diff --git a/build/android/app/src/main/java/com/facebook/igl/sample/SampleActivity.java b/build/android/app/src/main/java/com/facebook/igl/sample/SampleActivity.java
index 2ff8ff5279..822ed8fede 100644
--- a/build/android/app/src/main/java/com/facebook/igl/sample/SampleActivity.java
+++ b/build/android/app/src/main/java/com/facebook/igl/sample/SampleActivity.java
@@ -10,11 +10,8 @@
 package com.facebook.igl.shell;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.os.Bundle;
-import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.Gravity;
 import android.view.SurfaceView;
 import android.view.View;
@@ -22,18 +19,12 @@
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-
 public class SampleActivity extends Activity implements View.OnClickListener {
   // UI
   LinearLayout mMainView;
   LinearLayout mTabBar;
   FrameLayout mBackendViewFrame;
 
-  private static String TAG = "SampleActivity";
-
   // initialize runtime backend configuration / context
   private int curConfig = 0;
   private SampleLib.RenderSessionConfig[] mConfigs;
@@ -98,16 +89,6 @@ protected void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
     mMainView.addView(mTabBar);
     mMainView.addView(mBackendViewFrame);
     setContentView(mMainView);
-
-    boolean hasCopy = getSharedPreferences("data", Context.MODE_PRIVATE).getBoolean("HasCopyAssets", false);
-
-    if (!hasCopy) {
-      copyAssetsDirToSDCard(this, "", getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath());
-
-      SharedPreferences.Editor editor = getSharedPreferences("data", Context.MODE_PRIVATE).edit();
-      editor.putBoolean("HasCopyAssets",true);
-      editor.commit();
-    }
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -155,47 +136,4 @@ protected void onResume() {
       ((SampleView) mTabViews[curConfig]).onResume();
     }
   }
-
-  public static void copyAssetsDirToSDCard(Context context, String assetsDirName, String sdCardPath) {
-    Log.d(TAG, "copyAssetsDirToSDCard() called with: context = [" + context + "], assetsDirName = [" + assetsDirName + "], sdCardPath = [" + sdCardPath + "]");
-    try {
-      String list[] = context.getAssets().list(assetsDirName);
-      if (list.length == 0) {
-        InputStream inputStream = context.getAssets().open(assetsDirName);
-        byte[] mByte = new byte[1024];
-        int bt = 0;
-        File file = new File(sdCardPath + File.separator
-                + assetsDirName);
-        if (!file.exists()) {
-          file.createNewFile();
-        } else {
-          return;
-        }
-        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
-        while ((bt = inputStream.read(mByte)) != -1) {
-          fos.write(mByte, 0, bt);
-        }
-        fos.flush();
-        inputStream.close();
-        fos.close();
-      } else {
-        String subDirName = assetsDirName;
-        if (assetsDirName.contains("/")) {
-          subDirName = assetsDirName.substring(assetsDirName.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
-        }
-        sdCardPath = sdCardPath + File.separator + subDirName;
-        File file = new File(sdCardPath);
-        if (!file.exists())
-          file.mkdirs();
-        for (String s : list) {
-          String fileName = assetsDirName.length() > 0 ?  assetsDirName + File.separator + s : s;
-          copyAssetsDirToSDCard(context, fileName , sdCardPath);
-        }
-      }
-    } catch (
-            Exception e) {
-      e.printStackTrace();
-    }
-  }
-
 }