diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index e1a0d074..97a7f9ea 100644
--- a/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -25,15 +25,6 @@
               android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.NormalTheme"
               android:resource="@style/NormalTheme"
               />
-            <!-- Displays an Android View that continues showing the launch screen
-                 Drawable until Flutter paints its first frame, then this splash
-                 screen fades out. A splash screen is useful to avoid any visual
-                 gap between the end of Android's launch screen and the painting of
-                 Flutter's first frame. -->
-            <meta-data
-              android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.SplashScreenDrawable"
-              android:resource="@drawable/launch_background"
-              />
             <!-- Theme to apply as soon as Flutter begins rendering frames -->
             <meta-data
               android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.NormalTheme"