diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarStashController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarStashController.java
index c339c70054..b53e9c56cd 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarStashController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarStashController.java
@@ -757,11 +757,6 @@ public class TaskbarStashController implements TaskbarControllers.LoggableTaskba
         mIsImeShowing = hasAnyFlag(systemUiStateFlags, SYSUI_STATE_IME_SHOWING);
         mIsImeSwitcherShowing = hasAnyFlag(systemUiStateFlags, SYSUI_STATE_IME_SWITCHER_SHOWING);
         if (!mIsSystemGestureInProgress) {
-            if (mIsImeShowing || mIsImeSwitcherShowing) {
-                // Hide taskbar when IME is shown.
-                updateStateForFlag(FLAG_STASHED_IN_APP_AUTO, true);
-            }
-
             updateStateForFlag(FLAG_STASHED_IN_APP_IME, shouldStashForIme());
             animDuration = TASKBAR_STASH_DURATION_FOR_IME;
             startDelay = getTaskbarStashStartDelayForIme();
@@ -775,12 +770,8 @@ public class TaskbarStashController implements TaskbarControllers.LoggableTaskba
      *  * in small screen AND
      *  * 3 button nav AND
      *  * landscape (or seascape)
-     * We do not stash if taskbar is transient
      */
     private boolean shouldStashForIme() {
-        if (DisplayController.isTransientTaskbar(mActivity)) {
-            return false;
-        }
         return (mIsImeShowing || mIsImeSwitcherShowing) &&
                 !(isPhoneMode() && mActivity.isThreeButtonNav()
                         && mActivity.getDeviceProfile().isLandscape);