diff --git a/androidApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/androidApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index d6d296ea19..1617931552 100644
--- a/androidApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/androidApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -125,10 +125,6 @@
             android:name="org.apache.http.legacy"
             android:required="false" />
 
-        <!-- Android Auto: surface MessagingStyle notifications on the car's head unit -->
-        <meta-data
-            android:name="com.google.android.gms.car.application"
-            android:resource="@xml/automotive_app_desc" />
 
         <!-- Default crash collection and analytics off until we (possibly) turn it on in application.onCreate -->
         <meta-data
diff --git a/androidApp/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml b/androidApp/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 66dd335d1a..0000000000
--- a/androidApp/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<automotiveApp>
-    <uses name="notification" />
-</automotiveApp>