diff --git a/res/drawable-hdpi/focused_application_background.9.png b/res/drawable-hdpi/focused_application_background.9.png
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diff --git a/res/drawable-hdpi/pressed_application_background.9.png b/res/drawable-hdpi/pressed_application_background.9.png
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diff --git a/res/drawable-mdpi/focused_application_background.9.png b/res/drawable-mdpi/focused_application_background.9.png
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diff --git a/res/drawable-mdpi/pressed_application_background.9.png b/res/drawable-mdpi/pressed_application_background.9.png
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diff --git a/res/drawable/pressed_application_background.9.png b/res/drawable/pressed_application_background.9.png
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diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/BubbleTextView.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/BubbleTextView.java
index 89a6303b41..113f35dd8e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/BubbleTextView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/BubbleTextView.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import android.graphics.RectF;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.text.Layout;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
-import android.view.View.MeasureSpec;
 
 import com.android.launcher.R;
 
@@ -40,8 +39,6 @@ public class BubbleTextView extends CacheableTextView {
     static final float PADDING_H = 8.0f;
     static final float PADDING_V = 3.0f;
 
-    private int mAppCellWidth;
-
     private final RectF mRect = new RectF();
     private Paint mPaint;
     private float mBubbleColorAlpha;
@@ -78,7 +75,6 @@ public class BubbleTextView extends CacheableTextView {
         mPaint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
         mPaint.setColor(bubbleColor);
         mBubbleColorAlpha = Color.alpha(bubbleColor) / 255.0f;
-        mAppCellWidth = (int) res.getDimension(R.dimen.app_icon_size);
 
         final float scale = res.getDisplayMetrics().density;
         mCornerRadius = CORNER_RADIUS * scale;
@@ -165,20 +161,6 @@ public class BubbleTextView extends CacheableTextView {
         super.draw(canvas);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    protected void onSizeChanged(int w, int h, int oldw, int oldh) {
-        if (w > 0 && h > 0) {
-            // Temporary Workaround: We need to set padding to compress the text so that we can draw
-            // a hotdog around it.  Currently, the background images prevent us from applying the
-            // padding in XML, so we are doing this programmatically
-            int d = w - mAppCellWidth;
-            int pL = d - (d / 2);
-            int pR = d - pL;
-            setPadding(pL, getPaddingTop(), pR, getPaddingBottom());
-        }
-        super.onSizeChanged(w, h, oldw, oldh);
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected void onAttachedToWindow() {
         super.onAttachedToWindow();