diff --git a/res/xml/development_settings.xml b/res/xml/development_settings.xml
index 866a529dd8b..227f72dc720 100644
--- a/res/xml/development_settings.xml
+++ b/res/xml/development_settings.xml
@@ -675,12 +675,6 @@
             android:title="@string/immediately_destroy_activities"
             android:summary="@string/immediately_destroy_activities_summary" />
 
-        <ListPreference
-            android:key="app_process_limit"
-            android:title="@string/app_process_limit_title"
-            android:entries="@array/app_process_limit_entries"
-            android:entryValues="@array/app_process_limit_values" />
-
         <Preference
             android:key="background_check"
             android:fragment="com.android.settings.applications.appops.BackgroundCheckSummary"
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/development/BackgroundProcessLimitPreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/development/BackgroundProcessLimitPreferenceController.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a7d6fa58c0..00000000000
--- a/src/com/android/settings/development/BackgroundProcessLimitPreferenceController.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 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.settings.development;
-
-import android.app.ActivityManager;
-import android.app.IActivityManager;
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.os.RemoteException;
-
-import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
-import androidx.preference.ListPreference;
-import androidx.preference.Preference;
-
-import com.android.settings.core.PreferenceControllerMixin;
-import com.android.settingslib.R;
-import com.android.settingslib.development.DeveloperOptionsPreferenceController;
-
-public class BackgroundProcessLimitPreferenceController extends
-        DeveloperOptionsPreferenceController implements Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener,
-        PreferenceControllerMixin {
-
-    private static final String APP_PROCESS_LIMIT_KEY = "app_process_limit";
-
-    private final String[] mListValues;
-    private final String[] mListSummaries;
-
-    public BackgroundProcessLimitPreferenceController(Context context) {
-        super(context);
-
-        mListValues = context.getResources().getStringArray(R.array.app_process_limit_values);
-        mListSummaries = context.getResources().getStringArray(R.array.app_process_limit_entries);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getPreferenceKey() {
-        return APP_PROCESS_LIMIT_KEY;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference, Object newValue) {
-        writeAppProcessLimitOptions(newValue);
-        updateAppProcessLimitOptions();
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void updateState(Preference preference) {
-        updateAppProcessLimitOptions();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void onDeveloperOptionsSwitchDisabled() {
-        super.onDeveloperOptionsSwitchDisabled();
-        writeAppProcessLimitOptions(null);
-    }
-
-    private void updateAppProcessLimitOptions() {
-        try {
-            final int limit = getActivityManagerService().getProcessLimit();
-            int index = 0; // default
-            for (int i = 0; i < mListValues.length; i++) {
-                int val = Integer.parseInt(mListValues[i]);
-                if (val >= limit) {
-                    index = i;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            final ListPreference listPreference = (ListPreference) mPreference;
-            listPreference.setValue(mListValues[index]);
-            listPreference.setSummary(mListSummaries[index]);
-        } catch (RemoteException e) {
-            // intentional no-op
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void writeAppProcessLimitOptions(Object newValue) {
-        try {
-            final int limit = newValue != null ? Integer.parseInt(newValue.toString()) : -1;
-            getActivityManagerService().setProcessLimit(limit);
-            updateAppProcessLimitOptions();
-        } catch (RemoteException e) {
-            // intentional no-op
-        }
-    }
-
-    @VisibleForTesting
-    IActivityManager getActivityManagerService() {
-        return ActivityManager.getService();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/development/DevelopmentSettingsDashboardFragment.java b/src/com/android/settings/development/DevelopmentSettingsDashboardFragment.java
index 65a23eb399f..dd9a1f05f25 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/development/DevelopmentSettingsDashboardFragment.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/development/DevelopmentSettingsDashboardFragment.java
@@ -740,7 +740,6 @@ public class DevelopmentSettingsDashboardFragment extends RestrictedDashboardFra
         controllers.add(new StrictModePreferenceController(context));
         controllers.add(new ProfileGpuRenderingPreferenceController(context));
