diff --git a/sky/shell/platform/android/org/domokit/sky/shell/SkyActivity.java b/sky/shell/platform/android/org/domokit/sky/shell/SkyActivity.java
index ec9aea6690d..312083514dc 100644
--- a/sky/shell/platform/android/org/domokit/sky/shell/SkyActivity.java
+++ b/sky/shell/platform/android/org/domokit/sky/shell/SkyActivity.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ public class SkyActivity extends Activity {
         // Android applications can generate intents with extra data and that
         // there are many security-sensitive args in the binary.
         ArrayList<String> args = new ArrayList<String>();
-        if (intent.getBooleanExtra("enable-checked-mode", false)) {
-            args.add("--enable-checked-mode");
-        }
         if (intent.getBooleanExtra("trace-startup", false)) {
             args.add("--trace-startup");
         }