diff --git a/res/xml/development_settings.xml b/res/xml/development_settings.xml
index 42e5c5453a2..5a0d249b1e7 100644
--- a/res/xml/development_settings.xml
+++ b/res/xml/development_settings.xml
@@ -423,12 +423,6 @@
             android:summary="%s"
             android:title="@string/simulate_color_space" />
 
-        <ListPreference
-            android:key="debug_hw_renderer"
-            android:title="@string/debug_hw_renderer"
-            android:entries="@array/debug_hw_renderer_entries"
-            android:entryValues="@array/debug_hw_renderer_values" />
-
     </PreferenceCategory>
 
     <PreferenceCategory
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/development/DevelopmentSettingsDashboardFragment.java b/src/com/android/settings/development/DevelopmentSettingsDashboardFragment.java
index ce4b7bf9d75..395d230a0ea 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/development/DevelopmentSettingsDashboardFragment.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/development/DevelopmentSettingsDashboardFragment.java
@@ -435,7 +435,6 @@ public class DevelopmentSettingsDashboardFragment extends RestrictedDashboardFra
         controllers.add(new ForceMSAAPreferenceController(context));
         controllers.add(new HardwareOverlaysPreferenceController(context));
         controllers.add(new SimulateColorSpacePreferenceController(context));
-        controllers.add(new SetGpuRendererPreferenceController(context));
         controllers.add(new UsbAudioRoutingPreferenceController(context));
         controllers.add(new StrictModePreferenceController(context));
         controllers.add(new ProfileGpuRenderingPreferenceController(context));
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/development/SetGpuRendererPreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/development/SetGpuRendererPreferenceController.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b19344c5221..00000000000
--- a/src/com/android/settings/development/SetGpuRendererPreferenceController.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +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.content.Context;
-import android.os.SystemProperties;
-import android.support.v7.preference.ListPreference;
-import android.support.v7.preference.Preference;
-import android.support.v7.preference.PreferenceScreen;
-import android.text.TextUtils;
-import android.view.ThreadedRenderer;
-
-import com.android.settings.R;
-import com.android.settings.core.PreferenceControllerMixin;
-import com.android.settingslib.development.DeveloperOptionsPreferenceController;
-import com.android.settingslib.development.SystemPropPoker;
-
-public class SetGpuRendererPreferenceController extends
-        DeveloperOptionsPreferenceController implements Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener,
-        PreferenceControllerMixin {
-
-    private static final String DEBUG_HW_RENDERER_KEY = "debug_hw_renderer";
-
-    private final String[] mListValues;
-    private final String[] mListSummaries;
-    private ListPreference mPreference;
-
-    public SetGpuRendererPreferenceController(Context context) {
-        super(context);
-
-        mListValues = context.getResources().getStringArray(R.array.debug_hw_renderer_values);
-        mListSummaries = context.getResources().getStringArray(R.array.debug_hw_renderer_entries);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getPreferenceKey() {
-        return DEBUG_HW_RENDERER_KEY;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void displayPreference(PreferenceScreen screen) {
-        super.displayPreference(screen);
-
-        mPreference = (ListPreference) screen.findPreference(getPreferenceKey());
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference, Object newValue) {
-        writeDebugHwRendererOptions(newValue);
-        updateDebugHwRendererOptions();
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void updateState(Preference preference) {
-        updateDebugHwRendererOptions();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void onDeveloperOptionsSwitchEnabled() {
-        mPreference.setEnabled(true);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void onDeveloperOptionsSwitchDisabled() {
-        mPreference.setEnabled(false);
-    }
-
-    private void writeDebugHwRendererOptions(Object newValue) {
-        SystemProperties.set(ThreadedRenderer.DEBUG_RENDERER_PROPERTY,
-                newValue == null ? "" : newValue.toString());
-        SystemPropPoker.getInstance().poke();
-    }
-
-    private void updateDebugHwRendererOptions() {
-        final String value = SystemProperties.get(
-                ThreadedRenderer.DEBUG_RENDERER_PROPERTY, "" /* default */);
-        int index = 0; // default
-        for (int i = 0; i < mListValues.length; i++) {
-            if (TextUtils.equals(value, mListValues[i])) {
