diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/app/android_app_Activity.c b/src/api-impl-jni/app/android_app_Activity.c
index ce6755ec..e66084fc 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/app/android_app_Activity.c
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/app/android_app_Activity.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 static GList *activity_backlog = NULL;
 static jobject activity_current = NULL;
-static jobject activity_toplevel_current = NULL;
 
 static void activity_close(JNIEnv *env, jobject activity)
 {
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ static void activity_focus(JNIEnv *env, jobject activity)
 static void activity_update_current(JNIEnv *env)
 {
 	jobject activity_new = activity_backlog ? g_list_first(activity_backlog)->data : NULL;
-	jobject activity_toplevel_new = activity_backlog ? g_list_last(activity_backlog)->data : NULL;
 
 	if (activity_current != activity_new) {
 		if (activity_current)
@@ -77,17 +75,6 @@ static void activity_update_current(JNIEnv *env)
 
 		activity_current = activity_new;
 	}
-
-	/* for Activity.recreate */
-	if(activity_toplevel_current != activity_toplevel_new) {
-		if (activity_toplevel_current)
-			activity_unfocus(env, activity_toplevel_current);
-
-		if (activity_toplevel_new)
-			activity_focus(env, activity_toplevel_new);
-
-		activity_toplevel_current = activity_toplevel_new;
-	}
 }
 
 void activity_window_ready(void)
@@ -120,7 +107,7 @@ void activity_close_all(void)
 
 static jobject activity_not_created = NULL;
 
-void _activity_start(JNIEnv *env, jobject activity_object, bool recreate)
+void activity_start(JNIEnv *env, jobject activity_object)
 {
 	/* -- run the activity's onCreate -- */
 	(*env)->CallVoidMethod(env, activity_object, handle_cache.activity.onCreate, NULL);
@@ -137,20 +124,12 @@ void _activity_start(JNIEnv *env, jobject activity_object, bool recreate)
 	if((*env)->ExceptionCheck(env))
 		(*env)->ExceptionDescribe(env);
 
-	if(recreate) // only allowed for toplevel, so we know for sure where in the stack it belongs
-		activity_backlog = g_list_append(activity_backlog, _REF(activity_object));
-	else
-		activity_backlog = g_list_prepend(activity_backlog, _REF(activity_object));
+	activity_backlog = g_list_prepend(activity_backlog, _REF(activity_object));
 
 	activity_update_current(env);
 
 }
 
-void activity_start(JNIEnv *env, jobject activity_object)
-{
-	_activity_start(env, activity_object, false);
-}
-
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeFinish(JNIEnv *env, jobject this, jlong window)
 {
 	GList *l;
@@ -173,12 +152,6 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeFinish(JNIEnv *env, jobje
 		gtk_window_close(GTK_WINDOW(_PTR(window)));
 }
 
-JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeRecreateActivity(JNIEnv *env, jclass class, jobject activity)
-{
-	_activity_start(env, activity, true);
-}
-
-
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeStartActivity(JNIEnv *env, jclass class, jobject activity)
 {
 	activity_start(env, activity);
diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_app_Activity.h b/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_app_Activity.h
index 12d1b91d..79d37af7 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_app_Activity.h
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_app_Activity.h
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ extern "C" {
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeFinish
   (JNIEnv *, jobject, jlong);
 
-/*
- * Class:     android_app_Activity
- * Method:    nativeRecreateActivity
- * Signature: (Landroid/app/Activity;)V
- */
-JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeRecreateActivity
-  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jobject);
-
 /*
  * Class:     android_app_Activity
  * Method:    nativeStartActivity
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/app/Activity.java b/src/api-impl/android/app/Activity.java
index cacceb39..31d11647 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/app/Activity.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/app/Activity.java
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ public class Activity extends ContextThemeWrapper implements Window.Callback {
 			activity.getWindow().native_window = getWindow().native_window;
 			System.out.println("activity.getWindow().native_window >"+activity.getWindow().native_window+"<");
 			nativeFinish(0);
-			nativeRecreateActivity(activity);
+			nativeStartActivity(activity);
 		} catch (NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException e) {
 			System.out.println("exception in Activity.recreate, this is kinda sus");
 			e.printStackTrace();
@@ -556,7 +556,6 @@ public class Activity extends ContextThemeWrapper implements Window.Callback {
 	public void setTaskDescription(ActivityManager.TaskDescription description) {}
 
 	private native void nativeFinish(long native_window);
-	public static native void nativeRecreateActivity(Activity activity);
 	public static native void nativeStartActivity(Activity activity);
 	public static native void nativeOpenURI(String uri);
 	public native void nativeFileChooser(int action, String type, String title, int requestCode);