diff --git a/chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/base/SplitChromeApplication.java b/chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/base/SplitChromeApplication.java
index 82c1911c90328..29b49f03d7aa9 100644
--- a/chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/base/SplitChromeApplication.java
+++ b/chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/base/SplitChromeApplication.java
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ public void runImmediatelyInBackgroundThread(Context chromeContext) {
 
             @Override
             public void runInUiThread(Context chromeContext) {
-                // When installed, the vr module is always loaded on startup, so preload here.
-                sSplitPreloader.preload("vr", null);
                 // If the chrome module is not enabled or isolated splits are not supported,
                 // chromeContext will have the same ClassLoader as the base context, so no need to
                 // replace the ClassLoaders here.