diff --git a/include/binder/ProcessState.h b/include/binder/ProcessState.h
index e63a0d0b2..3bc978d9e 100644
--- a/include/binder/ProcessState.h
+++ b/include/binder/ProcessState.h
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 namespace android {
 
-// Global variables
-extern int                 mArgC;
-extern const char* const*  mArgV;
-extern int                 mArgLen;
-
 class IPCThreadState;
 
 class ProcessState : public virtual RefBase
@@ -62,12 +57,6 @@ public:
             wp<IBinder>         getWeakProxyForHandle(int32_t handle);
             void                expungeHandle(int32_t handle, IBinder* binder);
 
-            void                setArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[]);
-            int                 getArgC() const;
-            const char* const*  getArgV() const;
-
-            void                setArgV0(const char* txt);
-
             void                spawnPooledThread(bool isMain);
             
             status_t            setThreadPoolMaxThreadCount(size_t maxThreads);
diff --git a/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp b/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp
index 19ed04736..303d6cf3a 100644
--- a/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@
 
 namespace android {
  
-// Global variables
-int                 mArgC;
-const char* const*  mArgV;
-int                 mArgLen;
-
 class PoolThread : public Thread
 {
 public:
@@ -280,36 +275,6 @@ void ProcessState::expungeHandle(int32_t handle, IBinder* binder)
     if (e && e->binder == binder) e->binder = NULL;
 }
 
-void ProcessState::setArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[])
-{
-    mArgC = argc;
-    mArgV = (const char **)argv;
-
-    mArgLen = 0;
-    for (int i=0; i<argc; i++) {
-        mArgLen += strlen(argv[i]) + 1;
-    }
-    mArgLen--;
-}
-
-int ProcessState::getArgC() const
-{
-    return mArgC;
-}
-
-const char* const* ProcessState::getArgV() const
-{
-    return mArgV;
-}
-
-void ProcessState::setArgV0(const char* txt)
-{
-    if (mArgV != NULL) {
-        strncpy((char*)mArgV[0], txt, mArgLen);
-        set_process_name(txt);
-    }
-}
-
 String8 ProcessState::makeBinderThreadName() {
     int32_t s = android_atomic_add(1, &mThreadPoolSeq);
     String8 name;