-                index = i;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        mPreference.setValue(mListValues[index]);
-        mPreference.setSummary(mListSummaries[index]);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/development/SetGpuRendererPreferenceControllerTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/development/SetGpuRendererPreferenceControllerTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b3097bb842..00000000000
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/development/SetGpuRendererPreferenceControllerTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,143 +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 com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.os.SystemProperties;
-import android.support.v7.preference.ListPreference;
-import android.support.v7.preference.PreferenceScreen;
-import android.view.ThreadedRenderer;
-
-import com.android.settings.R;
-import com.android.settings.TestConfig;
-import com.android.settings.testutils.SettingsRobolectricTestRunner;
-import com.android.settings.testutils.shadow.SettingsShadowSystemProperties;
-
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
-import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
-import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
-
-@RunWith(SettingsRobolectricTestRunner.class)
-@Config(manifest = TestConfig.MANIFEST_PATH,
-        sdk = TestConfig.SDK_VERSION,
-        shadows = {SettingsShadowSystemProperties.class})
-public class SetGpuRendererPreferenceControllerTest {
-
-    @Mock
-    private ListPreference mPreference;
-    @Mock
-    private PreferenceScreen mScreen;
-
-    /**
-     * 0: OpenGl (Default)
-     * 1: OpenGl (Skia)
-     */
-    private String[] mListValues;
-    private String[] mListSummaries;
-    private Context mContext;
-    private SetGpuRendererPreferenceController mController;
-
-    @Before
-    public void setup() {
-        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
-        mContext = RuntimeEnvironment.application;
-        mListValues = mContext.getResources().getStringArray(R.array.debug_hw_renderer_values);
-        mListSummaries = mContext.getResources().getStringArray(R.array.debug_hw_renderer_entries);
-        mController = new SetGpuRendererPreferenceController(mContext);
-        when(mScreen.findPreference(mController.getPreferenceKey())).thenReturn(mPreference);
-        mController.displayPreference(mScreen);
-    }
-
-    @After
-    public void teardown() {
-        SettingsShadowSystemProperties.clear();
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void onPreferenceChange_noValueSet_shouldSetEmptyString() {
-        mController.onPreferenceChange(mPreference, null /* new value */);
-
-        String mode = SystemProperties.get(
-                ThreadedRenderer.DEBUG_RENDERER_PROPERTY);
-        assertThat(mode).isEqualTo("");
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void onPreferenceChange_option1Selected_shouldSetOption1() {
-        mController.onPreferenceChange(mPreference, mListValues[1]);
-
-        String mode = SystemProperties.get(
-                ThreadedRenderer.DEBUG_RENDERER_PROPERTY);
-        assertThat(mode).isEqualTo(mListValues[1]);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void updateState_option1Set_shouldUpdatePreferenceToOption1() {
-        SystemProperties.set(ThreadedRenderer.DEBUG_RENDERER_PROPERTY,
-                mListValues[1]);
-
-        mController.updateState(mPreference);
-
-        verify(mPreference).setValue(mListValues[1]);
-        verify(mPreference).setSummary(mListSummaries[1]);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void updateState_option0Set_shouldUpdatePreferenceToOption0() {
-        SystemProperties.set(ThreadedRenderer.DEBUG_RENDERER_PROPERTY,
-                mListValues[0]);
-
-        mController.updateState(mPreference);
-
-        verify(mPreference).setValue(mListValues[0]);
-        verify(mPreference).setSummary(mListSummaries[0]);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void updateState_noOptionSet_shouldDefaultToOption0() {
-        SystemProperties.set(ThreadedRenderer.DEBUG_RENDERER_PROPERTY, null);
-
-        mController.updateState(mPreference);
-
-        verify(mPreference).setValue(mListValues[0]);
-        verify(mPreference).setSummary(mListSummaries[0]);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void onDeveloperOptionsSwitchDisabled_shouldDisablePreference() {
-        mController.onDeveloperOptionsSwitchDisabled();
-
-        verify(mPreference).setEnabled(false);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void onDeveloperOptionsSwitchEnabled_shouldEnablePreference() {
-        mController.onDeveloperOptionsSwitchEnabled();
-
-        verify(mPreference).setEnabled(true);
-    }
-}