diff --git a/src/android/camera_device.cpp b/src/android/camera_device.cpp
index f2e0bdbdbbf6..16237674ea24 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_device.cpp
+++ b/src/android/camera_device.cpp
@@ -406,7 +406,6 @@ void CameraDevice::flush()
 		state_ = State::Flushing;
 	}
 
-	worker_.stop();
 	camera_->stop();
 
 	MutexLocker stateLock(stateMutex_);
@@ -419,7 +418,6 @@ void CameraDevice::stop()
 	if (state_ == State::Stopped)
 		return;
 
-	worker_.stop();
 	camera_->stop();
 
 	descriptors_ = {};
@@ -714,9 +712,10 @@ int CameraDevice::configureStreams(camera3_stream_configuration_t *stream_list)
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<FrameBuffer>
-CameraDevice::createFrameBuffer(const buffer_handle_t camera3buffer,
+CameraDevice::createFrameBuffer(const Camera3RequestDescriptor::StreamBuffer &streamBuffer,
 				PixelFormat pixelFormat, const Size &size)
 {
+	const buffer_handle_t camera3buffer = *streamBuffer.camera3Buffer;
 	CameraBuffer buf(camera3buffer, pixelFormat, size, PROT_READ);
 	if (!buf.isValid()) {
 		LOG(HAL, Fatal) << "Failed to create CameraBuffer";
@@ -736,7 +735,8 @@ CameraDevice::createFrameBuffer(const buffer_handle_t camera3buffer,
 		planes[i].length = buf.size(i);
 	}
 
-	return std::make_unique<FrameBuffer>(planes);
+	return std::make_unique<FrameBuffer>(planes, 0,
+					     streamBuffer.fence);
 }
 
 int CameraDevice::processControls(Camera3RequestDescriptor *descriptor)
@@ -912,13 +912,9 @@ int CameraDevice::processCaptureRequest(camera3_capture_request_t *camera3Reques
 
 		/*
 		 * Inspect the camera stream type, create buffers opportunely
-		 * and add them to the Request if required. Only acquire fences
-		 * for streams of type Direct are handled by the CameraWorker,
-		 * while fences for streams of type Internal and Mapped are
-		 * handled at post-processing time.
+		 * and add them to the Request if required.
 		 */
 		FrameBuffer *frameBuffer = nullptr;
-		int acquireFence = -1;
 		switch (cameraStream->type()) {
 		case CameraStream::Type::Mapped:
 			/*
@@ -939,11 +935,10 @@ int CameraDevice::processCaptureRequest(camera3_capture_request_t *camera3Reques
 			 * lifetime management only.
 			 */
 			buffer.frameBuffer =
-				createFrameBuffer(*buffer.camera3Buffer,
+				createFrameBuffer(buffer,
 						  cameraStream->configuration().pixelFormat,
 						  cameraStream->configuration().size);
 			frameBuffer = buffer.frameBuffer.get();
-			acquireFence = buffer.fence;
 			LOG(HAL, Debug) << ss.str() << " (direct)";
 			break;
 
@@ -970,12 +965,12 @@ int CameraDevice::processCaptureRequest(camera3_capture_request_t *camera3Reques
 		}
 
 		descriptor->request_->addBuffer(cameraStream->stream(),
-						frameBuffer, acquireFence);
+						frameBuffer);
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Translate controls from Android to libcamera and queue the request
-	 * to the CameraWorker thread.
+	 * to the camera.
 	 */
 	int ret = processControls(descriptor.get());
 	if (ret)
@@ -1001,26 +996,23 @@ int CameraDevice::processCaptureRequest(camera3_capture_request_t *camera3Reques
 	}
 
 	if (state_ == State::Stopped) {
-		worker_.start();
-
 		ret = camera_->start();
 		if (ret) {
 			LOG(HAL, Error) << "Failed to start camera";
-			worker_.stop();
 			return ret;
 		}
 
 		state_ = State::Running;
 	}
 
-	CaptureRequest *request = descriptor->request_.get();
+	Request *request = descriptor->request_.get();
 
 	{
 		MutexLocker descriptorsLock(descriptorsMutex_);
 		descriptors_.push(std::move(descriptor));
 	}
 
