diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/PhoneWindowManager.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/PhoneWindowManager.java
index e6d851b83aa8b..16440c8189592 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/PhoneWindowManager.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/PhoneWindowManager.java
@@ -803,9 +803,6 @@ public class PhoneWindowManager implements WindowManagerPolicy {
 
     private int mCurrentUserId;
 
-    /* Whether accessibility is magnifying the screen */
-    private boolean mScreenMagnificationActive;
-
     // Maps global key codes to the components that will handle them.
     private GlobalKeyManager mGlobalKeyManager;
 
@@ -8412,11 +8409,7 @@ public class PhoneWindowManager implements WindowManagerPolicy {
      */
     private int configureNavBarOpacity(int visibility, boolean dockedStackVisible,
             boolean freeformStackVisible, boolean isDockedDividerResizing) {
-        if (mScreenMagnificationActive) {
-            // When the screen is magnified, the nav bar should be opaque since its background
-            // can vary as the user pans and zooms
-            visibility = setNavBarOpaqueFlag(visibility);
-        } else if (mNavBarOpacityMode == NAV_BAR_OPAQUE_WHEN_FREEFORM_OR_DOCKED) {
+        if (mNavBarOpacityMode == NAV_BAR_OPAQUE_WHEN_FREEFORM_OR_DOCKED) {
             if (dockedStackVisible || freeformStackVisible || isDockedDividerResizing) {
                 visibility = setNavBarOpaqueFlag(visibility);
             }
@@ -8570,14 +8563,6 @@ public class PhoneWindowManager implements WindowManagerPolicy {
         return false;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void onScreenMagnificationStateChanged(boolean active) {
-        synchronized (mWindowManagerFuncs.getWindowManagerLock()) {
-            mScreenMagnificationActive = active;
-            updateSystemUiVisibilityLw();
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void writeToProto(ProtoOutputStream proto, long fieldId) {
         final long token = proto.start(fieldId);
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/WindowManagerPolicy.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/WindowManagerPolicy.java
index 8690a83929619..33eafb9e3e335 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/WindowManagerPolicy.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/WindowManagerPolicy.java
@@ -1739,13 +1739,6 @@ public interface WindowManagerPolicy extends WindowManagerPolicyConstants {
      */
     boolean canDismissBootAnimation();
 
-    /**
-     * Called when the magnification state changes.
-     *
-     * @param active Whether magnification is active (that is, we are zoomed in).
-     */
-    void onScreenMagnificationStateChanged(boolean active);
-
     /**
      * Convert the user rotation mode to a human readable format.
      */
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AccessibilityController.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AccessibilityController.java
index 68be50c2689a7..f5f994ae05fda 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AccessibilityController.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/AccessibilityController.java
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ final class AccessibilityController {
 
     private WindowsForAccessibilityObserver mWindowsForAccessibilityObserver;
 
-    private boolean mScreenMagnificationActive;
-
     public void setMagnificationCallbacksLocked(MagnificationCallbacks callbacks) {
         if (callbacks != null) {
             if (mDisplayMagnifier != null) {
@@ -138,11 +136,6 @@ final class AccessibilityController {
         if (mWindowsForAccessibilityObserver != null) {
             mWindowsForAccessibilityObserver.scheduleComputeChangedWindowsLocked();
         }
-        boolean nowActive = !spec.isNop();
-        if (nowActive != mScreenMagnificationActive) {
-            mScreenMagnificationActive = nowActive;
-            mService.mPolicy.onScreenMagnificationStateChanged(nowActive);
-        }
     }
 
     public void getMagnificationRegionLocked(Region outMagnificationRegion) {
diff --git a/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/wm/TestWindowManagerPolicy.java b/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/wm/TestWindowManagerPolicy.java
index 013c672552486..765b3d5957c4a 100644
--- a/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/wm/TestWindowManagerPolicy.java
+++ b/services/tests/servicestests/src/com/android/server/wm/TestWindowManagerPolicy.java
@@ -590,10 +590,6 @@ class TestWindowManagerPolicy implements WindowManagerPolicy {
         return true;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void onScreenMagnificationStateChanged(boolean active) {
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void requestUserActivityNotification() {
     }