--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/PackageReplacedReceiver.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/PackageReplacedReceiver.java
@@ -3,36 +3,29 @@
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 package org.mozilla.gecko;
 
 import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
-import android.util.Log;
 
-import org.mozilla.gecko.mozglue.GeckoLoader;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoService;
 
 /**
  * This broadcast receiver receives ACTION_MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED broadcasts and
  * starts procedures that should run after the APK has been updated.
  */
 public class PackageReplacedReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
     public static final String ACTION_MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED = "android.intent.action.MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED";
 
     @Override
     public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
         if (intent == null || !ACTION_MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED.equals(intent.getAction())) {
             // This is not the broadcast we are looking for.
             return;
         }
 
-        // Extract Gecko libs to allow them to be loaded from cache on startup.
-        extractGeckoLibs(context);
-    }
-
-    private static void extractGeckoLibs(final Context context) {
-        final String resourcePath = context.getPackageResourcePath();
-        GeckoLoader.loadMozGlue(context);
-        GeckoLoader.extractGeckoLibs(context, resourcePath);
+        // Load new Gecko libs to extract them to cache.
+        context.startService(GeckoService.getIntentToLoadLibs(context));
     }
 }

--- a/mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/gecko/mozglue/GeckoLoader.java
+++ b/mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/gecko/mozglue/GeckoLoader.java
@@ -509,25 +509,16 @@ public final class GeckoLoader {
         sMozGlueLoaded = true;
     }
 
     public synchronized static void loadGeckoLibs(final Context context, final String apkName) {
         loadLibsSetupLocked(context);
         loadGeckoLibsNative(apkName);
     }
 
-    public synchronized static void extractGeckoLibs(final Context context, final String apkName) {
-        loadLibsSetupLocked(context);
-        try {
-            extractGeckoLibsNative(apkName);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            Log.e(LOGTAG, "Failing library extraction.", e);
-        }
-    }
-
     private static void setupLocaleEnvironment() {
         putenv("LANG=" + Locale.getDefault().toString());
         NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getInstance();
         if (nf instanceof DecimalFormat) {
             DecimalFormat df = (DecimalFormat)nf;
             DecimalFormatSymbols dfs = df.getDecimalFormatSymbols();
 
             putenv("LOCALE_DECIMAL_POINT=" + dfs.getDecimalSeparator());
@@ -556,10 +547,9 @@ public final class GeckoLoader {
     // These methods are implemented in mozglue/android/nsGeckoUtils.cpp
     private static native void putenv(String map);
 
     // These methods are implemented in mozglue/android/APKOpen.cpp
     public static native void nativeRun(String[] args, int crashFd, int ipcFd);
     private static native void loadGeckoLibsNative(String apkName);
     private static native void loadSQLiteLibsNative(String apkName);
     private static native void loadNSSLibsNative(String apkName);
-    private static native void extractGeckoLibsNative(String apkName);
 }

--- a/mozglue/android/APKOpen.cpp
+++ b/mozglue/android/APKOpen.cpp
@@ -320,41 +320,16 @@ loadNSSLibs(const char *apkName)
     return FAILURE;
   }
 #endif
 
   return setup_nss_functions(nss_handle, nspr_handle, plc_handle);
 }
 
 extern "C" APKOPEN_EXPORT void MOZ_JNICALL
-Java_org_mozilla_gecko_mozglue_GeckoLoader_extractGeckoLibsNative(
-    JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jGeckoAppShellClass, jstring jApkName)
-{
-  MOZ_ALWAYS_TRUE(!jenv->GetJavaVM(&sJavaVM));
-
-  const char* apkName = jenv->GetStringUTFChars(jApkName, nullptr);
-  if (apkName == nullptr) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // Extract and cache native lib to allow for efficient startup from cache.
-  void* handle = dlopenAPKLibrary(apkName, "libxul.so");
-  if (handle) {
-    __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "GeckoLibLoad",
-                        "Extracted and cached libxul.so.");
-    // We have extracted and cached the lib, we can close it now.
-    __wrap_dlclose(handle);
-  } else {
-    JNI_Throw(jenv, "java/lang/Exception", "Error extracting gecko libraries");
-  }
-
-  jenv->ReleaseStringUTFChars(jApkName, apkName);
-}
-
-extern "C" APKOPEN_EXPORT void MOZ_JNICALL
 Java_org_mozilla_gecko_mozglue_GeckoLoader_loadGeckoLibsNative(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jGeckoAppShellClass, jstring jApkName)
 {
   jenv->GetJavaVM(&sJavaVM);
 
   const char* str;
   // XXX: java doesn't give us true UTF8, we should figure out something
   // better to do here
   str = jenv->GetStringUTFChars(jApkName, nullptr);