diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
index fb847f9133..e6b34574a9 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
@@ -964,7 +964,8 @@ public class BubbleTextView extends TextView implements ItemInfoUpdateReceiver,
 
     @Override
     public void setTextColor(ColorStateList colors) {
-        mTextColor = shouldDrawAppContrastTile() ? PillColorProvider.getInstance(
+        mTextColor = (shouldDrawAppContrastTile() && !TextUtils.isEmpty(getText()))
+                ? PillColorProvider.getInstance(
                 getContext()).getAppTitleTextPaint().getColor()
                 : colors.getDefaultColor();
         mTextColorStateList = colors;
@@ -989,7 +990,7 @@ public class BubbleTextView extends TextView implements ItemInfoUpdateReceiver,
     public boolean shouldDrawAppContrastTile() {
         return mDisplay == DISPLAY_WORKSPACE && shouldTextBeVisible()
                 && PillColorProvider.getInstance(getContext()).isMatchaEnabled()
-                && enableContrastTiles() && !TextUtils.isEmpty(getText());
+                && enableContrastTiles();
     }
 
     public void setTextVisibility(boolean visible) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/views/DoubleShadowBubbleTextView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/views/DoubleShadowBubbleTextView.java
index 392d9a7014..05bc4d86a7 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/views/DoubleShadowBubbleTextView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/views/DoubleShadowBubbleTextView.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.text.Spannable;
 import android.text.SpannableString;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.text.style.ImageSpan;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.util.Log;
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ public class DoubleShadowBubbleTextView extends BubbleTextView {
 
     @Override
     public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
-        if (shouldDrawAppContrastTile()) {
+        if (shouldDrawAppContrastTile() && !TextUtils.isEmpty(getText())) {
             drawAppContrastTile(canvas);
         }
         // If text is transparent or shadow alpha is 0, don't draw any shadow