diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/CellLayout.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/CellLayout.java
index 9b173be08c..6767cf1bff 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/CellLayout.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/CellLayout.java
@@ -483,10 +483,6 @@ public class CellLayout extends CachedViewGroup {
         return mCountY;
     }
 
-    public boolean addViewToCellLayout(View child, int index, int childId, LayoutParams params) {
-        return addViewToCellLayout(child, index, childId, params, true);
-    }
-
     public boolean addViewToCellLayout(
             View child, int index, int childId, LayoutParams params, boolean markCells) {
         final LayoutParams lp = params;
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/CellLayoutChildren.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/CellLayoutChildren.java
index a6f7f42143..620da6ab84 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/CellLayoutChildren.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/CellLayoutChildren.java
@@ -167,4 +167,5 @@ public class CellLayoutChildren extends ViewGroup {
     protected void setChildrenDrawnWithCacheEnabled(boolean enabled) {
         super.setChildrenDrawnWithCacheEnabled(enabled);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+}
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/Launcher.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/Launcher.java
index 1733ddb2cf..f3208d0b88 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/Launcher.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/Launcher.java
@@ -3333,8 +3333,8 @@ public final class Launcher extends Activity
         int count = workspace.getChildCount();
         for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
             // Use removeAllViewsInLayout() to avoid an extra requestLayout() and invalidate().
-            final ViewGroup layout = ((CellLayout) workspace.getChildAt(i)).getChildrenLayout();
-            layout.removeAllViewsInLayout();
+            final CellLayout layoutParent = (CellLayout) workspace.getChildAt(i);
+            layoutParent.removeAllViewsInLayout();
         }
 
         if (DEBUG_USER_INTERFACE) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/Workspace.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/Workspace.java
index 004de3ae19..9d72c19641 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/Workspace.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/Workspace.java
@@ -2824,7 +2824,8 @@ public class Workspace extends SmoothPagedView
         }
 
         for (int i = 0; i < screenCount; i++) {
-            final ViewGroup layout = ((CellLayout) getChildAt(i)).getChildrenLayout();
+            final CellLayout layoutParent = (CellLayout) getChildAt(i);
+            final ViewGroup layout = layoutParent.getChildrenLayout();
 
             // Avoid ANRs by treating each screen separately
             post(new Runnable() {
@@ -2911,7 +2912,9 @@ public class Workspace extends SmoothPagedView
                     childCount = childrenToRemove.size();
                     for (int j = 0; j < childCount; j++) {
                         View child = childrenToRemove.get(j);
-                        layout.removeViewInLayout(child);
+                        // Note: We can not remove the view directly from CellLayoutChildren as this
+                        // does not re-mark the spaces as unoccupied.
+                        layoutParent.removeViewInLayout(child);
                         if (child instanceof DropTarget) {
                             mDragController.removeDropTarget((DropTarget)child);
                         }