--- a/mobile/android/base/android-services.mozbuild
+++ b/mobile/android/base/android-services.mozbuild
@@ -759,17 +759,16 @@ sync_thirdparty_java_files = [
     'org/mozilla/apache/commons/codec/net/URLCodec.java',
     'org/mozilla/apache/commons/codec/net/Utils.java',
     'org/mozilla/apache/commons/codec/StringDecoder.java',
     'org/mozilla/apache/commons/codec/StringEncoder.java',
     'org/mozilla/apache/commons/codec/StringEncoderComparator.java',
 ]
 
 sync_java_files = [TOPSRCDIR + '/mobile/android/services/src/main/java/org/mozilla/gecko/' + x for x in [
-    'background/BackgroundService.java',
     'background/common/EditorBranch.java',
     'background/common/GlobalConstants.java',
     'background/common/log/Logger.java',
     'background/common/log/writers/AndroidLevelCachingLogWriter.java',
     'background/common/log/writers/AndroidLogWriter.java',
     'background/common/log/writers/LevelFilteringLogWriter.java',
     'background/common/log/writers/LogWriter.java',
     'background/common/log/writers/PrintLogWriter.java',

deleted file mode 100644
--- a/mobile/android/services/src/main/java/org/mozilla/gecko/background/BackgroundService.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
- * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
- * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
-
-package org.mozilla.gecko.background;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-
-import org.mozilla.gecko.background.common.log.Logger;
-
-import android.app.AlarmManager;
-import android.app.IntentService;
-import android.app.PendingIntent;
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.Intent;
-import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
-import android.net.NetworkInfo;
-import android.os.Build;
-
-public abstract class BackgroundService extends IntentService {
-  private static final String LOG_TAG = BackgroundService.class.getSimpleName();
-
-  protected BackgroundService() {
-    super(LOG_TAG);
-  }
-
-  protected BackgroundService(String threadName) {
-    super(threadName);
-  }
-
-  public static void runIntentInService(Context context, Intent intent, Class<? extends BackgroundService> serviceClass) {
-    Intent service = new Intent(context, serviceClass);
-    service.setAction(intent.getAction());
-    service.putExtras(intent);
-    context.startService(service);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns true if the OS will allow us to perform background
-   * data operations. This logic varies by OS version.
-   */
-  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-  protected static boolean backgroundDataIsEnabled(final Context context) {
-    final ConnectivityManager connectivity = (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
-    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH) {
-      return connectivity.getBackgroundDataSetting();
-    }
-    NetworkInfo networkInfo = connectivity.getActiveNetworkInfo();
-    if (networkInfo == null) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    return networkInfo.isAvailable();
-  }
-
-  protected AlarmManager getAlarmManager() {
-    return getAlarmManager(this.getApplicationContext());
-  }
-
-  protected static AlarmManager getAlarmManager(Context context) {
-    return (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
-  }
-
-  protected void scheduleAlarm(long pollInterval, PendingIntent pendingIntent) {
-    Logger.info(LOG_TAG, "Setting inexact repeating alarm for interval " + pollInterval);
-    if (pollInterval <= 0) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("pollInterval " + pollInterval + " must be positive");
-    }
-    final AlarmManager alarm = getAlarmManager();
-    final long firstEvent = System.currentTimeMillis();
-    alarm.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC, firstEvent, pollInterval, pendingIntent);
-  }
-
-  protected void cancelAlarm(PendingIntent pendingIntent) {
-    final AlarmManager alarm = getAlarmManager();
-    alarm.cancel(pendingIntent);
-    // For testing - allows us to see if the intent, and thus the alarm, has been cancelled.
-    pendingIntent.cancel();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * To avoid tight coupling to Fennec, we use reflection to find
-   * <code>GeckoPreferences</code>, invoking the same code path that
-   * <code>GeckoApp</code> uses on startup to send the <i>other</i>
-   * notification to which we listen.
-   *
-   * Invoke this to handle one of the system intents to which we listen to
-   * launch our service without the browser being opened.
-   *
-   * All of this is neatly wrapped in <code>try…catch</code>, so this code
-   * will run safely without a Firefox build installed.
-   */
-  protected static void reflectContextToFennec(Context context, String className, String methodName) {
-    // Ask the browser to tell us the current state of the preference.
-    try {
-      Class<?> geckoPreferences = Class.forName(className);
-      Method broadcastSnippetsPref = geckoPreferences.getMethod(methodName, Context.class);
-      broadcastSnippetsPref.invoke(null, context);
-      return;
-    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-      Logger.error(LOG_TAG, "Class " + className + " not found!");
-      return;
-    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
-      Logger.error(LOG_TAG, "Method " + className + "/" + methodName + " not found!");
-      return;
-    } catch (IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException | IllegalAccessException e) {
-      Logger.error(LOG_TAG, "Got exception invoking " + methodName + ".");
-    }
-  }
-}

