diff --git a/res/xml/default_workspace_splitdisplay_5x5.xml b/res/xml/default_workspace_splitdisplay_5x5.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 162367be86..0000000000
--- a/res/xml/default_workspace_splitdisplay_5x5.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- Copyright (C) 2009 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.
--->
-
-<favorites xmlns:launcher="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto/com.android.launcher3">
-
-    <!-- Hotseat (We use the screen as the position of the item in the hotseat) -->
-    <!-- Dialer, Messaging, [Maps/Music], Browser, Camera -->
-    <resolve
-        launcher:container="-101"
-        launcher:screen="0"
-        launcher:x="0"
-        launcher:y="0" >
-        <favorite launcher:uri="#Intent;action=android.intent.action.DIAL;end" />
-        <favorite launcher:uri="tel:123" />
-        <favorite launcher:uri="#Intent;action=android.intent.action.CALL_BUTTON;end" />
-    </resolve>
-
-    <resolve
-        launcher:container="-101"
-        launcher:screen="1"
-        launcher:x="1"
-        launcher:y="0" >
-        <favorite launcher:uri="#Intent;action=android.intent.action.MAIN;category=android.intent.category.APP_MESSAGING;end" />
-        <favorite launcher:uri="sms:" />
-        <favorite launcher:uri="smsto:" />
-        <favorite launcher:uri="mms:" />
-        <favorite launcher:uri="mmsto:" />
-    </resolve>
-
-    <resolve
-        launcher:container="-101"
-        launcher:screen="2"
-        launcher:x="2"
-        launcher:y="0" >
-        <favorite launcher:uri="#Intent;action=android.intent.action.MAIN;category=android.intent.category.APP_MAPS;end" />
-        <favorite launcher:uri="#Intent;action=android.intent.action.MAIN;category=android.intent.category.APP_MUSIC;end" />
-    </resolve>
-
-    <resolve
-        launcher:container="-101"
-        launcher:screen="3"
-        launcher:x="3"
-        launcher:y="0" >
-        <favorite
-            launcher:uri="#Intent;action=android.intent.action.MAIN;category=android.intent.category.APP_BROWSER;end" />
-        <favorite launcher:uri="http://www.example.com/" />
-    </resolve>
-
-    <resolve
-        launcher:container="-101"
-        launcher:screen="4"
-        launcher:x="4"
-        launcher:y="0" >
-        <favorite launcher:uri="#Intent;action=android.media.action.STILL_IMAGE_CAMERA;end" />
-        <favorite launcher:uri="#Intent;action=android.intent.action.CAMERA_BUTTON;end" />
-    </resolve>
-
-    <!-- Bottom row -->
-    <resolve
-        launcher:screen="0"
-        launcher:x="0"
-        launcher:y="-1" >
-	    <favorite launcher:uri="#Intent;action=android.intent.action.MAIN;category=android.intent.category.APP_EMAIL;end" />
-	    <favorite launcher:uri="mailto:" />
-
-    </resolve>
-
-    <resolve
-        launcher:screen="0"
-        launcher:x="1"
-        launcher:y="-1" >
-	    <favorite launcher:uri="#Intent;action=android.intent.action.MAIN;category=android.intent.category.APP_GALLERY;end" />
-	    <favorite launcher:uri="#Intent;type=images/*;end" />
-
-    </resolve>
-
-    <resolve
-        launcher:screen="0"
-        launcher:x="4"
-        launcher:y="-1" >
-        <favorite launcher:uri="#Intent;action=android.intent.action.MAIN;category=android.intent.category.APP_MARKET;end" />
-        <favorite launcher:uri="market://details?id=com.android.launcher" />
-    </resolve>
-
-    <!-- Placeholder before we add page pairing in b/196376162 -->
-    <resolve
-        launcher:screen="1"
-        launcher:x="0"
-        launcher:y="-4" >
-        <favorite launcher:uri="#Intent;action=android.intent.action.MAIN;category=android.intent.category.APP_GALLERY;end" />
-        <favorite launcher:uri="#Intent;type=images/*;end" />
-    </resolve>
-
-</favorites>
diff --git a/res/xml/device_profiles.xml b/res/xml/device_profiles.xml
index d8ee6f204f..256999cd7f 100644
--- a/res/xml/device_profiles.xml
+++ b/res/xml/device_profiles.xml
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@
         launcher:numFolderColumns="4"
         launcher:numHotseatIcons="5"
         launcher:dbFile="launcher.db"
-        launcher:defaultLayoutId="@xml/default_workspace_5x5"
-        launcher:defaultSplitDisplayLayoutId="@xml/default_workspace_splitdisplay_5x5" >
+        launcher:defaultLayoutId="@xml/default_workspace_5x5" >
 
         <display-option
             launcher:name="Large Phone"
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
index 9a3da53c85..54b2c968c0 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
@@ -859,18 +859,13 @@ public class Workspace extends PagedView<WorkspacePageIndicator>
         mWorkspaceScreens.remove(emptyScreenId);
         mScreenOrder.removeValue(emptyScreenId);
 
-        int newScreenId = LauncherSettings.Settings.call(getContext().getContentResolver(),
-                LauncherSettings.Settings.METHOD_NEW_SCREEN_ID)
-                .getInt(LauncherSettings.Settings.EXTRA_VALUE);
-
-
-        // When two panel home is enabled and the last page (the page on the right) doesn't
-        // have any items, then Launcher database doesn't know about this page because it was added
-        // by Launcher::bindAddScreens but wasn't inserted into the database. LauncherSettings's
-        // generate new screen ID method will return the ID for the left page,
-        // so we need to increment it.
-        if (isTwoPanelEnabled() && emptyScreenId == EXTRA_EMPTY_SCREEN_ID && newScreenId % 2 == 1) {
-            newScreenId++;
+        int newScreenId = -1;
+        // Launcher database isn't aware of empty pages that are already bound, so we need to
+        // skip those IDs manually.
+        while (newScreenId == -1 || mWorkspaceScreens.containsKey(newScreenId)) {
+            newScreenId = LauncherSettings.Settings.call(getContext().getContentResolver(),
+                    LauncherSettings.Settings.METHOD_NEW_SCREEN_ID)
+                    .getInt(LauncherSettings.Settings.EXTRA_VALUE);
         }
 
         mWorkspaceScreens.put(newScreenId, cl);