingPatch(uint8_t* sha1, char* const * const patch_sha1_str,
diff --git a/applypatch/main.c b/applypatch/main.c
index f61db5d..8e9fe80 100644
--- a/applypatch/main.c
+++ b/applypatch/main.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
             (*patches)[i] = NULL;
         } else {
             FileContents fc;
-            if (LoadFileContents(colon, &fc, RETOUCH_DONT_MASK) != 0) {
+            if (LoadFileContents(colon, &fc) != 0) {
                 goto abort;
             }
             (*patches)[i] = malloc(sizeof(Value));
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     Value* bonus = NULL;
     if (argc >= 3 && strcmp(argv[1], "-b") == 0) {
         FileContents fc;
-        if (LoadFileContents(argv[2], &fc, RETOUCH_DONT_MASK) != 0) {
+        if (LoadFileContents(argv[2], &fc) != 0) {
             printf("failed to load bonus file %s\n", argv[2]);
             return 1;
         }
diff --git a/minelf/Android.mk b/minelf/Android.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f41ff5..0000000
--- a/minelf/Android.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
-include $(CLEAR_VARS)
-
-LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \
-	Retouch.c
-
-LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += bootable/recovery
-
-LOCAL_MODULE := libminelf
-
-LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wall
-
-include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/minelf/Retouch.c b/minelf/Retouch.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d75eec1..0000000
--- a/minelf/Retouch.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,196 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <strings.h>
-#include "Retouch.h"
-#include "applypatch/applypatch.h"
-
-typedef struct {
-    int32_t mmap_addr;
-    char tag[4]; /* 'P', 'R', 'E', ' ' */
-} prelink_info_t __attribute__((packed));
-
-#define false 0
-#define true 1
-
-static int32_t offs_prev;
-static uint32_t cont_prev;
-
-static void init_compression_state(void) {
-    offs_prev = 0;
-    cont_prev = 0;
-}
-
-// For details on the encoding used for relocation lists, please
-// refer to build/tools/retouch/retouch-prepare.c. The intent is to
-// save space by removing most of the inherent redundancy.
-
-static void decode_bytes(uint8_t *encoded_bytes, int encoded_size,
-                         int32_t *dst_offset, uint32_t *dst_contents) {
-    if (encoded_size == 2) {
-        *dst_offset = offs_prev + (((encoded_bytes[0]&0x60)>>5)+1)*4;
-
-        // if the original was negative, we need to 1-pad before applying delta
-        int32_t tmp = (((encoded_bytes[0] & 0x0000001f) << 8) |
-                       encoded_bytes[1]);
-        if (tmp & 0x1000) tmp = 0xffffe000 | tmp;
-        *dst_contents = cont_prev + tmp;
-    } else if (encoded_size == 3) {
-        *dst_offset = offs_prev + (((encoded_bytes[0]&0x30)>>4)+1)*4;
-
-        // if the original was negative, we need to 1-pad before applying delta
-        int32_t tmp = (((encoded_bytes[0] & 0x0000000f) << 16) |
-                       (encoded_bytes[1] << 8) |
-                       encoded_bytes[2]);
-        if (tmp & 0x80000) tmp = 0xfff00000 | tmp;
-        *dst_contents = cont_prev + tmp;
-    } else {
-        *dst_offset =
-          (encoded_bytes[0]<<24) |
-          (encoded_bytes[1]<<16) |
-          (encoded_bytes[2]<<8) |
-          encoded_bytes[3];
-        if (*dst_offset == 0x3fffffff) *dst_offset = -1;
-        *dst_contents =
-          (encoded_bytes[4]<<24) |
-          (encoded_bytes[5]<<16) |
-          (encoded_bytes[6]<<8) |
-          encoded_bytes[7];
-    }
-}
-
-static uint8_t *decode_in_memory(uint8_t *encoded_bytes,
-                                 int32_t *offset, uint32_t *contents) {
-    int input_size, charIx;
-    uint8_t input[8];
-
-    input[0] = *(encoded_bytes++);
-    if (input[0] & 0x80)
-        input_size = 2;
-    else if (input[0] & 0x40)
-        input_size = 3;
-    else
-        input_size = 8;
-
-    // we already read one byte..
-    charIx = 1;
-    while (charIx < input_size) {
-        input[charIx++] = *(encoded_bytes++);
-    }
-
-    // depends on the decoder state!
-    decode_bytes(input, input_size, offset, contents);
-
-    offs_prev = *offset;
-    cont_prev = *contents;
-
-    return encoded_bytes;
-}
-
-int retouch_mask_data(uint8_t *binary_object,
-                      int32_t binary_size,
-                      int32_t *desired_offset,
-                      int32_t *retouch_offset) {
-    retouch_info_t *r_info;
-    prelink_info_t *p_info;
-
-    int32_t target_offset = 0;
-    if (desired_offset) target_offset = *desired_offset;
-
-    int32_t p_offs = binary_size-sizeof(prelink_info_t); // prelink_info_t
-    int32_t r_offs = p_offs-sizeof(retouch_info_t); // retouch_info_t
-    int32_t b_offs; // retouch data blob
-
-    // If not retouched, we say it was a match. This might get invoked on
-    // non-retouched binaries, so that's why we need to do this.
