diff --git a/MyTracks/src/com/google/android/apps/mytracks/util/ApiPlatformAdapter.java b/MyTracks/src/com/google/android/apps/mytracks/util/ApiPlatformAdapter.java
index c68832735..f432fe8fa 100644
--- a/MyTracks/src/com/google/android/apps/mytracks/util/ApiPlatformAdapter.java
+++ b/MyTracks/src/com/google/android/apps/mytracks/util/ApiPlatformAdapter.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import android.app.Notification;
 import android.app.NotificationManager;
 import android.app.Service;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
-import android.os.HandlerThread;
 
 /**
  * A set of methods that may be implemented in a platform specific way. 
@@ -51,14 +50,6 @@ public interface ApiPlatformAdapter {
   void stopForeground(Service service, NotificationManager notificationManager,
       int id);
 
-  /**
-   * Terminates the given handler thread.
-   * 
-   * @param handlerThread the thread to be terminated.
-   * @return true whether the handler has been stopped or not.
-   */
-  boolean stopHandlerThread(HandlerThread handlerThread);
-
   /**
    * Applies all changes done to the given preferences editor.
    * Changes may or may not be applied immediately.
diff --git a/MyTracks/src/com/google/android/apps/mytracks/util/CupcakePlatformAdapter.java b/MyTracks/src/com/google/android/apps/mytracks/util/CupcakePlatformAdapter.java
index abdd9dfb7..fe6ec0b47 100644
--- a/MyTracks/src/com/google/android/apps/mytracks/util/CupcakePlatformAdapter.java
+++ b/MyTracks/src/com/google/android/apps/mytracks/util/CupcakePlatformAdapter.java
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 package com.google.android.apps.mytracks.util;
 
 import static com.google.android.apps.mytracks.Constants.TAG;
+
 import android.app.Notification;
 import android.app.NotificationManager;
 import android.app.Service;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences.Editor;
-import android.os.HandlerThread;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
@@ -70,12 +70,6 @@ public class CupcakePlatformAdapter implements ApiPlatformAdapter {
     }
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public boolean stopHandlerThread(HandlerThread handlerThread) {
-    // Do nothing, as Cupcake doesn't provide quit().
-    return false;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public void applyPreferenceChanges(Editor editor) {
     editor.commit();
diff --git a/MyTracks/src/com/google/android/apps/mytracks/util/EclairPlatformAdapter.java b/MyTracks/src/com/google/android/apps/mytracks/util/EclairPlatformAdapter.java
index 91c1ea1d3..55540e1a4 100644
--- a/MyTracks/src/com/google/android/apps/mytracks/util/EclairPlatformAdapter.java
+++ b/MyTracks/src/com/google/android/apps/mytracks/util/EclairPlatformAdapter.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import android.app.Notification;
 import android.app.NotificationManager;
 import android.app.Service;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences.Editor;
-import android.os.HandlerThread;
 
 /**
  * The Eclair (API level 5) specific implementation of the
@@ -42,11 +41,6 @@ public class EclairPlatformAdapter implements ApiPlatformAdapter {
     service.stopForeground(id != -1);
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public boolean stopHandlerThread(HandlerThread handlerThread) {
-    return handlerThread.quit();
-  }
-
   @Override
   public void applyPreferenceChanges(Editor editor) {
     editor.commit();