diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/SplitAnimationController.kt b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/SplitAnimationController.kt
index b7c6bf5cc0..3cf603b79b 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/SplitAnimationController.kt
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/SplitAnimationController.kt
@@ -257,10 +257,6 @@ class SplitAnimationController(val splitSelectStateController: SplitSelectStateC
                 Interpolators.clampToProgress(Interpolators.LINEAR,
                         timings.instructionsContainerFadeInStartOffset,
                         timings.instructionsContainerFadeInEndOffset))
-        anim.setViewAlpha(splitInstructionsView!!.textView, 1f,
-                Interpolators.clampToProgress(Interpolators.LINEAR,
-                        timings.instructionsTextFadeInStartOffset,
-                        timings.instructionsTextFadeInEndOffset))
         anim.addFloat(splitInstructionsView, SplitInstructionsView.UNFOLD, 0.1f, 1f,
                 Interpolators.clampToProgress(Interpolators.EMPHASIZED_DECELERATE,
                         timings.instructionsUnfoldStartOffset,
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index 79729999f3..aeb8ebb97f 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -3281,9 +3281,6 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<ACTIVITY_TYPE extends StatefulActivity<STATE_T
         anim.setViewAlpha(splitInstructionsView, 1, clampToProgress(LINEAR,
                 timings.getInstructionsContainerFadeInStartOffset(),
                 timings.getInstructionsContainerFadeInEndOffset()));
-        anim.setViewAlpha(splitInstructionsView.getTextView(), 1, clampToProgress(LINEAR,
-                timings.getInstructionsTextFadeInStartOffset(),
-                timings.getInstructionsTextFadeInEndOffset()));
         anim.addFloat(splitInstructionsView, splitInstructionsView.UNFOLD, 0.1f, 1,
                 clampToProgress(EMPHASIZED_DECELERATE,
                         timings.getInstructionsUnfoldStartOffset(),
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/SplitInstructionsView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/SplitInstructionsView.java
index 8bc85cf8f3..f6501f1e0f 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/SplitInstructionsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/SplitInstructionsView.java
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ import android.util.FloatProperty;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo;
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;
+import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
-import androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatTextView;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherState;
 import com.android.launcher3.R;
@@ -41,12 +41,9 @@ import com.android.launcher3.statemanager.StatefulActivity;
  */
 public class SplitInstructionsView extends LinearLayout {
     private final StatefulActivity mLauncher;
-    private AppCompatTextView mInstructionTextView;
-    /** Only used if {@link com.android.wm.shell.FeatureFlags#enableSplitContextual()} is true. */
-    private AppCompatTextView mCancelTextView;
 
     public static final FloatProperty<SplitInstructionsView> UNFOLD =
-            new FloatProperty<SplitInstructionsView>("SplitInstructionsUnfold") {
+            new FloatProperty<>("SplitInstructionsUnfold") {
                 @Override
                 public void setValue(SplitInstructionsView splitInstructionsView, float v) {
                     splitInstructionsView.setScaleY(v);
@@ -97,12 +94,11 @@ public class SplitInstructionsView extends LinearLayout {
     }
 
     private void init() {
-        mInstructionTextView = findViewById(R.id.split_instructions_text);
-        mCancelTextView = findViewById(R.id.split_instructions_text_cancel);
+        TextView cancelTextView = findViewById(R.id.split_instructions_text_cancel);
 
         if (FeatureFlags.enableSplitContextually()) {
-            mCancelTextView.setVisibility(VISIBLE);
-            mCancelTextView.setOnClickListener((v) -> exitSplitSelection());
+            cancelTextView.setVisibility(VISIBLE);
+            cancelTextView.setOnClickListener((v) -> exitSplitSelection());
         }
     }
 
@@ -147,8 +143,4 @@ public class SplitInstructionsView extends LinearLayout {
                         getMeasuredWidth()
                 );
     }
-
-    public AppCompatTextView getTextView() {
-        return mInstructionTextView;
-    }
 }