diff --git a/examples/android/android-simple/app/src/main/cpp/KomputeJniNative.cpp b/examples/android/android-simple/app/src/main/cpp/KomputeJniNative.cpp
index 2b9e75dca..ecbc70c40 100644
--- a/examples/android/android-simple/app/src/main/cpp/KomputeJniNative.cpp
+++ b/examples/android/android-simple/app/src/main/cpp/KomputeJniNative.cpp
@@ -50,28 +50,6 @@ vectorToJFloatArray(JNIEnv* env, const std::vector<float>& fromVector)
 
 extern "C"
 {
-
-    JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
-    Java_com_ethicalml_kompute_KomputeJni_initVulkan(JNIEnv* env, jobject thiz)
-    {
-
-        KP_LOG_INFO("Initialising vulkan");
-
-        uint32_t totalRetries = 0;
-
-        /*while (totalRetries < KOMPUTE_VK_INIT_RETRIES) {
-            KP_LOG_INFO("VULKAN LOAD TRY NUMBER: %u", totalRetries);
-            if (InitVulkan()) {
-                break;
-            }
-            sleep(1);
-            totalRetries++;
-        }*/
-
-        // return totalRetries < KOMPUTE_VK_INIT_RETRIES;
-        return true;
-    }
-
     JNIEXPORT jfloatArray JNICALL
     Java_com_ethicalml_kompute_KomputeJni_kompute(JNIEnv* env,
                                                   jobject thiz,
diff --git a/examples/android/android-simple/app/src/main/java/com/ethicalml/kompute/KomputeJni.kt b/examples/android/android-simple/app/src/main/java/com/ethicalml/kompute/KomputeJni.kt
index b68e197eb..3221cf6d5 100755
--- a/examples/android/android-simple/app/src/main/java/com/ethicalml/kompute/KomputeJni.kt
+++ b/examples/android/android-simple/app/src/main/java/com/ethicalml/kompute/KomputeJni.kt
@@ -22,16 +22,7 @@ class KomputeJni : AppCompatActivity() {
 
         binding.komputeGifView.getSettings().setUseWideViewPort(true)
         binding.komputeGifView.getSettings().setLoadWithOverviewMode(true)
-
-        val successVulkanInit = initVulkan()
-        if (successVulkanInit) {
-            Toast.makeText(applicationContext, "Vulkan Loaded SUCCESS", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
-        } else {
-            binding.KomputeButton.isEnabled = false
-            Toast.makeText(applicationContext, "Vulkan Load FAILED", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
-        }
-        Log.i("KomputeJni", "Vulkan Result: " + successVulkanInit)
-
+        
         binding.predictionTextView.text = "N/A"
     }