diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 027cbc6f0..f3ab5958c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -108,11 +108,6 @@
         tools:ignore="UnusedAttribute"
         tools:replace="label, icon, theme, name, allowBackup">
 
-        <meta-data
-        android:name="com.google.android.gms.car.application"
-        android:resource="@xml/automotive_app_desc"/>
-
-
         <meta-data
             android:name="android.max_aspect"
             android:value="10" />
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b7f06271..000000000
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<automotiveApp>
-    <uses name="notification" />
-</automotiveApp>