diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/TaskViewSimulator.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/TaskViewSimulator.java
index 6f16781..edce194 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/TaskViewSimulator.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/TaskViewSimulator.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 import com.android.quickstep.BaseActivityInterface;
 import com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsView.ScrollState;
 import com.android.quickstep.views.TaskThumbnailView.PreviewPositionHelper;
-import com.android.quickstep.views.TaskView;
 import com.android.quickstep.views.TaskView.FullscreenDrawParams;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.recents.model.ThumbnailData;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.system.RemoteAnimationTargetCompat;
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@
 
     // TaskView properties
     private final FullscreenDrawParams mCurrentFullscreenParams;
-    private float mCurveScale = 1;
     public final AnimatedFloat taskPrimaryTranslation = new AnimatedFloat();
     public final AnimatedFloat taskSecondaryTranslation = new AnimatedFloat();
 
@@ -277,8 +275,6 @@
                     .getPrimaryValue(mTaskRect.left, mTaskRect.top);
             mScrollState.screenCenter = start + mScrollState.scroll + mScrollState.halfPageSize;
             mScrollState.updateInterpolation(mDp, start);
-            mCurveScale = TaskView.getCurveScaleForInterpolation(mDp,
-                    mScrollState.linearInterpolation);
         }
 
         float progress = Utilities.boundToRange(fullScreenProgress.value, 0, 1);
@@ -295,8 +291,7 @@
         mMatrix.postTranslate(insets.left, insets.top);
         mMatrix.postScale(scale, scale);
 
-        // Apply TaskView matrix: scale, translate, scroll
-        mMatrix.postScale(mCurveScale, mCurveScale, taskWidth / 2, taskHeight / 2);
+        // Apply TaskView matrix: translate, scroll
         mMatrix.postTranslate(mTaskRect.left, mTaskRect.top);
         mOrientationState.getOrientationHandler().set(mMatrix, MATRIX_POST_TRANSLATE,
                 taskPrimaryTranslation.value);
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index 38d488c..5d492ac 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -1984,11 +1984,6 @@
             centerToOffscreenProgress = Utilities.mapRange(centerToOffscreenProgress,
                     distanceFromMidpoint / distanceToOffscreen, 1);
         }
-        // Find the task's scale based on its offscreen progress, then see how far it still needs to
-        // move to be completely offscreen.
-        Utilities.scaleRectFAboutCenter(taskPosition,
-                TaskView.getCurveScaleForInterpolation(mActivity.getDeviceProfile(),
-                        centerToOffscreenProgress));
         distanceToOffscreen = desiredLeft - taskPosition.left;
         // Finally, we need to account for RecentsView scale, because it moves tasks based on its
         // pivot. To do this, we move the task position to where it would be offscreen at scale = 1
@@ -2114,7 +2109,7 @@
             anim.play(ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(recentsView, FULLSCREEN_PROGRESS, 1));
         } else {
             // We are launching an adjacent task, so parallax the center and other adjacent task.
-            float displacementX = tv.getWidth() * (toScale - tv.getCurveScale());
+            float displacementX = tv.getWidth() * (toScale - 1f);
             float primaryTranslation = mIsRtl ? -displacementX : displacementX;
             anim.play(ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(getPageAt(centerTaskIndex),
                     mOrientationHandler.getPrimaryViewTranslate(), primaryTranslation));
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
index 8a8b021..a1b5533 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 import android.animation.AnimatorListenerAdapter;
 import android.animation.AnimatorSet;
 import android.animation.ObjectAnimator;
-import android.animation.TimeInterpolator;
 import android.app.ActivityOptions;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
@@ -112,10 +111,6 @@
 
     private static final String TAG = TaskView.class.getSimpleName();
 
-    /** A curve of x from 0 to 1, where 0 is the center of the screen and 1 is the edge. */
-    private static final TimeInterpolator CURVE_INTERPOLATOR
-            = x -> (float) -Math.cos(x * Math.PI) / 2f + .5f;
-
     /**
      * The alpha of a black scrim on a page in the carousel as it leaves the screen.
      * In the resting position of the carousel, the adjacent pages have about half this scrim.
@@ -252,7 +247,6 @@
     private TaskMenuView mMenuView;
     private IconView mIconView;
     private final DigitalWellBeingToast mDigitalWellBeingToast;
-    private float mCurveScale;
     private float mFullscreenProgress;
     private float mScaleAtFullscreen = 1;
     private float mFullscreenScale = 1;
@@ -655,7 +649,7 @@
             progress = 1 - progress;
         }
         mFocusTransitionProgress = progress;
-        mSnapshotView.setDimAlphaMultipler(progress);
+        mSnapshotView.setDimAlphaMultipler(0);
         float iconScalePercentage = (float) SCALE_ICON_DURATION / DIM_ANIM_DURATION;
         float lowerClamp = invert ? 1f - iconScalePercentage : 0;
         float upperClamp = invert ? 1 : iconScalePercentage;
@@ -703,7 +697,6 @@
     }
 
     protected void resetViewTransforms() {
-        setCurveScale(1);
         // fullscreenTranslation and accumulatedTranslation should not be reset, as
         // resetViewTransforms is called during Quickswitch scrolling.
         mDismissTranslationX = mTaskOffsetTranslationX = mTaskResistanceTranslationX = 0f;
@@ -738,13 +731,6 @@
             return;
         }
 
-        float curveInterpolation =
-                CURVE_INTERPOLATOR.getInterpolation(scrollState.linearInterpolation);
-        float curveScaleForCurveInterpolation = getCurveScaleForCurveInterpolation(
-                mActivity.getDeviceProfile(), curveInterpolation);
-        mSnapshotView.setDimAlpha(curveInterpolation * MAX_PAGE_SCRIM_ALPHA);
-        setCurveScale(curveScaleForCurveInterpolation);
-
         float dwbBannerAlpha = Utilities.boundToRange(1.0f - 2 * scrollState.linearInterpolation,
                 0f, 1f);
         mDigitalWellBeingToast.updateBannerAlpha(dwbBannerAlpha);
@@ -826,20 +812,6 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * How much to scale down pages near the edge of the screen according to linearInterpolation.
-     */
-    public static float getCurveScaleForInterpolation(DeviceProfile deviceProfile,
-            float linearInterpolation) {
-        float curveInterpolation = CURVE_INTERPOLATOR.getInterpolation(linearInterpolation);
-        return getCurveScaleForCurveInterpolation(deviceProfile, curveInterpolation);
-    }
-
-    private static float getCurveScaleForCurveInterpolation(DeviceProfile deviceProfile,
-            float curveInterpolation) {
-        return 1 - curveInterpolation * getEdgeScaleDownFactor(deviceProfile);
-    }
-
-    /**
      * How much to scale down pages near the edge of the screen.
      */
     public static float getEdgeScaleDownFactor(DeviceProfile deviceProfile) {
@@ -850,23 +822,14 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private void setCurveScale(float curveScale) {
-        mCurveScale = curveScale;
-        applyScale();
-    }
-
     private void setFullscreenScale(float fullscreenScale) {
         mFullscreenScale = fullscreenScale;
         applyScale();
     }
 
     private void applyScale() {
-        setScaleX(mCurveScale * mFullscreenScale);
-        setScaleY(mCurveScale * mFullscreenScale);
-    }
-
-    public float getCurveScale() {
-        return mCurveScale;
+        setScaleX(mFullscreenScale);
+        setScaleY(mFullscreenScale);
     }
 
     private void setDismissTranslationX(float x) {