diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/shared/Android.bp b/packages/SystemUI/shared/Android.bp
index 485a0d320bb9d..8a0fca03fe3ac 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/shared/Android.bp
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/shared/Android.bp
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ android_library {
     resource_dirs: [
         "res",
     ],
-    optimize: {
-        proguard_flags_files: ["proguard.flags"],
-    },
     min_sdk_version: "current",
     plugins: ["dagger2-compiler"],
     kotlincflags: ["-Xjvm-default=enable"],
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/shared/proguard.flags b/packages/SystemUI/shared/proguard.flags
deleted file mode 100644
index 5eda045001908..0000000000000
--- a/packages/SystemUI/shared/proguard.flags
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Retain signatures of TypeToken and its subclasses for gson usage in ClockRegistry
--keepattributes Signature
--keep,allowobfuscation,allowshrinking class com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken
--keep,allowobfuscation,allowshrinking class * extends com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken
\ No newline at end of file