diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/battery/BatteryMeterViewController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/battery/BatteryMeterViewController.java
index 4664423c44222..b7e29821a16a5 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/battery/BatteryMeterViewController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/battery/BatteryMeterViewController.java
@@ -107,12 +107,6 @@ public class BatteryMeterViewController extends ViewController<BatteryMeterView>
 
     @Override
     protected void onViewDetached() {
-        destroy();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void destroy() {
-        super.destroy();
         mConfigurationController.removeCallback(mConfigurationListener);
         unsubscribeFromTunerUpdates();
         mCurrentUserTracker.stopTracking();
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/KeyguardStatusBarViewController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/KeyguardStatusBarViewController.java
index 25294165b3756..ef3dcedf8315a 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/KeyguardStatusBarViewController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/KeyguardStatusBarViewController.java
@@ -159,17 +159,6 @@ public class KeyguardStatusBarViewController extends ViewController<KeyguardStat
 
     @Override
     protected void onViewDetached() {
-        destroy();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void destroy() {
-        // Don't receive future #onViewAttached calls so that we don't accidentally have two
-        // controllers registered for the same view.
-        // TODO(b/194181195): This shouldn't be necessary.
-        super.destroy();
-        mBatteryMeterViewController.destroy();
-
         mConfigurationController.removeCallback(mConfigurationListener);
         mAnimationScheduler.removeCallback(mAnimationCallback);
         mUserInfoController.removeCallback(mOnUserInfoChangedListener);
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java
index be02fd1b2aa40..edaed78bfd36b 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java
@@ -884,10 +884,14 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
             }
         }
 
+        mKeyguardStatusBarViewController =
+                mKeyguardStatusBarViewComponentFactory.build(mKeyguardStatusBar)
+                        .getKeyguardStatusBarViewController();
+        mKeyguardStatusBarViewController.init();
+
         updateViewControllers(
                 mView.findViewById(R.id.keyguard_status_view),
                 userAvatarView,
-                mKeyguardStatusBar,
                 keyguardUserSwitcherView);
         mNotificationContainerParent = mView.findViewById(R.id.notification_container_parent);
         NotificationStackScrollLayout stackScrollLayout = mView.findViewById(
@@ -979,7 +983,6 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
 
     private void updateViewControllers(KeyguardStatusView keyguardStatusView,
             UserAvatarView userAvatarView,
-            KeyguardStatusBarView keyguardStatusBarView,
             KeyguardUserSwitcherView keyguardUserSwitcherView) {
         // Re-associate the KeyguardStatusViewController
         KeyguardStatusViewComponent statusViewComponent =
@@ -987,16 +990,6 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
         mKeyguardStatusViewController = statusViewComponent.getKeyguardStatusViewController();
         mKeyguardStatusViewController.init();
 
-        KeyguardStatusBarViewComponent statusBarViewComponent =
-                mKeyguardStatusBarViewComponentFactory.build(keyguardStatusBarView);
-        if (mKeyguardStatusBarViewController != null) {
-            // TODO(b/194181195): This shouldn't be necessary.
-            mKeyguardStatusBarViewController.destroy();
-        }
-        mKeyguardStatusBarViewController =
-                statusBarViewComponent.getKeyguardStatusBarViewController();
-        mKeyguardStatusBarViewController.init();
-
         if (mKeyguardUserSwitcherController != null) {
             // Try to close the switcher so that callbacks are triggered if necessary.
             // Otherwise, NPV can get into a state where some of the views are still hidden
@@ -1156,7 +1149,7 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
 
         mBigClockContainer.removeAllViews();
         updateViewControllers(mView.findViewById(R.id.keyguard_status_view), userAvatarView,
-                mKeyguardStatusBar, keyguardUserSwitcherView);
+                keyguardUserSwitcherView);
 
         // Update keyguard bottom area
         int index = mView.indexOfChild(mKeyguardBottomArea);
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/util/ViewController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/util/ViewController.java
index 32bbe1c44c5c5..0dd5788105b71 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/util/ViewController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/util/ViewController.java
@@ -109,16 +109,6 @@ public abstract class ViewController<T extends View> {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Destroys this controller so that it never receives view attach and detach events again.
-     * Does nothing if the view is null.
-     */
-    public void destroy() {
-        if (mView != null) {
-            mView.removeOnAttachStateChangeListener(mOnAttachStateListener);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Called when the view is attached and a call to {@link #init()} has been made in either order.
      */