diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageDexOptimizer.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageDexOptimizer.java
index 6ae05ff50455a04192dc9a1603d9ed7ec33334e8..efd658a0e866d41dc2a7bbb91f4aace92f19d7c6 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageDexOptimizer.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageDexOptimizer.java
@@ -271,10 +271,7 @@ public class PackageDexOptimizer {
             return DEX_OPT_SKIPPED;
         }
 
-        // TODO(calin): there's no need to try to create the oat dir over and over again,
-        //              especially since it involve an extra installd call. We should create
-        //              if (if supported) on the fly during the dexopt call.
-        String oatDir = createOatDirIfSupported(pkg, isa);
+        String oatDir = getPackageOatDirIfSupported(pkg);
 
         Log.i(TAG, "Running dexopt (dexoptNeeded=" + dexoptNeeded + ") on: " + path
                 + " pkg=" + pkg.applicationInfo.packageName + " isa=" + isa
@@ -639,7 +636,7 @@ public class PackageDexOptimizer {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Creates oat dir for the specified package if needed and supported.
+     * Gets oat dir for the specified package if needed and supported.
      * In certain cases oat directory
      * <strong>cannot</strong> be created:
      * <ul>
@@ -647,29 +644,19 @@ public class PackageDexOptimizer {
      *      <li>Package location is not a directory, i.e. monolithic install.</li>
      * </ul>
      *
-     * @return Absolute path to the oat directory or null, if oat directory
-     * cannot be created.
+     * @return Absolute path to the oat directory or null, if oat directories
+     * not needed or unsupported for the package.
      */
     @Nullable
-    private String createOatDirIfSupported(PackageParser.Package pkg, String dexInstructionSet) {
+    private String getPackageOatDirIfSupported(PackageParser.Package pkg) {
         if (!pkg.canHaveOatDir()) {
             return null;
         }
         File codePath = new File(pkg.codePath);
-        if (codePath.isDirectory()) {
-            // TODO(calin): why do we create this only if the codePath is a directory? (i.e for
-            //              cluster packages). It seems that the logic for the folder creation is
-            //              split between installd and here.
-            File oatDir = getOatDir(codePath);
-            try {
-                mInstaller.createOatDir(oatDir.getAbsolutePath(), dexInstructionSet);
-            } catch (InstallerException e) {
-                Slog.w(TAG, "Failed to create oat dir", e);
-                return null;
-            }
-            return oatDir.getAbsolutePath();
+        if (!codePath.isDirectory()) {
+            return null;
         }
-        return null;
+        return getOatDir(codePath).getAbsolutePath();
     }
 
     static File getOatDir(File codePath) {