-    if (retouch_offset != NULL) *retouch_offset = target_offset;
-    if (r_offs < 0) return (desired_offset == NULL) ?
-                      RETOUCH_DATA_NOTAPPLICABLE : RETOUCH_DATA_MATCHED;
-    p_info = (prelink_info_t *)(binary_object+p_offs);
-    r_info = (retouch_info_t *)(binary_object+r_offs);
-    if (strncmp(p_info->tag, "PRE ", 4) ||
-        strncmp(r_info->tag, "RETOUCH ", 8))
-        return (desired_offset == NULL) ?
-          RETOUCH_DATA_NOTAPPLICABLE : RETOUCH_DATA_MATCHED;
-
-    b_offs = r_offs-r_info->blob_size;
-    if (b_offs < 0) {
-        printf("negative binary offset: %d = %d - %d\n",
-               b_offs, r_offs, r_info->blob_size);
-        return RETOUCH_DATA_ERROR;
-    }
-    uint8_t *b_ptr = binary_object+b_offs;
-
-    // Retouched: let's go through the work then.
-    int32_t offset_candidate = target_offset;
-    bool offset_set = false, offset_mismatch = false;
-    init_compression_state();
-    while (b_ptr < (uint8_t *)r_info) {
-        int32_t retouch_entry_offset;
-        uint32_t *retouch_entry;
-        uint32_t retouch_original_value;
-
-        b_ptr = decode_in_memory(b_ptr,
-                                 &retouch_entry_offset,
-                                 &retouch_original_value);
-        if (retouch_entry_offset < (-1) ||
-            retouch_entry_offset >= b_offs) {
-            printf("bad retouch_entry_offset: %d", retouch_entry_offset);
-            return RETOUCH_DATA_ERROR;
-        }
-
-        // "-1" means this is the value in prelink_info_t, which also gets
-        // randomized.
-        if (retouch_entry_offset == -1)
-            retouch_entry = (uint32_t *)&(p_info->mmap_addr);
-        else
-            retouch_entry = (uint32_t *)(binary_object+retouch_entry_offset);
-
-        if (desired_offset)
-            *retouch_entry = retouch_original_value + target_offset;
-
-        // Infer the randomization shift, compare to previously inferred.
-        int32_t offset_of_this_entry = (int32_t)(*retouch_entry-
-                                                 retouch_original_value);
-        if (!offset_set) {
-            offset_candidate = offset_of_this_entry;
-            offset_set = true;
-        } else {
-            if (offset_candidate != offset_of_this_entry) {
-                offset_mismatch = true;
-                printf("offset is mismatched: %d, this entry is %d,"
-                       " original 0x%x @ 0x%x",
-                       offset_candidate, offset_of_this_entry,
-                       retouch_original_value, retouch_entry_offset);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    if (b_ptr > (uint8_t *)r_info) {
-        printf("b_ptr went too far: %p, while r_info is %p",
-               b_ptr, r_info);
-        return RETOUCH_DATA_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    if (offset_mismatch) return RETOUCH_DATA_MISMATCHED;
-    if (retouch_offset != NULL) *retouch_offset = offset_candidate;
-    return RETOUCH_DATA_MATCHED;
-}
diff --git a/minelf/Retouch.h b/minelf/Retouch.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 13bacd5..0000000
--- a/minelf/Retouch.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#ifndef _MINELF_RETOUCH
-#define _MINELF_RETOUCH
-
-#include <stdbool.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-typedef struct {
-  char tag[8];        /* "RETOUCH ", not zero-terminated */
-  uint32_t blob_size; /* in bytes, located right before this struct */
-} retouch_info_t __attribute__((packed));
-
-#define RETOUCH_DONT_MASK           0
-#define RETOUCH_DO_MASK             1
-
-#define RETOUCH_DATA_ERROR          0 // This is bad. Should not happen.
-#define RETOUCH_DATA_MATCHED        1 // Up to an uniform random offset.
-#define RETOUCH_DATA_MISMATCHED     2 // Partially randomized, or total mess.
-#define RETOUCH_DATA_NOTAPPLICABLE  3 // Not retouched. Only when inferring.
-
-// Mask retouching in-memory. Used before apply_patch[_check].
-// Also used to determine status of retouching after a crash.
-//
-// If desired_offset is not NULL, then apply retouching instead,
-// and return that in retouch_offset.
-int retouch_mask_data(uint8_t *binary_object,
-                      int32_t binary_size,
-                      int32_t *desired_offset,
-                      int32_t *retouch_offset);
-#endif
diff --git a/updater/install.c b/updater/install.c
index 2cf00bf..e85ba50 100644
--- a/updater/install.c
+++ b/updater/install.c
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@
     v->type = VAL_BLOB;
 
     FileContents fc;
-    if (LoadFileContents(filename, &fc, RETOUCH_DONT_MASK) != 0) {
+    if (LoadFileContents(filename, &fc) != 0) {
         free(filename);
         v->size = -1;
         v->data = NULL;