diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/touch_keyboard/main.cc b/repos/gems/src/app/touch_keyboard/main.cc
index 1c9f39e721..2b02e0a215 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/touch_keyboard/main.cc
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/touch_keyboard/main.cc
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ struct Touch_keyboard::Main : Sandbox::Local_service_base::Wakeup,
 		_layout.sigh(_config_handler);
 		_handle_config();
 		_update_sandbox_config();
-		log("Customized touch_keyboard_dialog opaque=", _opaque);
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/touch_keyboard/touch_keyboard_dialog.cc b/repos/gems/src/app/touch_keyboard/touch_keyboard_dialog.cc
index 3a0c16f9a8..e1405fdf87 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/touch_keyboard/touch_keyboard_dialog.cc
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/touch_keyboard/touch_keyboard_dialog.cc
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ void Dialog::produce_xml(Xml_generator &xml)
 					});
 				});
 			});
-			xml.node("label", [&] () {
-				xml.attribute("name", "spacer");
-				xml.attribute("font", "annotation/regular");
-				xml.attribute("text", "");
-			});
 		});
 	};