diff --git a/dex2oat/dex2oat.cc b/dex2oat/dex2oat.cc
index a372179..bb80a70 100644
--- a/dex2oat/dex2oat.cc
+++ b/dex2oat/dex2oat.cc
@@ -494,7 +494,6 @@
     bool watch_dog_enabled = true;
     bool generate_gdb_information = kIsDebugBuild;
     bool abort_on_hard_verifier_error = false;
-    bool requested_specific_compiler = false;
 
     PassManagerOptions pass_manager_options;
 
@@ -604,7 +603,6 @@
           Usage("Error parsing '%s': %s", option.data(), error_msg.c_str());
         }
       } else if (option.starts_with("--compiler-backend=")) {
-        requested_specific_compiler = true;
         StringPiece backend_str = option.substr(strlen("--compiler-backend=")).data();
         if (backend_str == "Quick") {
           compiler_kind_ = Compiler::kQuick;
@@ -614,7 +612,6 @@
           Usage("Unknown compiler backend: %s", backend_str.data());
         }
       } else if (option.starts_with("--compiler-filter=")) {
-        requested_specific_compiler = true;
         compiler_filter_string = option.substr(strlen("--compiler-filter=")).data();
       } else if (option == "--compile-pic") {
         compile_pic = true;
@@ -744,13 +741,6 @@
       }
     }
 
-    image_ = (!image_filename_.empty());
-    if (!requested_specific_compiler && !kUseOptimizingCompiler) {
-      // If no specific compiler is requested, the current behavior is
-      // to compile the boot image with Quick, and the rest with Optimizing.
-      compiler_kind_ = image_ ? Compiler::kQuick : Compiler::kOptimizing;
-    }
-
     if (compiler_kind_ == Compiler::kOptimizing) {
       // Optimizing only supports PIC mode.
       compile_pic = true;
@@ -784,6 +774,7 @@
       android_root_ += android_root_env_var;
     }
 
+    image_ = (!image_filename_.empty());
     if (!image_ && boot_image_filename.empty()) {
       boot_image_filename += android_root_;
       boot_image_filename += "/framework/boot.art";