diff --git a/app/android.c b/app/android.c
index d2f1db2..08f350f 100644
--- a/app/android.c
+++ b/app/android.c
@@ -37,19 +37,6 @@ static jmethodID find_method(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, const char *name, const
 	return m;
 }
 
-static jclass app_class_loader;
-static jmethodID app_find_class_fn;
-
-// app_find_class finds the given class using the class loader cached
-// during JNI_OnLoad. This allows the bind/java package and other
-// part of JNI to dynamically load java classes from non-Java threads.
-//
-// http://developer.android.com/training/articles/perf-jni.html#faq_FindClass
-jclass app_find_class(JNIEnv* env, const char* name) {
-    jstring classname = (*env)->NewStringUTF(env, name);
-    return (*env)->CallObjectMethod(env, app_class_loader, app_find_class_fn, classname);
-}
-
 jint JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM* vm, void* reserved) {
 	JNIEnv* env;
 	if ((*vm)->GetEnv(vm, (void**)&env, JNI_VERSION_1_6) != JNI_OK) {
@@ -60,18 +47,6 @@ jint JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM* vm, void* reserved) {
 	current_ctx = NULL;
 	current_native_activity = NULL;
 
-	// cache the class loader for use in JNI threads.
-	jclass a_clazz = (*env)->FindClass(env, "go/Go");
-	jclass clazz_clazz = (*env)->GetObjectClass(env, a_clazz);
-	jclass class_loader_clazz = (*env)->FindClass(env, "java/lang/ClassLoader");
-	jmethodID get_class_loader = (*env)->GetMethodID(env, clazz_clazz, "getClassLoader",
-			"()Ljava/lang/ClassLoader;");
-	jclass loader = (*env)->CallObjectMethod(env, a_clazz, get_class_loader);
-	app_class_loader = (*env)->NewGlobalRef(env, loader);
-
-	app_find_class_fn = (*env)->GetMethodID(env, class_loader_clazz, "findClass",
-		    "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/Class;");
-
 	return JNI_VERSION_1_6;
 }
 
diff --git a/app/android.go b/app/android.go
index 1c762a1..f0f29d9 100644
--- a/app/android.go
+++ b/app/android.go
@@ -205,12 +205,6 @@ func (Config) JavaVM() unsafe.Pointer {
 	return unsafe.Pointer(C.current_vm)
 }
 
-// ClassFinder returns a C function pointer for finding a given class using
-// the app class loader. (jclass) (*fn)(JNIEnv*, const char*).
-func (Config) ClassFinder() unsafe.Pointer {
-	return unsafe.Pointer(C.app_find_class)
-}
-
 func (Config) AndroidContext() unsafe.Pointer {
 	return unsafe.Pointer(C.current_ctx)
 }