diff --git a/res/layout/message.xml b/res/layout/message.xml
index 86f42060b..a054bc2bd 100644
--- a/res/layout/message.xml
+++ b/res/layout/message.xml
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
 	            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 	            android:layout_width="fill_parent"/>
 	
-	        <com.fsck.k9.view.AccessibleWebView
-	            android:id="@+id/accessible_message_content"
-	            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-	            android:layout_width="fill_parent"/>
-	
 	        <!-- Attachments area -->
 	
 	        <LinearLayout
diff --git a/src/com/fsck/k9/view/AccessibleWebView.java b/src/com/fsck/k9/view/AccessibleWebView.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 323833d26..000000000
--- a/src/com/fsck/k9/view/AccessibleWebView.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2010 The IDEAL Group
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package com.fsck.k9.view;
-
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.Intent;
-import android.text.Html;
-import android.util.AttributeSet;
-import android.view.View;
-import android.webkit.WebSettings;
-import android.webkit.WebView;
-import android.widget.TextView;
-
-import com.fsck.k9.activity.AccessibleEmailContentActivity;
-import com.fsck.k9.controller.MessagingListener;
-
-import java.util.Set;
-
-public class AccessibleWebView extends TextView {
-    private Context mContext;
-    private String mHtmlSource;
-    private WebView mDummyWebView;
-    private Set<MessagingListener> mListeners = null;
-
-    public AccessibleWebView(Context context) {
-        super(context);
-        init(context);
-    }
-
-    public AccessibleWebView(Context context, AttributeSet attributes) {
-        super(context, attributes);
-        init(context);
-    }
-
-    private void init(Context context) {
-        mContext = context;
-        mDummyWebView = new WebView(context);
-        setFocusable(true);
-        setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
-        setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
-            @Override
-            public void onClick(View arg0) {
-                diveIn();
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
-    public void loadData(String data, String mimeType, String encoding) {
-        mHtmlSource = data;
-        this.setText(Html.fromHtml(mHtmlSource, null, null));
-    }
-
-    public WebSettings getSettings() {
-        return mDummyWebView.getSettings();
-    }
-
-    public void setText(String text) {
-        this.setText(Html.fromHtml(text, null, null));
-
-        // Let everyone know that loading has finished.
-        if (mListeners != null) {
-            for (MessagingListener l : mListeners) {
-                l.messageViewFinished();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    public boolean zoomIn() {
-        if (getTextSize() < 100) {
-            setTextSize(getTextSize() + 5);
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    public boolean zoomOut() {
-        if (getTextSize() > 5) {
-            setTextSize(getTextSize() - 5);
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    private void diveIn() {
-        Intent i = new Intent();
-        i.setClass(mContext, AccessibleEmailContentActivity.class);
-        i.putExtra("content", mHtmlSource);
-        mContext.startActivity(i);
-    }
-
-    public void setListeners(final Set<MessagingListener> listeners) {
-        this.mListeners = listeners;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/com/fsck/k9/view/SingleMessageView.java b/src/com/fsck/k9/view/SingleMessageView.java
index 44f408e25..58a5821cf 100644
--- a/src/com/fsck/k9/view/SingleMessageView.java
+++ b/src/com/fsck/k9/view/SingleMessageView.java
@@ -6,19 +6,15 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.net.URLDecoder;
-import java.util.List;
-
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.app.Fragment;
 import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException;
 import android.content.ContentResolver;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
-import android.content.pm.ResolveInfo;
 import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.AsyncTask;
-import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Parcel;
 import android.os.Parcelable;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
@@ -91,11 +87,9 @@ public class SingleMessageView extends LinearLayout implements OnClickListener,
     private static final int DISPLAY_NAME_INDEX = 1;
 
 
-    private boolean mScreenReaderEnabled;
     private MessageCryptoView mCryptoView;
     private MessageOpenPgpView mOpenPgpView;
     private MessageWebView mMessageContentView;
-    private AccessibleWebView mAccessibleMessageContentView;
     private MessageHeader mHeaderContainer;
     private LinearLayout mAttachments;
     private Button mShowHiddenAttachments;
@@ -118,7 +112,6 @@ public class SingleMessageView extends LinearLayout implements OnClickListener,
     public void initialize(Fragment fragment) {
         Activity activity = fragment.getActivity();
         mMessageContentView = (MessageWebView) findViewById(R.id.message_content);
-        mAccessibleMessageContentView = (AccessibleWebView) findViewById(R.id.accessible_message_content);
         mMessageContentView.configure();
         activity.registerForContextMenu(mMessageContentView);
         mMessageContentView.setOnCreateContextMenuListener(this);
@@ -151,25 +144,15 @@ public class SingleMessageView extends LinearLayout implements OnClickListener,
         mDownloadRemainder = (Button) findViewById(R.id.download_remainder);
         mDownloadRemainder.setVisibility(View.GONE);
         mAttachmentsContainer.setVisibility(View.GONE);
-        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH &&
-                isScreenReaderActive(activity)) {
-            // Only use the special screen reader mode on pre-ICS devices with active screen reader
-            mAccessibleMessageContentView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
-            mMessageContentView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
-            mScreenReaderEnabled = true;
-        } else {
-            mAccessibleMessageContentView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
-            mMessageContentView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
-            mScreenReaderEnabled = false;
+        mMessageContentView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
 
