diff --git a/src/androidTest/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/ControlRecordingServiceTest.java b/src/androidTest/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/ControlRecordingServiceTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ad6f8d86..000000000
--- a/src/androidTest/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/ControlRecordingServiceTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2012 Google Inc.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
- * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
- * the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
- * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
- * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
- * the License.
- */
-package de.dennisguse.opentracks.services;
-
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.Intent;
-
-import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider;
-import androidx.test.rule.GrantPermissionRule;
-import androidx.test.rule.ServiceTestRule;
-
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Rule;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
-
-import de.dennisguse.opentracks.R;
-
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-
-
-/**
- * Tests {@link ControlRecordingService}.
- *
- * @author Youtao Liu
- */
-@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
-public class ControlRecordingServiceTest {
-
-    private Context context = ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext();
-
-    @Rule
-    public final ServiceTestRule mServiceRule = new ServiceTestRule();
-
-    @Rule
-    public GrantPermissionRule mRuntimePermissionRule = GrantPermissionRule.grant(android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION);
-
-    @Mock
-    private ITrackRecordingService iTrackRecordingServiceMock;
-
-    private ControlRecordingService subject;
-
-    /**
-     * Tests the start of {@link ControlRecordingService} and tests the method {@link ControlRecordingService#onHandleIntent(Intent, ITrackRecordingService)} to start a track recording.
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void testStartRecording() throws TimeoutException {
-        Assert.assertNull(subject);
-        Intent intent = startControlRecordingService(context.getString(R.string.track_action_start));
-        Assert.assertNotNull(subject);
-
-        when(iTrackRecordingServiceMock.startNewTrack()).thenReturn(1L);
-        subject.onHandleIntent(intent, iTrackRecordingServiceMock);
-        verify(iTrackRecordingServiceMock).startNewTrack();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Tests the method {@link ControlRecordingService#onHandleIntent(Intent, ITrackRecordingService)} to stop a track recording.
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void testStopRecording() throws TimeoutException {
-        Intent intent = startControlRecordingService(context.getString(R.string.track_action_end));
-
-        subject.onHandleIntent(intent, iTrackRecordingServiceMock);
-        verify(iTrackRecordingServiceMock).endCurrentTrack();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Starts a ControlRecordingService with a specified action.
-     *
-     * @param action the action string in the start intent
-     */
-    private Intent startControlRecordingService(String action) throws TimeoutException {
-        Intent intent = new Intent(context, ControlRecordingService.class);
-        intent.setAction(action);
-        mServiceRule.startService(intent);
-        subject = ((ControlRecordingService.LocalBinder) mServiceRule.bindService(intent)).getService();
-        return intent;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index a3e39a2b7..3b01e56d1 100644
--- a/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ limitations under the License.
         </receiver>
 
         <!-- Providers -->
-        <service
-            android:name=".services.ControlRecordingService"
-            android:exported="false" />
 
         <service
             android:name=".services.TrackRecordingService"
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/ControlRecordingService.java b/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/ControlRecordingService.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b083aeec..000000000
--- a/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/ControlRecordingService.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2011 Google Inc.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
- * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
- * the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
- * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
- * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
- * the License.
- */
-
-package de.dennisguse.opentracks.services;
-
-import android.app.IntentService;
-import android.content.ComponentName;
-import android.content.Intent;
-import android.content.ServiceConnection;
-import android.os.Binder;
-import android.os.IBinder;
-
-import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
-import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
-
-import de.dennisguse.opentracks.R;
-
-/**
- * A service to control starting and stopping of a recording.
- * This service, through the AndroidManifest.xml, is configured to only allow components of the same application to invoke it.
- * This application delegates starting and stopping a recording to {@link TrackRecordingService} using RPC calls.
- *
- * @author Jimmy Shih
- */
-public class ControlRecordingService extends IntentService implements ServiceConnection {
-
-    private static final String TAG = ControlRecordingService.class.getSimpleName();
-
-    private ITrackRecordingService trackRecordingService;
-    private boolean connected = false;
-
-    public ControlRecordingService() {
-        super(ControlRecordingService.class.getSimpleName());
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onCreate() {
-        super.onCreate();
-
-        Intent newIntent = new Intent(this, TrackRecordingService.class);
-        startService(newIntent);
-        bindService(newIntent, this, 0);
-    }
-
-    @VisibleForTesting
-    @Override
-    public IBinder onBind(@Nullable Intent intent) {
-        return new LocalBinder();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Handles the intent to start or stop a recording.
-     *
-     * @param intent  to be handled
-     * @param service the trackRecordingService
-     */
-    @VisibleForTesting
-    void onHandleIntent(Intent intent, ITrackRecordingService service) {
-        String action = intent.getAction();
-        if (action != null) {
-            if (action.equals(getString(R.string.track_action_start))) {
-                service.startNewTrack();
-            } else if (action.equals(getString(R.string.track_action_end))) {
-                service.endCurrentTrack();
-            } else if (action.equals(getString(R.string.track_action_pause))) {
-                service.pauseCurrentTrack();
-            } else if (action.equals(getString(R.string.track_action_resume))) {
-                service.resumeCurrentTrack();
-            }
-        }
-        if (connected) {
-            unbindService(this);
-            connected = false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName name, IBinder service) {
-        trackRecordingService = (ITrackRecordingService) service;
-        notifyConnected();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName name) {
-        connected = false;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Notifies all threads that connection to {@link TrackRecordingService} is available.
-     */
-    private synchronized void notifyConnected() {
-        connected = true;
-        notifyAll();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Waits until the connection to {@link TrackRecordingService} is available.
-     */
-    private synchronized void waitConnected() {
-        while (!connected) {
-            try {
-                wait();
-            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                // can safely ignore
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
-        waitConnected();
-        onHandleIntent(intent, trackRecordingService);
-    }
-
-    @VisibleForTesting
-    class LocalBinder extends Binder {
-        ControlRecordingService getService() {
-            return ControlRecordingService.this;
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    @Override
-    public void onDestroy() {
-        super.onDestroy();
-        if (connected) {
-            unbindService(this);
-            connected = false;
-        }
-    }
-}