diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/AndroidDevice.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/AndroidDevice.tsx
index 00d895a4a..81c3e1196 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/AndroidDevice.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/AndroidDevice.tsx
@@ -120,37 +120,6 @@ export default class AndroidDevice extends ServerDevice {
     });
   }
 
-  async setIntoPermissiveMode(): Promise<void> {
-    console.debug('AndroidDevice.setIntoPermissiveMode', this.serial);
-    try {
-      try {
-        await this.adb.root(this.serial);
-      } catch (e) {
-        if (
-          !(e instanceof Error) ||
-          e.message !== 'adbd is already running as root'
-        ) {
-          throw e;
-        }
-      }
-      console.debug(
-        'AndroidDevice.setIntoPermissiveMode -> enabled root',
-        this.serial,
-      );
-      await this.executeShellOrDie('setenforce 0');
-      console.info(
-        'AndroidDevice.setIntoPermissiveMode -> success',
-        this.serial,
-      );
-    } catch (e) {
-      console.info(
-        'AndroidDevice.setIntoPermissiveMode -> failed',
-        this.serial,
-        e,
-      );
-    }
-  }
-
   async screenRecordAvailable(): Promise<boolean> {
     try {
       await this.executeShellOrDie(
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/androidDeviceManager.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/androidDeviceManager.tsx
index 6e12f0455..dbd8e7359 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/androidDeviceManager.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/androidDeviceManager.tsx
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ export class AndroidDeviceManager {
           // The default way of capturing screenshots through adb does not seem to work
           // There is a way of getting a screenshot through KaiOS dev tools though
           if (androidLikeDevice instanceof AndroidDevice) {
-            await androidLikeDevice.setIntoPermissiveMode();
-
             const screenRecordAvailable =
               await androidLikeDevice.screenRecordAvailable();
             androidLikeDevice.info.features.screenCaptureAvailable =
diff --git a/desktop/types/adbkit.d.ts b/desktop/types/adbkit.d.ts
index 42b0b1306..944064d29 100644
--- a/desktop/types/adbkit.d.ts
+++ b/desktop/types/adbkit.d.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ declare module 'adbkit' {
       serial: string,
       command: string | string[],
     ) => Promise<NodeJS.ReadStream>;
-    root: (serial: string) => Promise<true>;
     screencap: (serial: string) => Promise<NodeJS.WriteStream>;
     pull: (serial: string, path: string) => Promise<PullTransfer>;
     openLogcat: (