diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index 34d8adfb45..b5e6af475d 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<T extends BaseActivity> extends PagedView impl
                 }
             };
 
-    private final OrientationEventListener mOrientationListener;
     private int mPreviousRotation;
     protected RecentsAnimationController mRecentsAnimationController;
     protected RecentsAnimationTargets mRecentsAnimationTargets;
@@ -377,22 +376,6 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<T extends BaseActivity> extends PagedView impl
 
         // Initialize quickstep specific cache params here, as this is constructed only once
         mActivity.getViewCache().setCacheSize(R.layout.digital_wellbeing_toast, 5);
-        mOrientationListener = new OrientationEventListener(getContext()) {
-            @Override
-            public void onOrientationChanged(int i) {
-                int rotation = RotationHelper.getRotationFromDegrees(i);
-                if (mPreviousRotation != rotation) {
-                    animateRecentsRotationInPlace(rotation);
-                    if (rotation == 0) {
-                        showActionsView();
-                    } else {
-                        hideActionsView();
-                    }
-                    mPreviousRotation = rotation;
-                }
-            }
-        };
-
     }
 
     public OverScroller getScroller() {
@@ -521,13 +504,6 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<T extends BaseActivity> extends PagedView impl
     }
 
     public void setOverviewStateEnabled(boolean enabled) {
-        if (supportsVerticalLandscape() && mOrientationListener.canDetectOrientation()) {
-            if (enabled) {
-                mOrientationListener.enable();
-            } else {
-                mOrientationListener.disable();
-            }
-        }
         mOverviewStateEnabled = enabled;
         updateTaskStackListenerState();
         if (!enabled) {
@@ -968,35 +944,6 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<T extends BaseActivity> extends PagedView impl
         setSwipeDownShouldLaunchApp(true);
     }
 
-    private void animateRecentsRotationInPlace(int newRotation) {
-        if (!supportsVerticalLandscape()) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        AnimatorSet pa = setRecentsChangedOrientation(true);
-        pa.addListener(AnimationSuccessListener.forRunnable(() -> {
-            updateLayoutRotation(newRotation);
-            ((DragLayer) mActivity.getDragLayer()).recreateControllers();
-            rotateAllChildTasks();
-            setRecentsChangedOrientation(false).start();
-        }));
-        pa.start();
-    }
-
-    public AnimatorSet setRecentsChangedOrientation(boolean fadeInChildren) {
-        getRunningTaskIndex();
-        int runningIndex = getCurrentPage();
-        AnimatorSet as = new AnimatorSet();
-        for (int i = 0; i < getTaskViewCount(); i++) {
-            if (runningIndex == i) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            View taskView = getTaskViewAt(i);
-            as.play(ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(taskView, View.ALPHA, fadeInChildren ? 0 : 1));
-        }
-        return as;
-    }
-
     abstract protected boolean supportsVerticalLandscape();
 
     private void rotateAllChildTasks() {