diff --git a/src/api/annotation/AnnotationAPI.js b/src/api/annotation/AnnotationAPI.js
index f6da19d2b9..b93ec0c0ff 100644
--- a/src/api/annotation/AnnotationAPI.js
+++ b/src/api/annotation/AnnotationAPI.js
@@ -601,7 +601,6 @@ export default class AnnotationAPI extends EventEmitter {
    * @returns {boolean} Returns true if the type is annotatable
    */
   isAnnotatableType(type) {
-    console.log('type', type, this.annotatableTypes);
     return this.annotatableTypes.some((annotatableType) => annotatableType === type);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/inspectorViews/annotations/AnnotationsViewProvider.js b/src/plugins/inspectorViews/annotations/AnnotationsViewProvider.js
index 970f3ee79a..bbfc9b98b1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/inspectorViews/annotations/AnnotationsViewProvider.js
+++ b/src/plugins/inspectorViews/annotations/AnnotationsViewProvider.js
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ export default function AnnotationsViewProvider(openmct) {
     view: function (selection) {
       let _destroy = null;
 
-      const domainObject = selection?.[0]?.[0]?.context?.item;
+      const selectionContext = selection?.[0]?.[0]?.context;
+      const domainObject = selectionContext?.item;
+      const isLayoutItem = selectionContext?.layoutItem;
 
       return {
         show: function (element) {
@@ -64,6 +66,10 @@ export default function AnnotationsViewProvider(openmct) {
           _destroy = destroy;
         },
         showTab: function () {
+          if (isLayoutItem) {
+            return false;
+          }
+
           const isAnnotatableType = openmct.annotation.isAnnotatableType(domainObject.type);
           const metadata = openmct.telemetry.getMetadata(domainObject);
           const hasImagery = metadata?.valuesForHints(['image']).length > 0;