diff --git a/libgralloc/alloc_controller.cpp b/libgralloc/alloc_controller.cpp
index 9af45e2..98047e4 100644
--- a/libgralloc/alloc_controller.cpp
+++ b/libgralloc/alloc_controller.cpp
@@ -184,12 +184,6 @@
 IonController::IonController()
 {
     mIonAlloc = new IonAlloc();
-    mUseTZProtection = false;
-    char property[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
-    if ((property_get("persist.gralloc.cp.level3", property, NULL) <= 0) ||
-                            (atoi(property) != 1)) {
-        mUseTZProtection = true;
-    }
 }
 
 int IonController::allocate(alloc_data& data, int usage)
@@ -210,7 +204,7 @@
         ionFlags |= ION_HEAP(ION_IOMMU_HEAP_ID);
 
     if(usage & GRALLOC_USAGE_PROTECTED) {
-        if ((mUseTZProtection) && (usage & GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_MM_HEAP)) {
+        if (usage & GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_MM_HEAP) {
             ionFlags |= ION_HEAP(ION_CP_MM_HEAP_ID);
             ionFlags |= ION_SECURE;
         } else {
diff --git a/libgralloc/alloc_controller.h b/libgralloc/alloc_controller.h
index 8954d39..5fe81fa 100644
--- a/libgralloc/alloc_controller.h
+++ b/libgralloc/alloc_controller.h
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
 
     private:
     IonAlloc* mIonAlloc;
-    bool mUseTZProtection;
 
 };
 } //end namespace gralloc