diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/HeadsUpAppearanceController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/HeadsUpAppearanceController.java
index 878fbbf39627c37188a5aea4bc88e7cac63fd873..927b4c8cc919c807a2fcd9df832531ab19543ddb 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/HeadsUpAppearanceController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/HeadsUpAppearanceController.java
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ public class HeadsUpAppearanceController implements OnHeadsUpChangedListener,
         mHeadsUpStatusBarView.setOnDrawingRectChangedListener(null);
         mWakeUpCoordinator.removeListener(this);
         mNotificationPanelViewController.removeTrackingHeadsUpListener(mSetTrackingHeadsUp);
-        mNotificationPanelViewController.setVerticalTranslationListener(null);
         mNotificationPanelViewController.setHeadsUpAppearanceController(null);
         mStackScrollerController.removeOnExpandedHeightChangedListener(mSetExpandedHeight);
         mDarkIconDispatcher.removeDarkReceiver(this);
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java
index a7a249db5a83ba90cd903c3b5098e7552247ca5a..8c8e4e7e8631554e9498e5993c51d4acf73589ee 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java
@@ -443,7 +443,6 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
     private ArrayList<Consumer<ExpandableNotificationRow>>
             mTrackingHeadsUpListeners =
             new ArrayList<>();
-    private Runnable mVerticalTranslationListener;
     private HeadsUpAppearanceController mHeadsUpAppearanceController;
 
     private int mPanelAlpha;
@@ -3241,7 +3240,6 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
     @Override
     protected void onClosingFinished() {
         super.onClosingFinished();
-        resetHorizontalPanelPosition();
         setClosingWithAlphaFadeout(false);
         mMediaHierarchyManager.closeGuts();
     }
@@ -3251,47 +3249,6 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
         mNotificationStackScrollLayoutController.forceNoOverlappingRendering(closing);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Updates the horizontal position of the panel so it is positioned closer to the touch
-     * responsible for opening the panel.
-     *
-     * @param x the x-coordinate the touch event
-     */
-    protected void updateHorizontalPanelPosition(float x) {
-        if (mNotificationStackScrollLayoutController.getWidth() * 1.75f > mView.getWidth()
-                || mShouldUseSplitNotificationShade) {
-            resetHorizontalPanelPosition();
-            return;
-        }
-        float leftMost = mPositionMinSideMargin
-                + mNotificationStackScrollLayoutController.getWidth() / 2;
-        float
-                rightMost =
-                mView.getWidth() - mPositionMinSideMargin
-                        - mNotificationStackScrollLayoutController.getWidth() / 2;
-        if (Math.abs(x - mView.getWidth() / 2)
-                < mNotificationStackScrollLayoutController.getWidth() / 4) {
-            x = mView.getWidth() / 2;
-        }
-        x = Math.min(rightMost, Math.max(leftMost, x));
-        float
-                center = mNotificationStackScrollLayoutController.getLeft()
-                + mNotificationStackScrollLayoutController.getWidth() / 2;
-        setHorizontalPanelTranslation(x - center);
-    }
-
-    private void resetHorizontalPanelPosition() {
-        setHorizontalPanelTranslation(0f);
-    }
-
-    protected void setHorizontalPanelTranslation(float translation) {
-        mNotificationStackScrollLayoutController.setTranslationX(translation);
-        mQsFrame.setTranslationX(translation);
-        if (mVerticalTranslationListener != null) {
-            mVerticalTranslationListener.run();
-        }
-    }
-
     protected void updateExpandedHeight(float expandedHeight) {
         if (mTracking) {
             mNotificationStackScrollLayoutController
@@ -3604,10 +3561,6 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
         mTrackingHeadsUpListeners.remove(listener);
     }
 
-    public void setVerticalTranslationListener(Runnable verticalTranslationListener) {
-        mVerticalTranslationListener = verticalTranslationListener;
-    }
-
     public void setHeadsUpAppearanceController(
             HeadsUpAppearanceController headsUpAppearanceController) {
         mHeadsUpAppearanceController = headsUpAppearanceController;
@@ -3875,7 +3828,6 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
                 }
                 if (event.getActionMasked() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN && isFullyCollapsed()) {
                     mMetricsLogger.count(COUNTER_PANEL_OPEN, 1);
-                    updateHorizontalPanelPosition(event.getX());
                     handled = true;
                 }
 
@@ -4371,7 +4323,6 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
             // The update needs to happen after the headerSlide in above, otherwise the translation
             // would reset
             maybeAnimateBottomAreaAlpha();
-            resetHorizontalPanelPosition();
             updateQsState();
             mSplitShadeHeaderController.setShadeExpanded(
                     mBarState == SHADE || mBarState == SHADE_LOCKED);
@@ -4597,9 +4548,6 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
         public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
             super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
             mAffordanceHelper.onConfigurationChanged();
-            if (newConfig.orientation != mLastOrientation) {
-                resetHorizontalPanelPosition();
-            }
             mLastOrientation = newConfig.orientation;
         }
     }
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/HeadsUpAppearanceControllerTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/HeadsUpAppearanceControllerTest.java
index bca1227b7d35ba1371fcf7678d006dba2234bcda..bafbccdb87d27c62e900ece211ac081a8e26fd2b 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/HeadsUpAppearanceControllerTest.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/HeadsUpAppearanceControllerTest.java
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ public class HeadsUpAppearanceControllerTest extends SysuiTestCase {
         mHeadsUpAppearanceController.destroy();
         verify(mHeadsUpManager).removeListener(any());
         verify(mDarkIconDispatcher).removeDarkReceiver((DarkIconDispatcher.DarkReceiver) any());
-        verify(mPanelView).setVerticalTranslationListener(isNull());
         verify(mPanelView).removeTrackingHeadsUpListener(any());
         verify(mPanelView).setHeadsUpAppearanceController(isNull());
         verify(mStackScrollerController).removeOnExpandedHeightChangedListener(any());
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewControllerTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewControllerTest.java
index b18ea4bca68135b2717d3a3af6aed015dea8fe2d..265e418a279c787fee83e3809a2f3514b7e52ef1 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewControllerTest.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewControllerTest.java
@@ -657,18 +657,6 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewControllerTest extends SysuiTestCase {
         assertThat(getConstraintSetLayout(R.id.notification_stack_scroller).mWidth).isEqualTo(0);
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testOnDragDownEvent_horizontalTranslationIsZeroForSplitShade() {
-        when(mNotificationStackScrollLayoutController.getWidth()).thenReturn(350f);
-        when(mView.getWidth()).thenReturn(800);
-        enableSplitShade(/* enabled= */ true);
-
-        onTouchEvent(MotionEvent.obtain(0L, 0L, MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN,
-                200f /* x position */, 0f, 0));
-
-        verify(mQsFrame).setTranslationX(0);
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testCanCollapsePanelOnTouch_trueForKeyGuard() {
         mStatusBarStateController.setState(KEYGUARD);