diff --git a/tests/component/updater_test.cpp b/tests/component/updater_test.cpp
index e8abb53..0b6b96f 100644
--- a/tests/component/updater_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/component/updater_test.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
   if (expected == nullptr) {
     ASSERT_FALSE(status);
   } else {
-    ASSERT_TRUE(status);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(status) << "Evaluate() finished with error message: " << state.errmsg;
     ASSERT_STREQ(expected, result.c_str());
   }
 
@@ -138,6 +138,25 @@
   return print_sha1(digest);
 }
 
+static Value* BlobToString(const char* name, State* state,
+                           const std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Expr>>& argv) {
+  if (argv.size() != 1) {
+    return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects 1 arg, got %zu", name, argv.size());
+  }
+
+  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Value>> args;
+  if (!ReadValueArgs(state, argv, &args)) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
+  if (args[0]->type != VAL_BLOB) {
+    return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects a BLOB argument", name);
+  }
+
+  args[0]->type = VAL_STRING;
+  return args[0].release();
+}
+
 class UpdaterTest : public ::testing::Test {
  protected:
   void SetUp() override {
@@ -145,6 +164,8 @@
     RegisterInstallFunctions();
     RegisterBlockImageFunctions();
 
+    RegisterFunction("blob_to_string", BlobToString);
+
     // Each test is run in a separate process (isolated mode). Shared temporary files won't cause
     // conflicts.
     Paths::Get().set_cache_temp_source(temp_saved_source_.path);
@@ -192,33 +213,6 @@
     expect(nullptr, "getprop(\"arg1\", \"arg2\")", kArgsParsingFailure);
 }
 
-TEST_F(UpdaterTest, sha1_check) {
-    // sha1_check(data) returns the SHA-1 of the data.
-    expect("81fe8bfe87576c3ecb22426f8e57847382917acf", "sha1_check(\"abcd\")", kNoCause);
-    expect("da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709", "sha1_check(\"\")", kNoCause);
-
-    // sha1_check(data, sha1_hex, [sha1_hex, ...]) returns the matched SHA-1.
-    expect("81fe8bfe87576c3ecb22426f8e57847382917acf",
-           "sha1_check(\"abcd\", \"81fe8bfe87576c3ecb22426f8e57847382917acf\")",
-           kNoCause);
-
-    expect("81fe8bfe87576c3ecb22426f8e57847382917acf",
-           "sha1_check(\"abcd\", \"wrong_sha1\", \"81fe8bfe87576c3ecb22426f8e57847382917acf\")",
-           kNoCause);
-
-    // Or "" if there's no match.
-    expect("",
-           "sha1_check(\"abcd\", \"wrong_sha1\")",
-           kNoCause);
-
-    expect("",
-           "sha1_check(\"abcd\", \"wrong_sha1\", \"wrong_sha2\")",
-           kNoCause);
-
-    // sha1_check() expects at least one argument.
-    expect(nullptr, "sha1_check()", kArgsParsingFailure);
-}
-
 TEST_F(UpdaterTest, apply_patch_check) {
   // Zero-argument is not valid.
   expect(nullptr, "apply_patch_check()", kArgsParsingFailure);
@@ -355,12 +349,13 @@
   script = "package_extract_file(\"a.txt\", \"/dev/full\")";
   expect("", script.c_str(), kNoCause, &updater_info);
 
-  // One-argument version.
-  script = "sha1_check(package_extract_file(\"a.txt\"))";
-  expect(kATxtSha1Sum.c_str(), script.c_str(), kNoCause, &updater_info);
+  // One-argument version. package_extract_file() gives a VAL_BLOB, which needs to be converted to
+  // VAL_STRING for equality test.
+  script = "blob_to_string(package_extract_file(\"a.txt\")) == \"" + kATxtContents + "\"";
+  expect("t", script.c_str(), kNoCause, &updater_info);
 
-  script = "sha1_check(package_extract_file(\"b.txt\"))";
-  expect(kBTxtSha1Sum.c_str(), script.c_str(), kNoCause, &updater_info);
+  script = "blob_to_string(package_extract_file(\"b.txt\")) == \"" + kBTxtContents + "\"";
+  expect("t", script.c_str(), kNoCause, &updater_info);
 
   // Missing entry. The one-argument version aborts the evaluation.
   script = "package_extract_file(\"doesntexist\")";
diff --git a/updater/install.cpp b/updater/install.cpp
index 1ac19ce..9d108e0 100644
--- a/updater/install.cpp
+++ b/updater/install.cpp
@@ -262,9 +262,7 @@
 // apply_patch_check(filename, [sha1, ...])
 //   Returns true if the contents of filename or the temporary copy in the cache partition (if
 //   present) have a SHA-1 checksum equal to one of the given sha1 values. sha1 values are
-//   specified as 40 hex digits. This function differs from sha1_check(read_file(filename),
-//   sha1 [, ...]) in that it knows to check the cache partition copy, so apply_patch_check() will
-//   succeed even if the file was corrupted by an interrupted apply_patch() update.
+//   specified as 40 hex digits.
 Value* ApplyPatchCheckFn(const char* name, State* state,
                          const std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Expr>>& argv) {
   if (argv.size() < 1) {
@@ -287,51 +285,6 @@
   return StringValue(result == 0 ? "t" : "");
 }
 
-// sha1_check(data)
-//    to return the sha1 of the data (given in the format returned by
-//    read_file).
-//
-// sha1_check(data, sha1_hex, [sha1_hex, ...])
-//    returns the sha1 of the file if it matches any of the hex
-//    strings passed, or "" if it does not equal any of them.
-//
-Value* Sha1CheckFn(const char* name, State* state, const std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Expr>>& argv) {
-  if (argv.size() < 1) {
-    return ErrorAbort(state, kArgsParsingFailure, "%s() expects at least 1 arg", name);
-  }
-
-  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Value>> args;
-  if (!ReadValueArgs(state, argv, &args)) {
-    return nullptr;
-  }
-
-  if (args[0]->type == VAL_INVALID) {
-    return StringValue("");
-  }
-  uint8_t digest[SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH];
-  SHA1(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(args[0]->data.c_str()), args[0]->data.size(), digest);
-
-  if (argv.size() == 1) {
-    return StringValue(print_sha1(digest));
-  }
-
-  for (size_t i = 1; i < argv.size(); ++i) {
-    uint8_t arg_digest[SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH];
-    if (args[i]->type != VAL_STRING) {
-      LOG(ERROR) << name << "(): arg " << i << " is not a string; skipping";
-    } else if (ParseSha1(args[i]->data, arg_digest) != 0) {
-      // Warn about bad args and skip them.
-      LOG(ERROR) << name << "(): error parsing \"" << args[i]->data << "\" as sha-1; skipping";
-    } else if (memcmp(digest, arg_digest, SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH) == 0) {
-      // Found a match.
-      return args[i].release();
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Didn't match any of the hex strings; return false.
-  return StringValue("");
-}
-
 // mount(fs_type, partition_type, location, mount_point)
 // mount(fs_type, partition_type, location, mount_point, mount_options)
 
@@ -1027,7 +980,6 @@
   RegisterFunction("wipe_block_device", WipeBlockDeviceFn);
 
   RegisterFunction("read_file", ReadFileFn);
-  RegisterFunction("sha1_check", Sha1CheckFn);
   RegisterFunction("write_value", WriteValueFn);
 
   RegisterFunction("wipe_cache", WipeCacheFn);