diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/torproject/android/OrbotApp.java b/app/src/main/java/org/torproject/android/OrbotApp.java
index 3b1593f3..cbf118b4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/torproject/android/OrbotApp.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/torproject/android/OrbotApp.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ public class OrbotApp extends Application implements OrbotConstants
 
     private Locale locale;
 
-    private OrbotVpnManager mVpnManager = null;
-
     @Override
     public void onCreate() {
         super.onCreate();
@@ -35,21 +33,6 @@ public class OrbotApp extends Application implements OrbotConstants
 
     }
 
-    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH)
-    public boolean startVPN (VpnService service, int port)
-    {
-
-        mVpnManager = new OrbotVpnManager(service);
-
-        Intent intent = new Intent();
-        intent.setAction("start");
-        intent.putExtra("torSocks", port);
-
-       //  mVpnManager.handleIntent(new VpnService.Builder(),intent);
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
         super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/pdnsd.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/pdnsd.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 522f765a..00000000
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/pdnsd.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<resources>
-	<string name="pdnsd_conf" formatted="false">
-global {
-	perm_cache=0;
-	cache_dir="/data/data/org.torproject.android/app_bin";
-	server_port = 8091;
-	server_ip = 0.0.0.0;
-	query_method=udp_only;
-	min_ttl=15m;
-	max_ttl=1w;
-	timeout=10;
-	daemon=on;
-	pid_file="/data/data/org.torproject.android/app_bin/pdnsd.pid";
-
-}
-
-server {
-	label= "upstream";
-	ip = %s;
-	port = %d;
-	uptest = none;
-}
-
-rr {
-	name=localhost;
-	reverse=on;
-	a=127.0.0.1;
-	owner=localhost;
-	soa=localhost,root.localhost,42,86400,900,86400,86400;
-}
-	</string>
-</resources>