diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index 2ef563592..bbfe445b9 100644
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -337,12 +337,6 @@
             android:authorities="com.android.email.suggestionsprovider"
             android:exported="true" />
 
-        <receiver android:name="com.android.mail.providers.protos.boot.AccountReceiver">
-          <intent-filter>
-              <action android:name="com.android.email2.providers.protos.boot.intent.ACTION_PROVIDER_CREATED" />
-          </intent-filter>
-        </receiver>
-
         <service android:name="com.android.mail.compose.EmptyService"/>
         <!-- Widget -->
         <receiver android:name=".provider.WidgetProvider" android:label="@string/app_name">
diff --git a/res/values/accountprovider.xml b/res/values/accountprovider.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18108dad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/values/accountprovider.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+     Copyright (C) 2013 Google Inc.
+     Licensed to The Android Open Source Project.
+
+     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.
+-->
+<resources>
+    <!-- List of content provider uris for  -->
+    <string-array name="account_providers" translatable="false">
+        <!-- email account list -->
+        <item>content://com.android.email.provider/uiaccts</item>
+    </string-array>
+
+</resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/com/android/mail/providers/protos/boot/AccountReceiver.java b/src/com/android/mail/providers/protos/boot/AccountReceiver.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 08b29401a..000000000
--- a/src/com/android/mail/providers/protos/boot/AccountReceiver.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * 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.android.mail.providers.protos.boot;
-
-import com.android.emailcommon.provider.EmailContent;
-import com.android.mail.providers.MailAppProvider;
-
-import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.Intent;
-import android.net.Uri;
-
-public class AccountReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
-    /**
-     * Intent used to notify interested parties that the Mail provider has been created.
-     */
-    public static final String ACTION_PROVIDER_CREATED
-            = "com.android.email2.providers.protos.boot.intent.ACTION_PROVIDER_CREATED";
-
-    @Override
-    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
-        EmailContent.init(context);
-        MailAppProvider.addAccountsForUriAsync(Uri.parse(EmailContent.CONTENT_URI + "/uiaccts"));
-    }
-}