diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/ui/AbstractLauncherUiTest.java b/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/ui/AbstractLauncherUiTest.java
index a7089fe..86faddb 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/ui/AbstractLauncherUiTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/ui/AbstractLauncherUiTest.java
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@
         mLauncher.enableDebugTracing();
         // Avoid double-reporting of Launcher crashes.
         mLauncher.setOnLauncherCrashed(() -> mLauncherPid = 0);
-        mLauncher.disableSensorRotation();
     }
 
     protected final LauncherActivityRule mActivityMonitor = new LauncherActivityRule();
@@ -278,7 +277,6 @@
             clearPackageData(mDevice.getLauncherPackageName());
             mLauncher.enableDebugTracing();
             mLauncherPid = mLauncher.getPid();
-            mLauncher.disableSensorRotation();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
index 84eae2d..af22704 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@
                 TestProtocol.TEST_INFO_RESPONSE_FIELD);
     }
 
-    public void disableSensorRotation() {
+    private void disableSensorRotation() {
         getTestInfo(TestProtocol.REQUEST_MOCK_SENSOR_ROTATION);
     }