diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/graphics/LauncherPreviewRenderer.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/graphics/LauncherPreviewRenderer.java
index a387f04e5b..cf3da4b9b7 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/graphics/LauncherPreviewRenderer.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/graphics/LauncherPreviewRenderer.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package com.android.launcher3.graphics;
 
-import static android.app.WallpaperManager.FLAG_SYSTEM;
 import static android.view.View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY;
 import static android.view.View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec;
 import static android.view.View.VISIBLE;
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ import static com.android.launcher3.model.ModelUtils.sortWorkspaceItemsSpatially
 
 import android.annotation.TargetApi;
 import android.app.Fragment;
-import android.app.WallpaperColors;
-import android.app.WallpaperManager;
 import android.appwidget.AppWidgetHostView;
 import android.appwidget.AppWidgetProviderInfo;
 import android.content.Context;
@@ -44,7 +41,6 @@ import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.Looper;
 import android.os.Process;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
-import android.util.SparseIntArray;
 import android.view.ContextThemeWrapper;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
@@ -88,7 +84,6 @@ import com.android.launcher3.util.MainThreadInitializedObject;
 import com.android.launcher3.views.ActivityContext;
 import com.android.launcher3.views.BaseDragLayer;
 import com.android.launcher3.widget.LauncherAppWidgetProviderInfo;
-import com.android.launcher3.widget.LocalColorExtractor;
 import com.android.launcher3.widget.custom.CustomWidgetManager;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -206,12 +201,8 @@ public class LauncherPreviewRenderer extends ContextWrapper
     private final InsettableFrameLayout mRootView;
     private final Hotseat mHotseat;
     private final CellLayout mWorkspace;
-    private final SparseIntArray mWallpaperColorResources;
-
-    public LauncherPreviewRenderer(Context context,
-            InvariantDeviceProfile idp,
-            WallpaperColors wallpaperColorsOverride) {
 
+    public LauncherPreviewRenderer(Context context, InvariantDeviceProfile idp) {
         super(context);
         mUiHandler = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
         mContext = context;
@@ -263,16 +254,6 @@ public class LauncherPreviewRenderer extends ContextWrapper
                 mDp.workspacePadding.top,
                 mDp.workspacePadding.right + mDp.cellLayoutPaddingLeftRightPx,
                 mDp.workspacePadding.bottom);
-
-        if (Utilities.ATLEAST_S) {
-            WallpaperColors wallpaperColors = wallpaperColorsOverride != null
-                    ? wallpaperColorsOverride
-                    : WallpaperManager.getInstance(context).getWallpaperColors(FLAG_SYSTEM);
-            mWallpaperColorResources = LocalColorExtractor.newInstance(context)
-                    .generateColorsOverride(wallpaperColors);
-        } else {
-            mWallpaperColorResources = null;
-        }
     }
 
     /** Populate preview and render it. */
@@ -376,11 +357,6 @@ public class LauncherPreviewRenderer extends ContextWrapper
         view.setAppWidget(-1, providerInfo);
         view.updateAppWidget(null);
         view.setTag(info);
-
-        if (mWallpaperColorResources != null) {
-            view.setColorResources(mWallpaperColorResources);
-        }
-
         addInScreenFromBind(view, info);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/graphics/PreviewSurfaceRenderer.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/graphics/PreviewSurfaceRenderer.java
index df493599ed..a8c3d15bde 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/graphics/PreviewSurfaceRenderer.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/graphics/PreviewSurfaceRenderer.java
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public class PreviewSurfaceRenderer {
         if (mDestroyed) {
             return;
         }
-        View view = new LauncherPreviewRenderer(inflationContext, mIdp, mWallpaperColors)
+        View view = new LauncherPreviewRenderer(inflationContext, mIdp)
                 .getRenderedView(dataModel, widgetProviderInfoMap);
         // This aspect scales the view to fit in the surface and centers it
         final float scale = Math.min(mWidth / (float) view.getMeasuredWidth(),
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LocalColorExtractor.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LocalColorExtractor.java
index 23d9e151f7..8ae6b2e435 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LocalColorExtractor.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LocalColorExtractor.java
@@ -75,14 +75,6 @@ public class LocalColorExtractor implements ResourceBasedOverride {
      */
     public void applyColorsOverride(Context base, WallpaperColors colors) { }
 
-    /**
-     * Generates color resource overrides from {@link WallpaperColors}.
-     */
-    @Nullable
-    public SparseIntArray generateColorsOverride(WallpaperColors colors) {
-        return null;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Takes a view and returns its rect that can be used by the wallpaper local color extractor.
      *