diff --git a/res/values/styles.xml b/res/values/styles.xml
index 42704df298..7e5701b9c9 100644
--- a/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
     </style>
 
     <style name="Theme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Wallpaper.NoTitleBar">
+        <item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
+        <item name="android:windowTranslucentNavigation">true</item>
     </style>
 
     <style name="ClingButton">
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
index 85de80aba0..2e29ae28b2 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
@@ -328,8 +328,6 @@ public class Launcher extends Activity
 
     private BubbleTextView mWaitingForResume;
 
-    protected TranslucentDecor mTransparentDecor;
-
     private HideFromAccessibilityHelper mHideFromAccessibilityHelper
         = new HideFromAccessibilityHelper();
 
@@ -428,9 +426,6 @@ public class Launcher extends Activity
         checkForLocaleChange();
         setContentView(R.layout.launcher);
 
-        mTransparentDecor = new TranslucentDecor(findViewById(R.id.launcher));
-        mTransparentDecor.requestTranslucentDecor(true);
-
         setupViews();
         grid.layout(this);
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/TranslucentDecor.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/TranslucentDecor.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b50c022687..0000000000
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/TranslucentDecor.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package com.android.launcher3;
-
-import android.app.Activity;
-import android.view.View;
-import android.view.Window;
-import android.view.WindowManager;
-
-public class TranslucentDecor {
-    private static final int SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_TRANSPARENT_STATUS = 0x00001000;
-    private static final int SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_TRANSPARENT_NAVIGATION = 0x00002000;
-
-    // Replace with SDK constants when available.
-    public static final int FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS = 0x04000000;
-    public static final int FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_NAVIGATION = 0x08000000;
-
-    // Behave properly on early K builds.
-    public static final boolean SYSUI_SUPPORTED = !hasSystemUiFlag("ALLOW_TRANSIENT") &&
-            hasSystemUiFlag("TRANSPARENT_STATUS") &&
-            hasSystemUiFlag("TRANSPARENT_NAVIGATION");
-
-    public static final boolean WM_SUPPORTED =
-            hasWindowManagerFlag("TRANSLUCENT_STATUS") &&
-            hasWindowManagerFlag("TRANSLUCENT_NAVIGATION");
-
-    private final View mTarget;
-
-    public TranslucentDecor(View target) {
-        mTarget = target;
-    }
-
-    public void requestTranslucentDecor(boolean translucent) {
-        int sysui = View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE
-                | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN
-                | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_HIDE_NAVIGATION;
-        if (WM_SUPPORTED && mTarget.getContext() instanceof Activity) {
-            Window w = ((Activity) mTarget.getContext()).getWindow();
-            int wmFlags = FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS | FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_NAVIGATION;
-            if (translucent) {
-                w.addFlags(wmFlags);
-            } else {
-               w.clearFlags(wmFlags);
-            }
-        } else if (SYSUI_SUPPORTED) {  // Remove when droidfood platform is updated
-            if (translucent) {
-                sysui |= SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_TRANSPARENT_STATUS | SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_TRANSPARENT_NAVIGATION;
-            }
-        }
-        mTarget.setSystemUiVisibility(sysui);
-    }
-
-    private static boolean hasWindowManagerFlag(String name) {
-        try {
-            return WindowManager.LayoutParams.class.getField("FLAG_" + name) != null;
-        } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static boolean hasSystemUiFlag(String name) {
-        try {
-            return View.class.getField("SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_" + name) != null;
-        } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-}