diff --git a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoView.java b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoView.java
index 88b4c1b7720e..a839bb3a1f0f 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoView.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/GeckoView.java
@@ -16,21 +16,16 @@ import org.mozilla.gecko.annotation.ReflectionTarget;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.annotation.WrapForJNI;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.gfx.GLController;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.gfx.LayerView;
-import org.mozilla.gecko.mozglue.GeckoLoader;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.mozglue.JNIObject;
-import org.mozilla.gecko.util.Clipboard;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.util.EventCallback;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.util.GeckoEventListener;
-import org.mozilla.gecko.util.HardwareUtils;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.util.NativeEventListener;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.util.NativeJSObject;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.util.ThreadUtils;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
-import android.content.res.TypedArray;
 import android.os.Binder;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Handler;
@@ -180,20 +175,15 @@ public class GeckoView extends LayerView
 
     public GeckoView(Context context) {
         super(context);
-        init(context, null, true);
+        init(context);
     }
 
     public GeckoView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
         super(context, attrs);
-        TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.GeckoView);
-        String url = a.getString(R.styleable.GeckoView_url);
-        boolean doInit = a.getBoolean(R.styleable.GeckoView_doinit, true);
-        a.recycle();
-        init(context, url, doInit);
+        init(context);
     }
 
-    private void init(Context context, String url, boolean doInit) {
-
+    private void init(Context context) {
         if (GeckoAppShell.getApplicationContext() == null) {
             GeckoAppShell.setApplicationContext(context.getApplicationContext());
         }
@@ -209,64 +199,6 @@ public class GeckoView extends LayerView
         GeckoAppShell.setLayerView(this);
 
         initializeView(EventDispatcher.getInstance());
-
-        // TODO: Fennec currently takes care of its own initialization, so this
-        // flag is a hack used in Fennec to prevent GeckoView initialization.
-        // This should go away once Fennec also uses GeckoView for
-        // initialization.
-        if (!doInit)
-            return;
-
-        // If running outside of a GeckoActivity (eg, from a library project),
-        // load the native code and disable content providers
-        boolean isGeckoActivity = false;
-        try {
-            isGeckoActivity = context instanceof GeckoActivity;
-        } catch (NoClassDefFoundError ex) {}
-
-        if (!isGeckoActivity) {
-            Clipboard.init(context);
-            HardwareUtils.init(context);
-
-            // If you want to use GeckoNetworkManager, start it.
-
-            final GeckoProfile profile = GeckoProfile.get(context);
-         }
-
-        GeckoThread.ensureInit(null, null);
-        if (url != null) {
-            GeckoAppShell.sendEventToGecko(GeckoEvent.createURILoadEvent(url));
-        }
-
-        if (context instanceof Activity) {
-            Tabs tabs = Tabs.getInstance();
-            tabs.attachToContext(context);
-        }
-
-        EventDispatcher.getInstance().registerGeckoThreadListener(mGeckoEventListener,
-            "Gecko:Ready",
-            "Accessibility:Event",
-            "Content:StateChange",
-            "Content:LoadError",
-            "Content:PageShow",
-            "DOMTitleChanged",
-            "Link:Favicon",
-            "Prompt:Show",
-            "Prompt:ShowTop");
-
-        EventDispatcher.getInstance().registerGeckoThreadListener(mNativeEventListener,
-            "Accessibility:Ready",
-            "GeckoView:Message");
-
-        if (GeckoThread.launch()) {
-            // This is the first launch, so finish initialization and go.
-            GeckoProfile profile = GeckoProfile.get(context).forceCreate();
-
-        } else if (GeckoThread.isRunning()) {
-            // If Gecko is already running, that means the Activity was
-            // destroyed, so we need to re-attach Gecko to this GeckoView.
-            connectToGecko();
-        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/resources/layout/gecko_app.xml b/mobile/android/base/resources/layout/gecko_app.xml
index 96bae71e9657..7549e66d6c92 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/resources/layout/gecko_app.xml
+++ b/mobile/android/base/resources/layout/gecko_app.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
                         android:layout_above="@+id/find_in_page">
 
             <org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoView android:id="@+id/layer_view"
-                                         gecko:doinit="false"
                                          android:layout_width="match_parent"
                                          android:layout_height="match_parent"
                                          android:scrollbars="none"/>
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/resources/values/attrs.xml b/mobile/android/base/resources/values/attrs.xml
index 720d49e08234..fd2da3dd438b 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/resources/values/attrs.xml
+++ b/mobile/android/base/resources/values/attrs.xml
@@ -140,11 +140,6 @@
         <attr name="state_open" format="boolean"/>
     </declare-styleable>
 
-    <declare-styleable name="GeckoView">
-        <attr name="url" format="string"/>
-        <attr name="doinit" format="boolean"/>
-    </declare-styleable>
-
     <declare-styleable name="IconTabWidget">
         <attr name="android:layout"/>