--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-import java.util.regex.Pattern
-
 def tryInt = { string ->
     if (string == null) {
         return string
     }
     if (string.isInteger()) {
         return string as Integer
     }
     return string
@@ -50,20 +48,16 @@ buildscript {
         // For in tree plugins.
         maven {
             url "file://${gradle.mozconfig.topsrcdir}/mobile/android/gradle/m2repo"
         }
     }
 
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.3'
-        classpath('com.stanfy.spoon:spoon-gradle-plugin:1.0.4') {
-            // Without these, we get errors linting.
-            exclude module: 'guava'
-        }
         // Provided in tree.
         classpath 'com.getkeepsafe.dexcount:dexcount-gradle-plugin:0.7.3'
     }
 }
 
 if ('multi' == System.env.AB_CD) {
     // Multi-l10n builds set `AB_CD=multi`, which isn't a valid locale.  This
     // causes the
@@ -89,31 +83,16 @@ if ('multi' == System.env.AB_CD) {
         doLast {
             if (execResult.exitValue != 0) {
                 throw new GradleException("Process '${commandLine}' finished with non-zero exit value ${execResult.exitValue}:\n\n${standardOutput.toString()}")
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
-// Skip unit test for all build variants, unless if it was specifically requested by user.
-// The enabled property for the unit test tasks is reset based on the command line task names just before the task execution.
-// I bet there is a easier/cleaner way to do this, but this gets the job done for now.
-Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile('.*test(.+UnitTest)?.*')
-boolean startTasksIncludeTest = gradle.startParameter.taskNames.any {
-    taskName ->
-        taskName.matches(pattern)
-}
-gradle.taskGraph.beforeTask {
-    Task task ->
-        if (task.name.matches(pattern)) {
-            task.enabled = startTasksIncludeTest
-        }
-}
-
 afterEvaluate {
     subprojects {
         if (!hasProperty('android')) {
             return
         }
         android.applicationVariants.all {
             preBuild.dependsOn rootProject.generateCodeAndResources
         }

--- a/mobile/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/mobile/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -350,55 +350,16 @@ android.applicationVariants.all { varian
         configureVariantWithGeckoBinaries(variant)
     }
 }
 
 android.applicationVariants.all { variant ->
     configureVariantWithJNIWrappers(variant, "Fennec")
 }
 
-apply plugin: 'spoon'
-
-spoon {
-    // For now, let's be verbose.
-    debug = true
-    // It's not helpful to pass when we don't have a device connected.
-    failIfNoDeviceConnected = true
-
-    def spoonPackageName
-    if (gradle.startParameter.taskNames.contains('runBrowserTests')) {
-        spoonPackageName = 'org.mozilla.tests.browser.junit3'
-    }
-    if (gradle.startParameter.taskNames.contains('runBackgroundTests')) {
-        spoonPackageName = 'org.mozilla.gecko.background'
-    }
-    if (project.hasProperty('spoonPackageName')) {
-        // Command line overrides everything.
-        spoonPackageName = project.spoonPackageName
-    }
-    if (spoonPackageName) {
-        instrumentationArgs = ['-e', "package=${spoonPackageName}".toString()]
-    }
-}
-
-// // See discussion at https://github.com/stanfy/spoon-gradle-plugin/issues/9.
-// afterEvaluate {
-//     tasks["spoonLocal${android.testBuildType.capitalize()}AndroidTest"].outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
-
-//     // This is an awkward way to define different sets of instrumentation tests.
-//     // The task name itself is fished at runtime and the package name configured
-//     // in the spoon configuration.
-//     task runBrowserTests {
-//         dependsOn tasks["spoonLocalOldDebugAndroidTest"]
-//     }
-//     task runBackgroundTests {
-//         dependsOn tasks["spoonLocalOldDebugAndroidTest"]
-//     }
-// }
-
 // Bug 1299015: Complain to treeherder if checkstyle, lint, or unittest fails.  It's not obvious
 // how to listen to individual errors in most cases, so we just link to the reports for now.
 def makeTaskExecutionListener(artifactRootUrl) {
     return new TaskExecutionListener() {
         void beforeExecute(Task task) {
             // Do nothing.
         }