diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/feature.h b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/feature.h
index a37c53f3fb..58f6cc975d 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/feature.h
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/feature.h
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ struct Sculpt::Feature
 
 	/* allow the browsing of file systems via the inspect view */
 	static constexpr bool INSPECT_VIEW = true;
+
+	/* highlight hovered buttons, not possible on touch-screen devices */
+	static constexpr bool VISUAL_HOVER = true;
 };
 
 #endif /* _FEATURE_H_ */
diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/view/hoverable_item.h b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/view/hoverable_item.h
index c5f66dde10..bf407fd05b 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/view/hoverable_item.h
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/view/hoverable_item.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef _VIEW__HOVERABLE_ITEM_H_
 #define _VIEW__HOVERABLE_ITEM_H_
 
+#include <feature.h>
 #include "types.h"
 #include "xml.h"
 
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ struct Sculpt::Hoverable_item
 	 */
 	void gen_hovered_attr(Xml_generator &xml, Id const &id) const
 	{
-		if (hovered(id))  xml.attribute("hovered", "yes");
+		if (Feature::VISUAL_HOVER && hovered(id))
+			xml.attribute("hovered", "yes");
 	}
 
 	/**