diff --git a/recovery.te b/recovery.te
index 5c510e40755f7b548a411f3cea00b16900cf4dfd..cfec16104c00123ba6854f4f41038feef1e6b555 100644
--- a/recovery.te
+++ b/recovery.te
@@ -15,7 +15,3 @@ allow recovery dev_type:blk_file rw_file_perms;
 allow recovery self:process execmem;
 allow recovery ashmem_device:chr_file execute;
 allow recovery tmpfs:file rx_file_perms;
-
-## TODO: Investigate whether it is safe to remove these
-allow recovery self:capability { sys_rawio mknod };
-auditallow recovery self:capability { sys_rawio mknod };