         controllers.add(new KeepActivitiesPreferenceController(context));
-        controllers.add(new BackgroundProcessLimitPreferenceController(context));
         controllers.add(new CachedAppsFreezerPreferenceController(context));
         controllers.add(new ShowFirstCrashDialogPreferenceController(context));
         controllers.add(new AppsNotRespondingPreferenceController(context));
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/development/BackgroundProcessLimitPreferenceControllerTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/development/BackgroundProcessLimitPreferenceControllerTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d51547ebaac..00000000000
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/development/BackgroundProcessLimitPreferenceControllerTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 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.settings.development;
-
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-
-import android.app.IActivityManager;
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.os.RemoteException;
-
-import androidx.preference.ListPreference;
-import androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen;
-
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
-import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
-import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
-
-@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
-public class BackgroundProcessLimitPreferenceControllerTest {
-
-    @Mock
-    private IActivityManager mActivityManager;
-    @Mock
-    private ListPreference mPreference;
-    @Mock
-    private PreferenceScreen mScreen;
-
-    /**
-     * 0: Standard limit
-     * 1: No Background processes
-     * 2: At most 1 process
-     * 3: At most 2 processes
-     * 4: At most 3 processes
-     * 5: At most 4 processes
-     */
-    private String[] mListValues;
-    private String[] mListSummaries;
-    private Context mContext;
-    private BackgroundProcessLimitPreferenceController mController;
-
-    @Before
-    public void setup() {
-        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
-        mContext = RuntimeEnvironment.application;
-        mListValues = mContext.getResources()
-                .getStringArray(com.android.settingslib.R.array.app_process_limit_values);
-        mListSummaries = mContext.getResources()
-                .getStringArray(com.android.settingslib.R.array.app_process_limit_entries);
-        mController = spy(new BackgroundProcessLimitPreferenceController(mContext));
-        doReturn(mActivityManager).when(mController).getActivityManagerService();
-        when(mScreen.findPreference(mController.getPreferenceKey())).thenReturn(mPreference);
-        mController.displayPreference(mScreen);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void onPreferenceChange_noBackgroundProcessSet_shouldSetToNoBackgroundProcess()
-            throws RemoteException {
-        mController.onPreferenceChange(mPreference, mListValues[1]);
-
-        verify(mActivityManager).setProcessLimit(Integer.valueOf(mListValues[1]));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void onPreferenceChange_1ProcessSet_shouldSetTo1BackgroundProcess()
-            throws RemoteException {
-        mController.onPreferenceChange(mPreference, mListValues[2]);
-
-        verify(mActivityManager).setProcessLimit(Integer.valueOf(mListValues[2]));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void updateState_noBackgroundProcessSet_shouldSetPreferenceToNoBackgroundProcess()
-            throws RemoteException {
-        when(mActivityManager.getProcessLimit()).thenReturn(Integer.valueOf(mListValues[1]));
-
-        mController.updateState(mPreference);
-
-        verify(mPreference).setValue(mListValues[1]);
-        verify(mPreference).setSummary(mListSummaries[1]);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void updateState_1ProcessSet_shouldSetPreference1BackgroundProcess()
-            throws RemoteException {
-        when(mActivityManager.getProcessLimit()).thenReturn(Integer.valueOf(mListValues[2]));
-
-        mController.updateState(mPreference);
-
-        verify(mPreference).setValue(mListValues[2]);
-        verify(mPreference).setSummary(mListSummaries[2]);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void updateState_veryHighLimit_shouldDefaultToStandardLimit() throws RemoteException {
-        when(mActivityManager.getProcessLimit()).thenReturn(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
-
-        mController.updateState(mPreference);
-
-        verify(mPreference).setValue(mListValues[0]);
-        verify(mPreference).setSummary(mListSummaries[0]);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void onDeveloperOptionsSwitchDisabled_shouldDisableAndResetPreference()
-            throws RemoteException {
-        mController.onDeveloperOptionsSwitchDisabled();
-
-        verify(mPreference).setEnabled(false);
-        verify(mActivityManager).setProcessLimit(-1);
-    }
-}