diff --git a/containments/homescreen/package/contents/ui/launcher/Delegate.qml b/containments/homescreen/package/contents/ui/launcher/Delegate.qml
index 8c7c5c88..2fd9b869 100644
--- a/containments/homescreen/package/contents/ui/launcher/Delegate.qml
+++ b/containments/homescreen/package/contents/ui/launcher/Delegate.qml
@@ -139,17 +139,10 @@ ContainmentLayoutManager.ItemContainer {
                 horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
                 verticalAlignment: Text.AlignTop
                 maximumLineCount: 2
-                //elide: Text.ElideRight
-                elide: truncated ? Text.ElideLeft : Text.ElideRight
+                elide: Text.ElideRight
+
+                text:  model.ApplicationNameRole
 
-                text: {
-                    // This trick can get us a shorter text but without ...
-                    if (truncated) {
-                        return model.ApplicationNameRole + "\x9C"
-                    } else {
-                        return model.ApplicationNameRole;
-                    }
-                }
                 //FIXME: export smallestReadableFont
                 font.pointSize: theme.defaultFont.pointSize * 0.9
                 color: "white"//model.ApplicationLocationRole == ApplicationListModel.Desktop ? "white" : theme.textColor
diff --git a/containments/homescreen/package/contents/ui/launcher/FavoriteStrip.qml b/containments/homescreen/package/contents/ui/launcher/FavoriteStrip.qml
index 4f301521..2aae87fb 100644
--- a/containments/homescreen/package/contents/ui/launcher/FavoriteStrip.qml
+++ b/containments/homescreen/package/contents/ui/launcher/FavoriteStrip.qml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ LauncherContainer {
 
     opacity: launcherDragManager.active && plasmoid.nativeInterface.applicationListModel.favoriteCount >= plasmoid.nativeInterface.applicationListModel.maxFavoriteCount ? 0.3 : 1
 
-    height: launcherGrid.cellHeight + topPadding + bottomPadding
+    height: launcherGrid.cellHeight
 
     frame.implicitWidth: launcherGrid.cellWidth * Math.max(1, flow.children.length) + frame.leftPadding + frame.rightPadding