diff --git a/mobile/android/base/locales/en-US/android_strings.dtd b/mobile/android/base/locales/en-US/android_strings.dtd
index 9fa40717a1d3..c1345c2e465a 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/locales/en-US/android_strings.dtd
+++ b/mobile/android/base/locales/en-US/android_strings.dtd
@@ -144,13 +144,6 @@
      to send a tab to a synced device is pressed and no other synced devices
      are found. -->
 <!ENTITY overlay_no_synced_devices "No Firefox Account connected devices found">
-<!-- Localization note (overlay_share_tab_not_sent) : Used when the menu option
-     to send a tab to a synced device is pressed and there is an error
-     connecting to the server so the tab could not be sent. The text should be
-     divided into two lines (use the newline escape character, "\n", between
-     them): the first notifying the user about the failure and the second
-     telling the user what to do about it. -->
-<!ENTITY overlay_share_tab_not_sent "Your tab could not be sent.\nPlease try again later.">
 
 <!ENTITY pref_category_search3 "Search">
 <!ENTITY pref_category_search_summary "Customize your search providers">
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/strings.xml.in b/mobile/android/base/strings.xml.in
index c434a4e04959..141d9c18661a 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/strings.xml.in
+++ b/mobile/android/base/strings.xml.in
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@
   <string name="overlay_share_no_url">&overlay_share_no_url;</string>
   <string name="overlay_share_select_device">&overlay_share_select_device;</string>
   <string name="overlay_no_synced_devices">&overlay_no_synced_devices;</string>
-  <string name="overlay_share_tab_not_sent">&overlay_share_tab_not_sent;</string>
 
   <string name="settings">&settings;</string>
   <string name="settings_title">&settings_title;</string>