diff --git a/power/power-8953.c b/power/power-8953.c
index d0750e4..7e2cdf5 100644
--- a/power/power-8953.c
+++ b/power/power-8953.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 
 #define LOG_TAG "QTI PowerHAL"
 #include <utils/Log.h>
@@ -62,9 +61,6 @@ static int camera_hint_ref_count;
 static void process_video_encode_hint(void *metadata);
 //static void process_cam_preview_hint(void *metadata);
 
-static int display_fd;
-#define SYS_DISPLAY_PWR "/sys/kernel/hbtp/display_pwr"
-
 static bool is_target_SDM632() /* Returns value=632 if target is SDM632 else value 0 */
 {
     int fd;
@@ -107,13 +103,7 @@ int  set_interactive_override(struct power_module *module, int on)
     char governor[80];
     char tmp_str[NODE_MAX];
     struct video_encode_metadata_t video_encode_metadata;
-    int rc = 0;
-
-    static const char *display_on = "1";
-    static const char *display_off = "0";
-    char err_buf[80];
-    static int init_interactive_hint = 0;
-    static int set_i_count = 0;
+    int rc;
 
     ALOGI("Got set_interactive hint");
 
@@ -153,39 +143,6 @@ int  set_interactive_override(struct power_module *module, int on)
    }
     saved_interactive_mode = !!on;
 
-    set_i_count ++;
-    ALOGI("Got set_interactive hint on= %d, count= %d\n", on, set_i_count);
-
-    if (init_interactive_hint == 0)
-    {
-        //First time the display is turned off
-        display_fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(SYS_DISPLAY_PWR, O_RDWR));
-        if (display_fd < 0) {
-            strerror_r(errno,err_buf,sizeof(err_buf));
-            ALOGE("Error opening %s: %s\n", SYS_DISPLAY_PWR, err_buf);
-            return HINT_HANDLED;
-        }
-        else
-            init_interactive_hint = 1;
-    }
-    else
-        if (!on ) {
-            /* Display off. */
-            rc = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(write(display_fd, display_off, strlen(display_off)));
-            if (rc < 0) {
-                strerror_r(errno,err_buf,sizeof(err_buf));
-                ALOGE("Error writing %s to  %s: %s\n", display_off, SYS_DISPLAY_PWR, err_buf);
-            }
-        }
-        else {
-            /* Display on */
-            rc = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(write(display_fd, display_on, strlen(display_on)));
-            if (rc < 0) {
-                strerror_r(errno,err_buf,sizeof(err_buf));
-                ALOGE("Error writing %s to  %s: %s\n", display_on, SYS_DISPLAY_PWR, err_buf);
-            }
-        }
-
     return HINT_HANDLED;
 }