diff --git a/Android.bp b/Android.bp
index c980a2e50f..f5a38b4e6f 100644
--- a/Android.bp
+++ b/Android.bp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ android_library {
         "androidx.test.uiautomator_uiautomator",
         "androidx.preference_preference",
         "SystemUISharedLib",
-        "SystemUIAnimationLib",
     ],
     srcs: [
         "tests/tapl/**/*.java",
@@ -197,7 +196,6 @@ android_library {
         "lottie",
         "SystemUISharedLib",
         "SystemUI-statsd",
-        "SystemUIAnimationLib",
     ],
     manifest: "quickstep/AndroidManifest.xml",
     min_sdk_version: "current",
@@ -289,7 +287,6 @@ android_library {
         "SystemUISharedLib",
         "Launcher3CommonDepsLib",
         "QuickstepResLib",
-        "SystemUIAnimationLib",
     ],
     manifest: "quickstep/AndroidManifest.xml",
     platform_apis: true,
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarLauncherStateController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarLauncherStateController.java
index ce468d0cee..ebe6a04611 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarLauncherStateController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarLauncherStateController.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.AbstractFloatingView;
 import com.android.launcher3.BaseQuickstepLauncher;
-import com.android.launcher3.DeviceProfile;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherState;
 import com.android.launcher3.statemanager.StateManager;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.MultiValueAlpha;
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ import com.android.quickstep.AnimatedFloat;
 import com.android.quickstep.RecentsAnimationCallbacks;
 import com.android.quickstep.RecentsAnimationController;
 import com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsView;
-import com.android.systemui.animation.ViewRootSync;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.recents.model.ThumbnailData;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -78,9 +76,6 @@ import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
     private boolean mShouldDelayLauncherStateAnim;
 
-    // We skip any view synchronizations during init/destroy.
-    private boolean mCanSyncViews;
-
     private final StateManager.StateListener<LauncherState> mStateListener =
             new StateManager.StateListener<LauncherState>() {
 
@@ -107,8 +102,6 @@ import java.util.function.Supplier;
             };
 
     public void init(TaskbarControllers controllers, BaseQuickstepLauncher launcher) {
-        mCanSyncViews = false;
-
         mControllers = controllers;
         mLauncher = launcher;
 
@@ -128,13 +121,9 @@ import java.util.function.Supplier;
         updateStateForFlag(FLAG_RESUMED, launcher.hasBeenResumed());
         mLauncherState = launcher.getStateManager().getState();
         applyState(0);
-
-        mCanSyncViews = true;
     }
 
     public void onDestroy() {
-        mCanSyncViews = false;
-
         mIconAlignmentForResumedState.finishAnimation();
         mIconAlignmentForGestureState.finishAnimation();
         mIconAlignmentForLauncherState.finishAnimation();
@@ -142,8 +131,6 @@ import java.util.function.Supplier;
         mIconAlphaForHome.setConsumer(null);
         mLauncher.getHotseat().setIconsAlpha(1f);
         mLauncher.getStateManager().removeStateListener(mStateListener);
-
-        mCanSyncViews = true;
     }
 
     public Animator createAnimToLauncher(@NonNull LauncherState toState,
@@ -393,27 +380,6 @@ import java.util.function.Supplier;
             return;
         }
         float alignment = alignmentSupplier.get();
-        float currentValue = mIconAlphaForHome.getValue();
-        boolean taskbarWillBeVisible = alignment < 1;
-        boolean firstFrameVisChanged = (taskbarWillBeVisible && Float.compare(currentValue, 1) != 0)
-                || (!taskbarWillBeVisible && Float.compare(currentValue, 0) != 0);
-
-        // Sync the first frame where we swap taskbar and hotseat.
-        if (firstFrameVisChanged && mCanSyncViews) {
-            DeviceProfile dp = mLauncher.getDeviceProfile();
-
-            // Do all the heavy work before the sync.
-            mControllers.taskbarViewController.createIconAlignmentControllerIfNotExists(dp);
-
-            ViewRootSync.synchronizeNextDraw(mLauncher.getHotseat(),
-                    mControllers.taskbarActivityContext.getDragLayer(),
-                    () -> updateIconAlignment(alignment));
-        } else {
-            updateIconAlignment(alignment);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void updateIconAlignment(float alignment) {
         mControllers.taskbarViewController.setLauncherIconAlignment(
                 alignment, mLauncher.getDeviceProfile());
 
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarViewController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarViewController.java
index 1320060202..a89061bf11 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarViewController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarViewController.java
@@ -182,16 +182,6 @@ public class TaskbarViewController implements TaskbarControllers.LoggableTaskbar
                 + mTaskbarIconTranslationYForStash.value);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates the icon alignment controller if it does not already exist.
-     * @param launcherDp Launcher device profile.
-     */
-    public void createIconAlignmentControllerIfNotExists(DeviceProfile launcherDp) {
-        if (mIconAlignControllerLazy == null) {
-            mIconAlignControllerLazy = createIconAlignmentController(launcherDp);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Sets the taskbar icon alignment relative to Launcher hotseat icons
      * @param alignmentRatio [0, 1]
@@ -199,7 +189,9 @@ public class TaskbarViewController implements TaskbarControllers.LoggableTaskbar
      *                       1 => fully aligned
      */
     public void setLauncherIconAlignment(float alignmentRatio, DeviceProfile launcherDp) {
-        createIconAlignmentControllerIfNotExists(launcherDp);
+        if (mIconAlignControllerLazy == null) {
+            mIconAlignControllerLazy = createIconAlignmentController(launcherDp);
+        }
         mIconAlignControllerLazy.setPlayFraction(alignmentRatio);
         if (alignmentRatio <= 0 || alignmentRatio >= 1) {
             // Cleanup lazy controller so that it is created again in next animation