-            // the HTC version of WebView tries to force the background of the
-            // titlebar, which is really unfair.
-            TypedValue outValue = new TypedValue();
-            getContext().getTheme().resolveAttribute(R.attr.messageViewHeaderBackgroundColor, outValue, true);
-            mHeaderContainer.setBackgroundColor(outValue.data);
-            // also set background of the whole view (including the attachments view)
-            setBackgroundColor(outValue.data);
-        }
+        // the HTC version of WebView tries to force the background of the
+        // titlebar, which is really unfair.
+        TypedValue outValue = new TypedValue();
+        getContext().getTheme().resolveAttribute(R.attr.messageViewHeaderBackgroundColor, outValue, true);
+        mHeaderContainer.setBackgroundColor(outValue.data);
+        // also set background of the whole view (including the attachments view)
+        setBackgroundColor(outValue.data);
 
         mShowHiddenAttachments.setOnClickListener(this);
         mShowMessageAction.setOnClickListener(this);
@@ -443,43 +426,6 @@ public class SingleMessageView extends LinearLayout implements OnClickListener,
     }
 
 
-    private boolean isScreenReaderActive(Activity activity) {
-        final String SCREENREADER_INTENT_ACTION = "android.accessibilityservice.AccessibilityService";
-        final String SCREENREADER_INTENT_CATEGORY = "android.accessibilityservice.category.FEEDBACK_SPOKEN";
-        // Restrict the set of intents to only accessibility services that have
-        // the category FEEDBACK_SPOKEN (aka, screen readers).
-        Intent screenReaderIntent = new Intent(SCREENREADER_INTENT_ACTION);
-        screenReaderIntent.addCategory(SCREENREADER_INTENT_CATEGORY);
-        List<ResolveInfo> screenReaders = activity.getPackageManager().queryIntentServices(
-                                              screenReaderIntent, 0);
-        ContentResolver cr = activity.getContentResolver();
-        Cursor cursor = null;
-        int status = 0;
-        for (ResolveInfo screenReader : screenReaders) {
-            // All screen readers are expected to implement a content provider
-            // that responds to
-            // content://<nameofpackage>.providers.StatusProvider
-            cursor = cr.query(Uri.parse("content://" + screenReader.serviceInfo.packageName
-                                        + ".providers.StatusProvider"), null, null, null, null);
-            try {
-                if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
-                    // These content providers use a special cursor that only has
-                    // one element,
-                    // an integer that is 1 if the screen reader is running.
-                    status = cursor.getInt(0);
-                    if (status == 1) {
-                        return true;
-                    }
-                }
-            } finally {
-                if (cursor != null) {
-                    cursor.close();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
     public boolean showPictures() {
         return mShowPictures;
     }
@@ -640,12 +586,7 @@ public class SingleMessageView extends LinearLayout implements OnClickListener,
     }
 
     private void loadBodyFromText(String emailText) {
-        if (mScreenReaderEnabled) {
-            mAccessibleMessageContentView.setText(emailText);
-        } else {
-            mMessageContentView.setText(emailText);
-        }
-
+        mMessageContentView.setText(emailText);
     }
 
     public void updateCryptoLayout(CryptoProvider cp, PgpData pgpData, Message message) {
@@ -710,14 +651,10 @@ public class SingleMessageView extends LinearLayout implements OnClickListener,
     }
 
     public void zoom(KeyEvent event) {
-        if (mScreenReaderEnabled) {
-            mAccessibleMessageContentView.zoomIn();
+        if (event.isShiftPressed()) {
+            mMessageContentView.zoomIn();
         } else {
-            if (event.isShiftPressed()) {
-                mMessageContentView.zoomIn();
-            } else {
-                mMessageContentView.zoomOut();
-            }
+            mMessageContentView.zoomOut();
         }
     }