diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/NfcHandler.java b/src/com/android/contacts/NfcHandler.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 07b3f06..0000000
--- a/src/com/android/contacts/NfcHandler.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package com.android.contacts;
-
-import android.app.Activity;
-import android.content.ContentResolver;
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.net.Uri;
-import android.nfc.NdefMessage;
-import android.nfc.NdefRecord;
-import android.nfc.NfcAdapter;
-import android.nfc.NfcEvent;
-import android.provider.ContactsContract.Contacts;
-import android.provider.ContactsContract.Profile;
-import android.util.Log;
-
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-
-/**
-  * This class implements sharing the currently displayed
-  * contact to another device using NFC. NFC sharing is only
-  * enabled when the activity is in the foreground and resumed.
-  * When an NFC link is established, {@link #createMessage}
-  * will be called to create the data to be sent over the link,
-  * which is a vCard in this case.
-  */
-public class NfcHandler implements NfcAdapter.CreateNdefMessageCallback {
-
-    private static final String TAG = "ContactNfcHandler";
-    private static final String PROFILE_LOOKUP_KEY = "profile";
-    private final Context mContext;
-    private final Uri mContactUri;
-
-    /* Register NFC handler. This should be called in activities' onCreate(), or similar methods */
-    public static void register(Activity activity, Uri contactUri) {
-        NfcAdapter adapter = NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(activity.getApplicationContext());
-        if (adapter == null) {
-            return;  // NFC not available on this device
-        }
-        adapter.setNdefPushMessageCallback(new NfcHandler(activity, contactUri), activity);
-    }
-
-    public NfcHandler(Context context, Uri contactUri) {
-        mContext = context;
-        mContactUri = contactUri;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public NdefMessage createNdefMessage(NfcEvent event) {
-        ContentResolver resolver = mContext.getContentResolver();
-        if (mContactUri != null) {
-            final String lookupKey = Uri.encode(mContactUri.getPathSegments().get(2));
-            final Uri shareUri;
-            // TODO find out where to get this constant from, or find another way
-            // of determining this.
-            if (lookupKey.equals(PROFILE_LOOKUP_KEY)) {
-                shareUri = Profile.CONTENT_VCARD_URI.buildUpon().
-                appendQueryParameter(Contacts.QUERY_PARAMETER_VCARD_NO_PHOTO, "true").
-                build();
-            } else {
-                shareUri = Contacts.CONTENT_VCARD_URI.buildUpon().
-                appendPath(lookupKey).
-                appendQueryParameter(Contacts.QUERY_PARAMETER_VCARD_NO_PHOTO, "true").
-                build();
-            }
-            ByteArrayOutputStream ndefBytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-            byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
-            int r;
-            try {
-                InputStream vcardInputStream = resolver.openInputStream(shareUri);
-                while ((r = vcardInputStream.read(buffer)) > 0) {
-                    ndefBytes.write(buffer, 0, r);
-                }
-
-                NdefRecord record = NdefRecord.createMime("text/x-vcard", ndefBytes.toByteArray());
-                return new NdefMessage(record);
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                Log.e(TAG, "IOException creating vcard.");
-                return null;
-            }
-        } else {
-            Log.w(TAG, "No contact URI to share.");
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/quickcontact/QuickContactActivity.java b/src/com/android/contacts/quickcontact/QuickContactActivity.java
index 53dbf15..c76412f 100644
--- a/src/com/android/contacts/quickcontact/QuickContactActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/quickcontact/QuickContactActivity.java
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@
 import com.android.contacts.ContactsActivity;
 import com.android.contacts.ContactsUtils;
 import com.android.contacts.DynamicShortcuts;
-import com.android.contacts.NfcHandler;
 import com.android.contacts.R;
 import com.android.contacts.ShortcutIntentBuilder;
 import com.android.contacts.ShortcutIntentBuilder.OnShortcutIntentCreatedListener;
@@ -988,7 +987,6 @@
             }
         };
         mEntriesAndActionsTask.execute();
-        NfcHandler.register(this, mContactData.getLookupUri());
     }
 
     private void bindDataToCards(Cp2DataCardModel cp2DataCardModel) {