diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/config.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/config.xml
index 2ad0cab4501ca..fa620df12b87d 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/config.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/config.xml
@@ -161,10 +161,6 @@
     <!-- The number of milliseconds to extend ambient pulse by when prompted (e.g. on touch) -->
     <integer name="ambient_notification_extension_time">10000</integer>
 
-    <!-- In multi-window, determines whether the stack where recents lives should grow from
-         the smallest position when being launched. -->
-    <bool name="recents_grow_in_multiwindow">true</bool>
-
     <!-- Animation duration when using long press on recents to dock -->
     <integer name="long_press_dock_anim_duration">250</integer>
 
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recents/Recents.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recents/Recents.java
index 5f37cc4520a3c..df61fd19ad456 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recents/Recents.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/recents/Recents.java
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ public class Recents extends SystemUI implements CommandQueue.Callbacks {
         }
     }
 
-    public void growRecents() {
-        mImpl.growRecents();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void showRecentApps(boolean triggeredFromAltTab) {
         // Ensure the device has been provisioned before allowing the user to interact with
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/Divider.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/Divider.java
index 5301bbda3874b..4007abb399037 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/Divider.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/Divider.java
@@ -23,20 +23,16 @@ import android.content.Context;
 import android.window.WindowContainerToken;
 
 import com.android.systemui.SystemUI;
-import com.android.systemui.recents.Recents;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.system.ActivityManagerWrapper;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.system.TaskStackChangeListener;
 import com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.KeyguardStateController;
 
 import java.io.FileDescriptor;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
-import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
-import dagger.Lazy;
-
 /**
  * Controls the docked stack divider.
  */
@@ -44,15 +40,12 @@ import dagger.Lazy;
 public class Divider extends SystemUI {
     private final KeyguardStateController mKeyguardStateController;
     private final DividerController mDividerController;
-    private final Optional<Lazy<Recents>> mRecentsOptionalLazy;
 
     Divider(Context context, DividerController dividerController,
-            KeyguardStateController keyguardStateController,
-            Optional<Lazy<Recents>> recentsOptionalLazy) {
+            KeyguardStateController keyguardStateController) {
         super(context);
         mDividerController = dividerController;
         mKeyguardStateController = keyguardStateController;
-        mRecentsOptionalLazy = recentsOptionalLazy;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -113,8 +106,7 @@ public class Divider extends SystemUI {
     }
 
     public void onRecentsDrawn() {
-        mDividerController.onRecentsDrawn(() -> mRecentsOptionalLazy.ifPresent(
-                recentsLazy -> recentsLazy.get().growRecents()));
+        mDividerController.onRecentsDrawn();
     }
 
     public void onDockedFirstAnimationFrame() {
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/DividerController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/DividerController.java
index 14fc15746a257..81649f608581a 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/DividerController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/DividerController.java
@@ -391,9 +391,9 @@ public class DividerController implements DividerView.DividerCallbacks,
      * subscriber, or DividerView, which has been removed and prevented from resizing. Instead,
      * register the event handler here and proxy the event to the current DividerView.
      */
-    public void onRecentsDrawn(DividerView.RecentDrawnCallback callback) {
+    public void onRecentsDrawn() {
         if (mView != null) {
-            mView.onRecentsDrawn(callback);
+            mView.onRecentsDrawn();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/DividerModule.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/DividerModule.java
index cdf44d7d562eb..db0aef8a06116 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/DividerModule.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/DividerModule.java
@@ -20,18 +20,14 @@ import android.content.Context;
 import android.os.Handler;
 
 import com.android.systemui.dagger.qualifiers.Main;
-import com.android.systemui.recents.Recents;
 import com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.KeyguardStateController;
 import com.android.wm.shell.common.DisplayController;
 import com.android.wm.shell.common.DisplayImeController;
 import com.android.wm.shell.common.SystemWindows;
 import com.android.wm.shell.common.TransactionPool;
 
-import java.util.Optional;
-
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
-import dagger.Lazy;
 import dagger.Module;
 import dagger.Provides;
 
