diff --git a/base.gradle b/base.gradle
index 228d859..441df5a 100644
--- a/base.gradle
+++ b/base.gradle
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ buildscript {

 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
-    maven {
-        // TODO: Remove this after support library v24 public release.
-        url "$rootDir/prebuilts/fullsdk/extras/android/m2repository"
-    }
 }

 android {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ffb4460..8ea8d2c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ android {
 }

 dependencies {
-    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.4.0'
     compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:24.0.0'
 }

diff --git a/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 04948e9..9532e39 100644
--- a/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -282,10 +282,6 @@
             android:directBootAware="true"
             android:enabled="@bool/atLeastL" >
         </activity>
-
-        <meta-data
-            android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
-            android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />
     </application>

 </manifest>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/android/talkback/TalkBackPreferencesActivity.java b/src/main/java/com/android/talkback/TalkBackPreferencesActivity.java
index ba3bd6b..781e1c5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/android/talkback/TalkBackPreferencesActivity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/android/talkback/TalkBackPreferencesActivity.java
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ import com.android.utils.AccessibilityEventUtils;
 import com.android.utils.LogUtils;
 import com.android.utils.PackageManagerUtils;
 import com.android.utils.SharedPreferencesUtils;
-import com.google.android.gms.common.ConnectionResult;
-import com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil;
 import com.google.android.marvin.talkback.TalkBackService;

 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -957,17 +955,6 @@ public class TalkBackPreferencesActivity extends Activity {
                 return;
             }

-            if (GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(activity)
-                    != ConnectionResult.SUCCESS) {
-                // Not needed, but playing safe since this is hard to test outside of China
-                playStoreButton.setIntent(null);
-                final PreferenceGroup category = (PreferenceGroup)
-                        findPreferenceByResId(R.string.pref_category_miscellaneous_key);
-                if (category != null) {
-                    category.removePreference(playStoreButton);
-                }
-            }
-
             if (playStoreButton.getIntent() != null &&
                     activity.getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities(
                             playStoreButton.getIntent(), 0).size() == 0) {