-	worker_.queueRequest(request);
+	camera_->queueRequest(request);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1042,16 +1034,17 @@ void CameraDevice::requestComplete(Request *request)
 		/*
 		 * Streams of type Direct have been queued to the
 		 * libcamera::Camera and their acquire fences have
-		 * already been waited on by the CameraWorker.
+		 * been handled by the library.
+		 *
+		 * If the fence has been signalled correctly it will be -1 and
+		 * closed, otherwise it is set to the 'acquire_fence' value and
+		 * the framework will have to close it.
 		 *
 		 * Acquire fences of streams of type Internal and Mapped
 		 * will be handled during post-processing.
-		 *
-		 * \todo Instrument the CameraWorker to set the acquire
-		 * fence to -1 once it has handled it and remove this check.
 		 */
 		if (stream->type() == CameraStream::Type::Direct)
-			buffer.fence = -1;
+			buffer.fence = buffer.frameBuffer->fence();
 		buffer.status = Camera3RequestDescriptor::Status::Success;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/android/camera_device.h b/src/android/camera_device.h
index 2a414020f1ad..d83f77a8cf22 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_device.h
+++ b/src/android/camera_device.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "camera_capabilities.h"
 #include "camera_metadata.h"
 #include "camera_stream.h"
-#include "camera_worker.h"
 #include "jpeg/encoder.h"
 
 class Camera3RequestDescriptor;
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ private:
 	void stop();
 
 	std::unique_ptr<libcamera::FrameBuffer>
-	createFrameBuffer(const buffer_handle_t camera3buffer,
+	createFrameBuffer(const Camera3RequestDescriptor::StreamBuffer &streamBuffer,
 			  libcamera::PixelFormat pixelFormat,
 			  const libcamera::Size &size);
 	void abortRequest(Camera3RequestDescriptor *descriptor) const;
@@ -105,8 +104,6 @@ private:
 	unsigned int id_;
 	camera3_device_t camera3Device_;
 
-	CameraWorker worker_;
-
 	libcamera::Mutex stateMutex_; /* Protects access to the camera state. */
 	State state_;
 
diff --git a/src/android/camera_request.cpp b/src/android/camera_request.cpp
index 5bac1b8f7a5f..f656c3ebe448 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_request.cpp
+++ b/src/android/camera_request.cpp
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ Camera3RequestDescriptor::Camera3RequestDescriptor(
 	 * Create the CaptureRequest, stored as a unique_ptr<> to tie its
 	 * lifetime to the descriptor.
 	 */
-	request_ = std::make_unique<CaptureRequest>(camera,
-						    reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(this));
+	request_ = camera->createRequest(reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(this));
 }
 
 Camera3RequestDescriptor::~Camera3RequestDescriptor() = default;
diff --git a/src/android/camera_request.h b/src/android/camera_request.h
index cfafa4450d71..e019c38784ba 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_request.h
+++ b/src/android/camera_request.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <hardware/camera3.h>
 
 #include "camera_metadata.h"
-#include "camera_worker.h"
 
 class CameraBuffer;
 class CameraStream;
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ public:
 	std::vector<StreamBuffer> buffers_;
 
 	CameraMetadata settings_;
-	std::unique_ptr<CaptureRequest> request_;
+	std::unique_ptr<libcamera::Request> request_;
 	std::unique_ptr<CameraMetadata> resultMetadata_;
 
