diff --git a/js/ui/chrome.js b/js/ui/chrome.js
index 32b8f04f4..474deb90e 100644
--- a/js/ui/chrome.js
+++ b/js/ui/chrome.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ const Params = imports.misc.params;
 // workspace content.
 
 const defaultParams = {
-    visibleInOverview: false,
     visibleInFullscreen: false,
     affectsStruts: true,
     affectsInputRegion: true
@@ -73,11 +72,8 @@ Chrome.prototype = {
     // in its visibility will affect the input region, but NOT the
     // struts.
     //
-    // If %visibleInOverview is %true in @params, @actor will remain
-    // visible when the overview is brought up. Otherwise it will
-    // automatically be hidden. Likewise, if %visibleInFullscreen is
-    // %true, the actor will be visible even when a fullscreen window
-    // should be covering it.
+    // If %visibleInFullscreen is %true, the actor will be visible
+    // even when a fullscreen window should be covering it.
     //
     // If %affectsStruts or %affectsInputRegion is %false, the actor
     // will not have the indicated effect.
@@ -96,7 +92,7 @@ Chrome.prototype = {
     //
     // @params can have any of the same values as in addActor(), though
     // some possibilities don't make sense (eg, trying to have a
-    // %visibleInOverview child of a non-%visibleInOverview parent).
+    // %visibleInFullscreen child of a non-%visibleInFullscreen parent).
     // By default, @actor has the same params as its chrome ancestor.
     trackActor: function(actor, params) {
         let ancestor = actor.get_parent();
@@ -189,10 +185,8 @@ Chrome.prototype = {
     _updateVisibility: function() {
         for (let i = 0; i < this._trackedActors.length; i++) {
             let actorData = this._trackedActors[i];
-            if (this._inOverview && !actorData.visibleInOverview)
-                this.actor.set_skip_paint(actorData.actor, true);
-            else if (!this._inOverview && !actorData.visibleInFullscreen &&
-                     this._findMonitorForActor(actorData.actor).inFullscreen)
+            if (!this._inOverview && !actorData.visibleInFullscreen &&
+                this._findMonitorForActor(actorData.actor).inFullscreen)
                 this.actor.set_skip_paint(actorData.actor, true);
             else
                 this.actor.set_skip_paint(actorData.actor, false);
diff --git a/js/ui/messageTray.js b/js/ui/messageTray.js
index b0a6ba0f0..1ae3fd7c4 100644
--- a/js/ui/messageTray.js
+++ b/js/ui/messageTray.js
@@ -1252,7 +1252,6 @@ MessageTray.prototype = {
         this._reNotifyAfterHideNotification = null;
 
         Main.chrome.addActor(this.actor, { affectsStruts: false,
-                                           visibleInOverview: true,
                                            visibleInFullscreen: true });
         Main.chrome.trackActor(this._notificationBin);
         Main.chrome.trackActor(this._summaryBoxPointer.actor);
diff --git a/js/ui/panel.js b/js/ui/panel.js
index 64235eda0..7569f3987 100644
--- a/js/ui/panel.js
+++ b/js/ui/panel.js
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ HotCorner.prototype = {
                  }
             });
 
-        Main.chrome.addActor(this.actor, { visibleInOverview: true, affectsStruts: false });
+        Main.chrome.addActor(this.actor, { affectsStruts: false });
     },
 
     destroy: function() {
@@ -1004,13 +1004,11 @@ Panel.prototype = {
             this.button.checked = false;
         }));
 
-        Main.chrome.addActor(this.actor, { visibleInOverview: true });
-        Main.chrome.addActor(this._leftCorner.actor, { visibleInOverview: true,
-                                                 affectsStruts: false,
-                                                 affectsInputRegion: false });
-        Main.chrome.addActor(this._rightCorner.actor, { visibleInOverview: true,
-                                                  affectsStruts: false,
-                                                  affectsInputRegion: false });
+        Main.chrome.addActor(this.actor);
+        Main.chrome.addActor(this._leftCorner.actor, { affectsStruts: false,
+                                                       affectsInputRegion: false });
+        Main.chrome.addActor(this._rightCorner.actor, { affectsStruts: false,
+                                                        affectsInputRegion: false });
 
         Main.ctrlAltTabManager.addGroup(this.actor, _("Top Bar"), 'start-here',
                                         { sortGroup: CtrlAltTab.SortGroup.TOP });
diff --git a/js/ui/panelMenu.js b/js/ui/panelMenu.js
index cb5088060..77999b291 100644
--- a/js/ui/panelMenu.js
+++ b/js/ui/panelMenu.js
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ Button.prototype = {
         this.menu = new PopupMenu.PopupMenu(this.actor, menuAlignment, St.Side.TOP, 0);
         this.menu.connect('open-state-changed', Lang.bind(this, this._onOpenStateChanged));
         this.menu.actor.connect('key-press-event', Lang.bind(this, this._onMenuKeyPress));
-        Main.chrome.addActor(this.menu.actor, { visibleInOverview: true,
-                                                affectsStruts: false });
+        Main.chrome.addActor(this.menu.actor, { affectsStruts: false });
         this.menu.actor.hide();
     },