diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFeatureProviderImpl.java b/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFeatureProviderImpl.java
index a191e685a65..92f078ec88a 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFeatureProviderImpl.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFeatureProviderImpl.java
@@ -280,8 +280,6 @@ public class DashboardFeatureProviderImpl implements DashboardFeatureProvider {
                     METHOD_GET_DYNAMIC_SUMMARY);
             refreshSummary(uri, preference);
             return createDynamicDataObserver(METHOD_GET_DYNAMIC_SUMMARY, uri, preference);
-        } else {
-            preference.setSummary(R.string.summary_placeholder);
         }
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFeatureProviderImplTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFeatureProviderImplTest.java
index 1e6bc4114eb..fa1aaa8942e 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFeatureProviderImplTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFeatureProviderImplTest.java
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ public class DashboardFeatureProviderImplTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void bindPreference_noSummary_shouldSetSummaryToPlaceholder() {
+    public void bindPreference_noSummary_shouldSetNullSummary() {
         final Preference preference = new Preference(RuntimeEnvironment.application);
         mActivityInfo.metaData.remove(META_DATA_PREFERENCE_SUMMARY);
 
@@ -295,8 +295,7 @@ public class DashboardFeatureProviderImplTest {
                 MetricsEvent.VIEW_UNKNOWN, preference, tile, null /*key */,
                 Preference.DEFAULT_ORDER);
 
-        assertThat(preference.getSummary())
-                .isEqualTo(RuntimeEnvironment.application.getString(R.string.summary_placeholder));
+        assertThat(preference.getSummary()).isNull();
     }
 
     @Test