diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
index 950e72c4ea..afb4f8d973 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
@@ -227,11 +227,6 @@ public final class LauncherInstrumentation {
     public LauncherInstrumentation(Instrumentation instrumentation) {
         mInstrumentation = instrumentation;
         mDevice = UiDevice.getInstance(instrumentation);
-        try {
-            mDevice.executeShellCommand("am wait-for-broadcast-idle");
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            log("Failed to wait for broadcast idle");
-        }
 
         // Launcher should run in test harness so that custom accessibility protocol between
         // Launcher and TAPL is enabled. In-process tests enable this protocol with a direct call