diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 990382dba..567ff8d47 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
         android:backupAgent=".core.backup.OpmlBackupAgent"
         android:restoreAnyVersion="true"
         android:logo="@drawable/ic_launcher">
-        <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.car.notification.SmallIcon"
-            android:resource="@drawable/ic_notification" />
         <meta-data
             android:name="com.google.android.backup.api_key"
             android:value="AEdPqrEAAAAI3a05VToCTlqBymJrbFGaKQMvF-bBAuLsOdavBA"/>
@@ -344,10 +342,6 @@
         <meta-data
             android:name="de.danoeh.antennapod.core.glide.ApGlideModule"
             android:value="GlideModule" />
-
-        <meta-data
-            android:name="com.google.android.gms.car.application"
-            android:resource="@xml/automotive_app_desc"/>
     </application>
 
 </manifest>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a6a3c9fb..000000000
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<automotiveApp>
-    <uses name="media"/>
-</automotiveApp>
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