diff --git a/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java b/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java
index 90c8e17a69841..7b2bb73ff562d 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager.java
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
-import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 /**
@@ -1083,19 +1082,6 @@ public final class InputMethodManager {
         }
     }
 
-    private static class ImeThreadFactory implements ThreadFactory {
-        private final String mThreadName;
-
-        ImeThreadFactory(String name) {
-            mThreadName = name;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
-            return new Thread(r, mThreadName);
-        }
-    }
-
     final IInputMethodClient.Stub mClient = new IInputMethodClient.Stub() {
         @Override
         protected void dump(FileDescriptor fd, PrintWriter fout, String[] args) {