 	bool complete_ = false;
diff --git a/src/android/camera_worker.cpp b/src/android/camera_worker.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index dabb305407a2..000000000000
--- a/src/android/camera_worker.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2020, Google Inc.
- *
- * camera_worker.cpp - Process capture requests on behalf of the Camera HAL
- */
-
-#include "camera_worker.h"
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/poll.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include "camera_device.h"
-
-using namespace libcamera;
-
-LOG_DECLARE_CATEGORY(HAL)
-
-/*
- * \class CaptureRequest
- * \brief Wrap a libcamera::Request associated with buffers and fences
- *
- * A CaptureRequest is constructed by the CameraDevice, filled with
- * buffers and fences provided by the camera3 framework and then processed
- * by the CameraWorker which queues it to the libcamera::Camera after handling
- * fences.
- */
-CaptureRequest::CaptureRequest(Camera *camera, uint64_t cookie)
-	: camera_(camera)
-{
-	request_ = camera_->createRequest(cookie);
-}
-
-void CaptureRequest::addBuffer(Stream *stream, FrameBuffer *buffer, int fence)
-{
-	request_->addBuffer(stream, buffer);
-	acquireFences_.push_back(fence);
-}
-
-void CaptureRequest::queue()
-{
-	camera_->queueRequest(request_.get());
-}
-
-/*
- * \class CameraWorker
- * \brief Process a CaptureRequest on an internal thread
- *
- * The CameraWorker class wraps a Worker that runs on an internal thread
- * and schedules processing of CaptureRequest through it.
- */
-CameraWorker::CameraWorker()
-{
-	worker_.moveToThread(this);
-}
-
-void CameraWorker::start()
-{
-	Thread::start();
-}
-
-void CameraWorker::stop()
-{
-	exit();
-	wait();
-}
-
-void CameraWorker::run()
-{
-	exec();
-	dispatchMessages(Message::Type::InvokeMessage);
-}
-
-void CameraWorker::queueRequest(CaptureRequest *request)
-{
-	/* Async process the request on the worker which runs its own thread. */
-	worker_.invokeMethod(&Worker::processRequest, ConnectionTypeQueued,
-			     request);
-}
-
-/*
- * \class CameraWorker::Worker
- * \brief Process a CaptureRequest handling acquisition fences
- */
-int CameraWorker::Worker::waitFence(int fence)
-{
-	/*
-	 * \todo Better characterize the timeout. Currently equal to the one
-	 * used by the Rockchip Camera HAL on ChromeOS.
-	 */
-	constexpr unsigned int timeoutMs = 300;
-	struct pollfd fds = { fence, POLLIN, 0 };
-
-	do {
-		int ret = poll(&fds, 1, timeoutMs);
-		if (ret == 0)
-			return -ETIME;
-
-		if (ret > 0) {
-			if (fds.revents & (POLLERR | POLLNVAL))
-				return -EINVAL;
-
-			return 0;
-		}
-	} while (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN);
-
-	return -errno;
-}
-
-void CameraWorker::Worker::processRequest(CaptureRequest *request)
-{
-	/* Wait on all fences before queuing the Request. */
-	for (int fence : request->fences()) {
-		if (fence == -1)
-			continue;
-
-		int ret = waitFence(fence);
-		close(fence);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			LOG(HAL, Error) << "Failed waiting for fence: "
-					<< fence << ": " << strerror(-ret);
-			return;
-		}
-	}
-
-	request->queue();
-}
diff --git a/src/android/camera_worker.h b/src/android/camera_worker.h
deleted file mode 100644
index c94f16325925..000000000000
--- a/src/android/camera_worker.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2020, Google Inc.
- *
- * camera_worker.h - Process capture requests on behalf of the Camera HAL
- */
-#ifndef __ANDROID_CAMERA_WORKER_H__
-#define __ANDROID_CAMERA_WORKER_H__
-
-#include <memory>
-#include <stdint.h>
-
-#include <libcamera/base/object.h>
-#include <libcamera/base/thread.h>
-
-#include <libcamera/camera.h>
-#include <libcamera/framebuffer.h>
-#include <libcamera/request.h>
-#include <libcamera/stream.h>
-
-class CameraDevice;
-
-class CaptureRequest
-{
-public:
-	CaptureRequest(libcamera::Camera *camera, uint64_t cookie);
-
-	const std::vector<int> &fences() const { return acquireFences_; }
-	libcamera::ControlList &controls() { return request_->controls(); }
-	const libcamera::ControlList &metadata() const
-	{
-		return request_->metadata();
-	}
-	unsigned long cookie() const { return request_->cookie(); }
-
-	void addBuffer(libcamera::Stream *stream,
-		       libcamera::FrameBuffer *buffer, int fence);
-	void queue();
-
-private:
-	libcamera::Camera *camera_;
-	std::vector<int> acquireFences_;
-	std::unique_ptr<libcamera::Request> request_;
-};
-
-class CameraWorker : private libcamera::Thread
-{
-public:
-	CameraWorker();
-
-	void start();
-	void stop();
-
-	void queueRequest(CaptureRequest *request);
-
-protected:
-	void run() override;
-
-private:
-	class Worker : public libcamera::Object
-	{
-	public:
-		void processRequest(CaptureRequest *request);
-
-	private:
-		int waitFence(int fence);
-	};
-
-	Worker worker_;
-};
-
-#endif /* __ANDROID_CAMERA_WORKER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/android/meson.build b/src/android/meson.build
index 332b177ca805..75b4bf207085 100644
--- a/src/android/meson.build
+++ b/src/android/meson.build
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ android_hal_sources = files([
     'camera_ops.cpp',
     'camera_request.cpp',
     'camera_stream.cpp',
-    'camera_worker.cpp',
     'jpeg/encoder_libjpeg.cpp',
     'jpeg/exif.cpp',
     'jpeg/post_processor_jpeg.cpp',
