diff --git a/res/values/styles.xml b/res/values/styles.xml
index 8076c80..38b5dae 100644
--- a/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
         <item name="android:singleLine">true</item>
         <item name="android:textColor">?android:attr/textColorSecondary</item>
         <item name="android:fontFamily">sans-serif-condensed</item>
+        <item name="android:defaultFocusHighlightEnabled">false</item>
 
         <!-- No shadows in the base theme -->
         <item name="android:shadowRadius">0</item>
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/keyboard/FocusIndicatorHelper.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/keyboard/FocusIndicatorHelper.java
index c07ab08..c50189c 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/keyboard/FocusIndicatorHelper.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/keyboard/FocusIndicatorHelper.java
@@ -236,4 +236,19 @@
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Simple subclass which assumes that the target view is a child of the container.
+     */
+    public static class SimpleFocusIndicatorHelper extends FocusIndicatorHelper {
+
+        public SimpleFocusIndicatorHelper(View container) {
+            super(container);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void viewToRect(View v, Rect outRect) {
+            outRect.set(v.getLeft(), v.getTop(), v.getRight(), v.getBottom());
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/keyboard/FocusedItemDecorator.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/keyboard/FocusedItemDecorator.java
index 9c80b0f..05ae406 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/keyboard/FocusedItemDecorator.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/keyboard/FocusedItemDecorator.java
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@
 package com.android.launcher3.keyboard;
 
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
-import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
 import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.ItemDecoration;
 import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.State;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.View.OnFocusChangeListener;
 
+import com.android.launcher3.keyboard.FocusIndicatorHelper.SimpleFocusIndicatorHelper;
+
 /**
  * {@link ItemDecoration} for drawing and animating focused view background.
  */
@@ -32,13 +33,7 @@
     private FocusIndicatorHelper mHelper;
 
     public FocusedItemDecorator(View container) {
-        mHelper = new FocusIndicatorHelper(container) {
-
-            @Override
-            public void viewToRect(View v, Rect outRect) {
-                outRect.set(v.getLeft(), v.getTop(), v.getRight(), v.getBottom());
-            }
-        };
+        mHelper = new SimpleFocusIndicatorHelper(container);
     }
 
     public OnFocusChangeListener getFocusListener() {