diff --git a/bpf/loader/NetBpfLoad.cpp b/bpf/loader/NetBpfLoad.cpp
index d0c5a6a445..ef29cfef1a 100644
--- a/bpf/loader/NetBpfLoad.cpp
+++ b/bpf/loader/NetBpfLoad.cpp
@@ -941,8 +941,6 @@ static int createMaps(const char* elfPath, ifstream& elfFile, vector<unique_fd>&
     unsigned kvers = kernelVersion();
 
     for (int i = 0; i < (int)mapNames.size(); i++) {
-        if (md[i].zero != 0) abort();
-
         if (bpfloader_ver < md[i].bpfloader_min_ver) {
             ALOGD("skipping map %s which requires bpfloader min ver 0x%05x", mapNames[i].c_str(),
                   md[i].bpfloader_min_ver);
diff --git a/bpf/progs/include/bpf_map_def.h b/bpf/progs/include/bpf_map_def.h
index 22c79d508e..9fb2917290 100644
--- a/bpf/progs/include/bpf_map_def.h
+++ b/bpf/progs/include/bpf_map_def.h
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ struct bpf_map_def {
     //   unsigned int inner_map_idx;
     //   unsigned int numa_node;
 
-    unsigned int zero;  // uid_t, for compat with old (buggy) bpfloader must be AID_ROOT == 0
+    unsigned int uid;   // uid_t
     unsigned int gid;   // gid_t
     unsigned int mode;  // mode_t
 
@@ -158,13 +158,11 @@ struct bpf_map_def {
     bool shared;  // use empty string as 'file' component of pin path - allows cross .o map sharing
 
     char pad0[3];  // manually pad up to 4 byte alignment, may be used for extensions in the future
-
-    unsigned int uid;   // uid_t
 };
 
 // This needs to be updated whenever the above structure definition is expanded.
 // These asserts are here to make sure we have cross-6-arch consistency.
-_Static_assert(sizeof(struct bpf_map_def) == 120, "sizeof struct bpf_map_def != 120");
+_Static_assert(sizeof(struct bpf_map_def) == 116, "sizeof struct bpf_map_def != 116");
 _Static_assert(__alignof__(struct bpf_map_def) == 4, "__alignof__ struct bpf_map_def != 4");
 _Static_assert(_Alignof(struct bpf_map_def) == 4, "_Alignof struct bpf_map_def != 4");