@@ -42,14 +38,12 @@ import dagger.Provides;
 public class DividerModule {
     @Singleton
     @Provides
-    static Divider provideDivider(Context context, Optional<Lazy<Recents>> recentsOptionalLazy,
-            DisplayController displayController, SystemWindows systemWindows,
-            DisplayImeController imeController, @Main Handler handler,
+    static Divider provideDivider(Context context, DisplayController displayController,
+            SystemWindows systemWindows, DisplayImeController imeController, @Main Handler handler,
             KeyguardStateController keyguardStateController, TransactionPool transactionPool) {
         // TODO(b/161116823): fetch DividerProxy from WM shell lib.
         DividerController dividerController = new DividerController(context, displayController,
                 systemWindows, imeController, handler, transactionPool);
-        return new Divider(context, dividerController, keyguardStateController,
-                recentsOptionalLazy);
+        return new Divider(context, dividerController, keyguardStateController);
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/DividerState.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/DividerState.java
index 3a5c61e6d7f0c..8e79d51ee2099 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/DividerState.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/DividerState.java
@@ -21,6 +21,5 @@ package com.android.systemui.stackdivider;
  */
 public class DividerState {
     public boolean animateAfterRecentsDrawn;
-    public boolean growAfterRecentsDrawn;
     public float mRatioPositionBeforeMinimized;
 }
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/DividerView.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/DividerView.java
index 6447c52d5b43b..e5c02d6fc4547 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/DividerView.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/stackdivider/DividerView.java
@@ -83,10 +83,6 @@ public class DividerView extends FrameLayout implements OnTouchListener,
         void onDraggingEnd();
     }
 
-    interface RecentDrawnCallback {
-        void growRecents();
-    }
-
     static final long TOUCH_ANIMATION_DURATION = 150;
     static final long TOUCH_RELEASE_ANIMATION_DURATION = 200;
 
@@ -151,7 +147,6 @@ public class DividerView extends FrameLayout implements OnTouchListener,
     private DividerCallbacks mCallback;
     private final AnimationHandler mAnimationHandler = new AnimationHandler();
 
-    private boolean mGrowRecents;
     private ValueAnimator mCurrentAnimator;
     private boolean mEntranceAnimationRunning;
     private boolean mExitAnimationRunning;
@@ -307,7 +302,6 @@ public class DividerView extends FrameLayout implements OnTouchListener,
                 R.dimen.docked_stack_divider_lift_elevation);
         mLongPressEntraceAnimDuration = getResources().getInteger(
                 R.integer.long_press_dock_anim_duration);
-        mGrowRecents = getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.recents_grow_in_multiwindow);
         mTouchSlop = ViewConfiguration.get(mContext).getScaledTouchSlop();
         mFlingAnimationUtils = new FlingAnimationUtils(getResources().getDisplayMetrics(), 0.3f);
         boolean landscape = getResources().getConfiguration().orientation
@@ -1322,39 +1316,11 @@ public class DividerView extends FrameLayout implements OnTouchListener,
                 mBackground.getRight(), mBackground.getBottom(), Op.UNION);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Checks whether recents will grow when invoked. This happens in multi-window when recents is
-     * very small. When invoking recents, we shrink the docked stack so recents has more space.
-     *
-     * @return the position of the divider when recents grows, or
-     *         {@link #INVALID_RECENTS_GROW_TARGET} if recents won't grow
-     */
-    public int growsRecents() {
-        boolean result = mGrowRecents
-                && mDockSide == WindowManager.DOCKED_TOP
-                && getCurrentPosition() == getSnapAlgorithm().getLastSplitTarget().position;
-        if (result) {
-            return getSnapAlgorithm().getMiddleTarget().position;
-        } else {
-            return INVALID_RECENTS_GROW_TARGET;
-        }
-    }
-
-    void onRecentsActivityStarting() {
-        if (mGrowRecents && mDockSide == WindowManager.DOCKED_TOP
-                && getSnapAlgorithm().getMiddleTarget() != getSnapAlgorithm().getLastSplitTarget()
-                && getCurrentPosition() == getSnapAlgorithm().getLastSplitTarget().position) {
-            mState.growAfterRecentsDrawn = true;
-            startDragging(false /* animate */, false /* touching */);
-        }
-    }
-
     void onDockedFirstAnimationFrame() {
         saveSnapTargetBeforeMinimized(mSplitLayout.getSnapAlgorithm().getMiddleTarget());
     }
 
     void onDockedTopTask() {
-        mState.growAfterRecentsDrawn = false;
         mState.animateAfterRecentsDrawn = true;
         startDragging(false /* animate */, false /* touching */);
         updateDockSide();
@@ -1366,7 +1332,7 @@ public class DividerView extends FrameLayout implements OnTouchListener,
                 null /* transaction */);
     }
 
-    void onRecentsDrawn(RecentDrawnCallback callback) {
+    void onRecentsDrawn() {
         updateDockSide();
         final int position = calculatePositionForInsetBounds();
         if (mState.animateAfterRecentsDrawn) {
@@ -1380,15 +1346,6 @@ public class DividerView extends FrameLayout implements OnTouchListener,
                         200 /* endDelay */);
             });
         }
-        if (mState.growAfterRecentsDrawn) {
-            mState.growAfterRecentsDrawn = false;
-            updateDockSide();
-            if (callback != null) {
-                callback.growRecents();
-            }
-            stopDragging(position, getSnapAlgorithm().getMiddleTarget(), 336,
-                    Interpolators.FAST_OUT_SLOW_IN);
-        }
     }
 
     void onUndockingTask() {