--- a/mobile/android/tests/background/junit3/background_junit3_sources.mozbuild
+++ b/mobile/android/tests/background/junit3/background_junit3_sources.mozbuild
@@ -18,17 +18,16 @@ background_junit3_sources = [
     'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/db/TestFennecTabsRepositorySession.java',
     'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/db/TestFormHistoryRepositorySession.java',
     'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/db/TestPasswordsRepository.java',
     'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/db/TestTopSites.java',
     'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/fxa/authenticator/TestAccountPickler.java',
     'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/fxa/TestAccountLoader.java',
     'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/fxa/TestBrowserIDKeyPairGeneration.java',
     'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/helpers/AndroidSyncTestCase.java',
-    'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/helpers/BackgroundServiceTestCase.java',
     'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/helpers/DBHelpers.java',
     'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/helpers/DBProviderTestCase.java',
     'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/nativecode/test/TestNativeCrypto.java',
     'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/sync/AndroidSyncTestCaseWithAccounts.java',
     'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/sync/helpers/BookmarkHelpers.java',
     'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/sync/helpers/DefaultBeginDelegate.java',
     'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/sync/helpers/DefaultCleanDelegate.java',
     'src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/sync/helpers/DefaultDelegate.java',

deleted file mode 100644
--- a/mobile/android/tests/background/junit3/src/org/mozilla/gecko/background/helpers/BackgroundServiceTestCase.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-/* Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain.
-   http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ */
-
-package org.mozilla.gecko.background.helpers;
-
-import android.app.AlarmManager;
-import android.app.PendingIntent;
-import android.app.Service;
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.Intent;
-import android.content.SharedPreferences;
-import android.test.ServiceTestCase;
-import java.util.concurrent.BrokenBarrierException;
-import java.util.concurrent.CyclicBarrier;
-import java.util.UUID;
-
-import org.mozilla.gecko.background.common.GlobalConstants;
-
-/**
- * An abstract test class for testing background services. Since we have to wait for background
- * services to finish before asserting the changed state, this class provides much of the
- * functionality to do this. Extending classes need still need to implement some of the components -
- * see {@link TestHealthReportBroadcastService} for an example.
- */
-public abstract class BackgroundServiceTestCase<T extends Service> extends ServiceTestCase<T> {
-  private static final String SHARED_PREFS_PREFIX = "BackgroundServiceTestCase-";
-  // Ideally, this would not be static so multiple test classes can be run in parallel. However,
-  // mServiceClass can only retrieve this reference statically because mServiceClass cannot get a
-  // reference to the Test* class as ServiceTestCase instantiates it via reflection and we can't
-  // pass it as a constructor arg.
-  protected static String sharedPrefsName;
-
-  private final Class<T> mServiceClass;
-
-  protected static CyclicBarrier barrier;
-  protected Intent intent;
-
-  public BackgroundServiceTestCase(Class<T> serviceClass) {
-    super(serviceClass);
-    mServiceClass = serviceClass;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void setUp() throws Exception {
-    barrier = new CyclicBarrier(2);
-    intent = new Intent(getContext(), mServiceClass);
-    sharedPrefsName = SHARED_PREFS_PREFIX + mServiceClass.getName() + "-" + UUID.randomUUID();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void tearDown() throws Exception {
-    barrier = null;
-    intent = null;
-    clearSharedPrefs(); // Not necessary but reduces file system cruft.
-  }
-
-  protected SharedPreferences getSharedPreferences() {
-    return getContext().getSharedPreferences(sharedPrefsName,
-        GlobalConstants.SHARED_PREFERENCES_MODE);
-  }
-
-  protected void clearSharedPrefs() {
-    getSharedPreferences().edit()
-        .clear()
-        .commit();
-  }
-
-  protected void await() {
-    try {
-      barrier.await();
-    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-      fail("Test runner thread should not be interrupted.");
-    } catch (BrokenBarrierException e) {
-      fail("Background services should not timeout or be interrupted");
-    }
-  }
-
-  protected void cancelAlarm(Intent intent) {
-    final AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) getContext().getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
-    final PendingIntent pi = PendingIntent.getService(getContext(), 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
-    am.cancel(pi);
-    pi.cancel();
-  }
-
-  protected boolean isServiceAlarmSet(Intent intent) {
-    return PendingIntent.getService(getContext(), 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_NO_CREATE) != null;
-  }
-}