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 67856a8db..21e645ec5 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BoardActivity.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BoardActivity.java
@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ public class BoardActivity extends Activity implements UtilCtxt {
         if ( hasFocus ) {
             if ( m_firingPrefs ) {
                 m_firingPrefs = false;
-                m_view.prefsChanged();
                 m_volKeysZoom = CommonPrefs.getVolKeysZoom();
                 if ( null != m_jniThread ) {
                     m_jniThread.handle( JNIThread.JNICmd.CMD_PREFS_CHANGE );
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 82e5b48ca..e39c129c5 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BoardView.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BoardView.java
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ public class BoardView extends View implements DrawCtx, BoardHandler,
     private String m_remText;
     private int m_dictPtr = 0;
     private int m_lastSecsLeft;
-    private HashMap<String,BitmapDrawable> m_bitmapsCache;
     private Handler m_viewHandler;
 
     // FontDims: exists to translate space available to the largest
@@ -330,13 +329,6 @@ public class BoardView extends View implements DrawCtx, BoardHandler,
         }
     }
 
-    public void prefsChanged()
-    {
-        synchronized( this ) {
-            m_bitmapsCache = null;
-        }
-    }
-
     public void zoomChanged( final boolean[] canZoom )
     {
         m_viewHandler.post( new Runnable() {
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/jni/SyncedDraw.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/jni/SyncedDraw.java
index de42166d6..3048b255a 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/jni/SyncedDraw.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/jni/SyncedDraw.java
@@ -25,6 +25,5 @@ import android.graphics.Rect;
 public interface SyncedDraw {
     void doJNIDraw();
     void doIconDraw( int resID, final Rect rect );
-    void prefsChanged();
     void zoomChanged( boolean[] canZoom );
 }