diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values/strings.xml b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values/strings.xml
index 27a4bed3e..a9eec9287 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -196,8 +196,7 @@
     <string name="summary_sort_tiles">Sort trays whenever new tiles
     are added</string>
     <string name="ringer_zoom">Volume keys zoom</string>
-    <string name="ringer_zoom_summary">Zoom board using volume keys
-    rather than an on-screen widget</string>
+    <string name="ringer_zoom_summary">Zoom board using volume keys</string>
 
     <string name="role_standalone">Standalone</string>
     <string name="role_host">Host</string>
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BoardActivity.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BoardActivity.java
index e4a1f59da..798dad687 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BoardActivity.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BoardActivity.java
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ public class BoardActivity extends Activity implements UtilCtxt {
 
         m_view = (BoardView)findViewById( R.id.board_view );
         m_volKeysZoom = CommonPrefs.getVolKeysZoom( this );
-        m_view.setUseZoomControl( !m_volKeysZoom );
 
         Intent intent = getIntent();
         Uri uri = intent.getData();
@@ -341,7 +340,6 @@ public class BoardActivity extends Activity implements UtilCtxt {
                     m_jniThread.handle( JNIThread.JNICmd.CMD_PREFS_CHANGE );
                 }
             }
-            m_view.setUseZoomControl( !m_volKeysZoom );
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BoardView.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BoardView.java
index fe5397e29..8b473415a 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BoardView.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BoardView.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.graphics.Paint.FontMetricsInt;
-import android.widget.ZoomButtonsController;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import java.nio.IntBuffer;
 
@@ -113,9 +112,6 @@ public class BoardView extends View implements DrawCtx, BoardHandler,
     private int[] m_bonusColors;
     private int[] m_playerColors;
     private int[] m_otherColors;
-    private ZoomButtonsController m_zoomButtons;
-    private boolean m_useZoomControl;
-    private boolean m_canZoom;
 
     // called when inflating xml
     public BoardView( Context context, AttributeSet attrs ) 
@@ -128,15 +124,13 @@ public class BoardView extends View implements DrawCtx, BoardHandler,
     {
         int action = event.getAction();
         int xx = (int)event.getX() - m_left;
-        int yy = (int)event.getY() - getCurTop();
+        int yy = (int)event.getY() - m_top;
         
         switch ( action ) {
         case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
-            enableZoomControlsIf();
             m_jniThread.handle( JNIThread.JNICmd.CMD_PEN_DOWN, xx, yy );
             break;
         case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
-            enableZoomControlsIf();
             m_jniThread.handle( JNIThread.JNICmd.CMD_PEN_MOVE, xx, yy );
             break;
         case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
@@ -156,18 +150,11 @@ public class BoardView extends View implements DrawCtx, BoardHandler,
     {
         synchronized( this ) {
             if ( layoutBoardOnce() ) {
-                canvas.drawBitmap( m_bitmap, m_left, getCurTop(), m_drawPaint );
+                canvas.drawBitmap( m_bitmap, m_left, m_top, m_drawPaint );
             }
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    protected void onDetachedFromWindow() 
-    {
-        m_zoomButtons.setVisible( false );
-        super.onDetachedFromWindow();
-    }
-
     private void init( Context context )
     {
         final float scale = getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density;
@@ -201,33 +188,6 @@ public class BoardView extends View implements DrawCtx, BoardHandler,
         m_otherColors = prefs.otherColors;
 
         m_viewHandler = new Handler();
-        m_zoomButtons = new ZoomButtonsController( this );
-        ZoomButtonsController.OnZoomListener lstnr =
-            new ZoomButtonsController.OnZoomListener(){
-                public void onVisibilityChanged( boolean visible ){}
-                public void onZoom( boolean zoomIn )
-                {
-                    if ( null != m_jniThread ) {
-                        int zoomBy = zoomIn ? 1 : -1;
-                        m_jniThread.handle( JNIThread.JNICmd.CMD_ZOOM, zoomBy );
-                    }
-                }
-            };
-        m_zoomButtons.setOnZoomListener( lstnr );
-        m_zoomButtons.setZoomSpeed( 100 ); // milliseconds
-    }
-
-    protected void setUseZoomControl( boolean useZoomControl )
-    {
-        m_useZoomControl = useZoomControl;
-        if ( !useZoomControl ) {
-            m_zoomButtons.setVisible( false );
-        }
-    }
-
-    private int getCurTop() 
-    {
-        return m_useZoomControl ? 0 : m_top;
     }
 
     private BoardDims figureBoardDims( int width, int height,
@@ -295,9 +255,6 @@ public class BoardView extends View implements DrawCtx, BoardHandler,
             m_letterRect = null;
             m_valRect = null;
 
-            // We hide zoom on change in orientation
-            m_zoomButtons.setVisible( false );
-
             BoardDims dims = figureBoardDims( width, height, m_gi );
             m_left = dims.left;
             m_top = dims.top;
@@ -315,15 +272,6 @@ public class BoardView extends View implements DrawCtx, BoardHandler,
         return layoutDone;
     } // layoutBoardOnce
 
-    private void enableZoomControlsIf()
-    {
-        if ( m_useZoomControl && m_canZoom ) {
-            if ( m_layoutWidth <= m_layoutHeight ) {
-                m_zoomButtons.setVisible( true );
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     // BoardHandler interface implementation
     public void startHandling( JNIThread thread, int gamePtr, CurGameInfo gi ) 
     {
@@ -361,15 +309,9 @@ public class BoardView extends View implements DrawCtx, BoardHandler,
         }
     }
 
+    // Get rid of this if not wanted for disabling zoom toolbar button
     public void zoomChanged( final boolean[] canZoom )
     {
-        m_viewHandler.post( new Runnable() {
-                public void run() {
-                    m_zoomButtons.setZoomInEnabled( canZoom[0] );
-                    m_zoomButtons.setZoomOutEnabled( canZoom[1] );
-                    m_canZoom = canZoom[0] || canZoom[1];
-                }
-            } );
     }
 
     // DrawCtxt interface implementation