diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/row/NotificationContentInflater.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/row/NotificationContentInflater.java
index 09f513dc15790..18dcf4c55d21e 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/row/NotificationContentInflater.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/row/NotificationContentInflater.java
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ public class NotificationContentInflater {
     @InflationFlag
     private int mInflationFlags = REQUIRED_INFLATION_FLAGS;
 
-    static final InflationExecutor EXECUTOR = new InflationExecutor();
-
     private final ExpandableNotificationRow mRow;
     private boolean mIsLowPriority;
     private boolean mUsesIncreasedHeight;
@@ -638,14 +636,14 @@ public class NotificationContentInflater {
             cancellationSignal = newContentView.applyAsync(
                     result.packageContext,
                     parentLayout,
-                    EXECUTOR,
+                    null,
                     listener,
                     remoteViewClickHandler);
         } else {
             cancellationSignal = newContentView.reapplyAsync(
                     result.packageContext,
                     existingView,
-                    EXECUTOR,
+                    null,
                     listener,
                     remoteViewClickHandler);
         }
@@ -996,40 +994,4 @@ public class NotificationContentInflater {
         public abstract void setResultView(View v);
         public abstract RemoteViews getRemoteView();
     }
-
-    /**
-     * A custom executor that allows more tasks to be queued. Default values are copied from
-     * AsyncTask
-      */
-    private static class InflationExecutor implements Executor {
-        private static final int CPU_COUNT = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();
-        // We want at least 2 threads and at most 4 threads in the core pool,
-        // preferring to have 1 less than the CPU count to avoid saturating
-        // the CPU with background work
-        private static final int CORE_POOL_SIZE = Math.max(2, Math.min(CPU_COUNT - 1, 4));
-        private static final int MAXIMUM_POOL_SIZE = CPU_COUNT * 2 + 1;
-        private static final int KEEP_ALIVE_SECONDS = 30;
-
-        private static final ThreadFactory sThreadFactory = new ThreadFactory() {
-            private final AtomicInteger mCount = new AtomicInteger(1);
-
-            public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
-                return new Thread(r, "InflaterThread #" + mCount.getAndIncrement());
-            }
-        };
-
-        private final ThreadPoolExecutor mExecutor;
-
-        private InflationExecutor() {
-            mExecutor = new ThreadPoolExecutor(
-                    CORE_POOL_SIZE, MAXIMUM_POOL_SIZE, KEEP_ALIVE_SECONDS, TimeUnit.SECONDS,
-                    new LinkedBlockingQueue<>(), sThreadFactory);
-            mExecutor.allowCoreThreadTimeOut(true);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void execute(Runnable runnable) {
-            mExecutor.execute(runnable);
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/row/NotificationInlineImageCache.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/row/NotificationInlineImageCache.java
index 6eb376b585867..4b0e2ffd5d7f7 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/row/NotificationInlineImageCache.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/notification/row/NotificationInlineImageCache.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class NotificationInlineImageCache implements NotificationInlineImageReso
     @Override
     public void preload(Uri uri) {
         PreloadImageTask newTask = new PreloadImageTask(mResolver);
-        newTask.executeOnExecutor(NotificationContentInflater.EXECUTOR, uri);
+        newTask.executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR, uri);
         mCache.put(uri, newTask);
     }