diff --git a/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/DatabaseHelper.java b/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/DatabaseHelper.java
index ed5654d4f25920d16d83a04eeb64de373d1d547b..ec50323dd91de61d329dd134885b8f9f392823a3 100644
--- a/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/DatabaseHelper.java
+++ b/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/DatabaseHelper.java
@@ -2432,9 +2432,7 @@ class DatabaseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
                     R.bool.def_auto_time_zone); // Sync timezone to NITZ
 
             loadSetting(stmt, Settings.Global.STAY_ON_WHILE_PLUGGED_IN,
-                    ("1".equals(SystemProperties.get("ro.boot.qemu"))
-                        || res.getBoolean(R.bool.def_stay_on_while_plugged_in))
-                     ? 1 : 0);
+                    res.getBoolean(R.bool.def_stay_on_while_plugged_in) ? 1 : 0);
 
             loadIntegerSetting(stmt, Settings.Global.WIFI_SLEEP_POLICY,
                     R.integer.def_wifi_sleep_policy);