diff --git a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLControllerManager.java b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLControllerManager.java
index 2a0296eb0c..31b07b0ac0 100644
--- a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLControllerManager.java
+++ b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLControllerManager.java
@@ -91,13 +91,7 @@ public class SDLControllerManager
      * This method is called by SDL using JNI.
      */
     static void joystickSetSensorsEnabled(int device_id, boolean enabled) {
-        // Run this on the UI thread so we don't race with enableSensor() in SDLSurface.java
-        SDL.getContext().runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
-            @Override
-            public void run() {
-                mJoystickHandler.setSensorsEnabled(device_id, enabled);
-            }
-        });
+        mJoystickHandler.setSensorsEnabled(device_id, enabled);
     }
 
     /**