diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/RecentsAnimationWrapper.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/RecentsAnimationWrapper.java
index ddd28a3..ca89c33 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/RecentsAnimationWrapper.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/RecentsAnimationWrapper.java
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 import static android.view.MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN;
 import static android.view.MotionEvent.ACTION_UP;
 
-import static com.android.launcher3.Utilities.FLAG_NO_GESTURES;
-
 import android.view.InputEvent;
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 
+import androidx.annotation.UiThread;
+
 import com.android.launcher3.util.Preconditions;
 import com.android.quickstep.inputconsumers.InputConsumer;
 import com.android.quickstep.util.SwipeAnimationTargetSet;
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
-import androidx.annotation.UiThread;
-
 /**
  * Wrapper around RecentsAnimationController to help with some synchronization
  */
@@ -184,10 +182,7 @@
             }
         }
         if (mInputConsumer != null) {
-            int flags = ev.getEdgeFlags();
-            ev.setEdgeFlags(flags | FLAG_NO_GESTURES);
             mInputConsumer.onMotionEvent(ev);
-            ev.setEdgeFlags(flags);
         }
 
         return true;
diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index b566837..6ff297d 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -474,11 +474,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected boolean shouldBlockGestures(MotionEvent ev) {
-        return Utilities.shouldDisableGestures(ev);
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
         super.onTouchEvent(ev);
         final int x = (int) ev.getX();
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/StatusBarTouchController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/StatusBarTouchController.java
index 18996dd..f5ba372 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/StatusBarTouchController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/touchcontrollers/StatusBarTouchController.java
@@ -166,10 +166,4 @@
         mSysUiProxy = RecentsModel.INSTANCE.get(mLauncher).getSystemUiProxy();
         return mSysUiProxy != null;
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean allowWhenGesturesDisabled() {
-        // Always allow intercepting touches for this controller.
-        return true;
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/PagedView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/PagedView.java
index bd52ffe..d2b8d4e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/PagedView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/PagedView.java
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@
          */
 
         // Skip touch handling if there are no pages to swipe
-        if (getChildCount() <= 0 || shouldBlockGestures(ev)) return false;
+        if (getChildCount() <= 0) return false;
 
         acquireVelocityTrackerAndAddMovement(ev);
 
@@ -1093,14 +1093,10 @@
         mAllowOverScroll = enable;
     }
 
-    protected boolean shouldBlockGestures(MotionEvent ev) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
         // Skip touch handling if there are no pages to swipe
-        if (getChildCount() <= 0 || shouldBlockGestures(ev)) return false;
+        if (getChildCount() <= 0) return false;
 
         acquireVelocityTrackerAndAddMovement(ev);
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
index 4a8ddb1..8030522 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
@@ -116,16 +116,6 @@
     public static final int EDGE_NAV_BAR = 1 << 8;
 
     /**
-     * Set on a motion event do disallow any gestures and only handle touch.
-     * See {@link MotionEvent#setEdgeFlags(int)}.
-     */
-    public static final int FLAG_NO_GESTURES = 1 << 9;
-
-    public static boolean shouldDisableGestures(MotionEvent ev) {
-        return (ev.getEdgeFlags() & FLAG_NO_GESTURES) == FLAG_NO_GESTURES;
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Indicates if the device has a debug build. Should only be used to store additional info or
      * add extra logging and not for changing the app behavior.
      */
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/TouchController.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/TouchController.java
index 2cd28bb..fc1d819 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/TouchController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/TouchController.java
@@ -32,9 +32,5 @@
      */
     boolean onControllerInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev);
 
-    default boolean allowWhenGesturesDisabled() {
-        return false;
-    }
-
     default void dump(String prefix, PrintWriter writer) { }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/views/BaseDragLayer.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/views/BaseDragLayer.java
index 7b16409..f2f2f3b 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/views/BaseDragLayer.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/views/BaseDragLayer.java
@@ -150,17 +150,13 @@
     }
 
     private TouchController findControllerToHandleTouch(MotionEvent ev) {
-        boolean gesturesEnabled = !Utilities.shouldDisableGestures(ev);
-
         AbstractFloatingView topView = AbstractFloatingView.getTopOpenView(mActivity);
-        if (topView != null && (gesturesEnabled || topView.allowWhenGesturesDisabled())
-                && topView.onControllerInterceptTouchEvent(ev)) {
+        if (topView != null && topView.onControllerInterceptTouchEvent(ev)) {
             return topView;
         }
 
         for (TouchController controller : mControllers) {
-            if ((gesturesEnabled || controller.allowWhenGesturesDisabled())
-                    && controller.onControllerInterceptTouchEvent(ev)) {
+            if (controller.onControllerInterceptTouchEvent(ev)) {
                 return controller;
             }
         }