diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
index 4f49f3ddd..3e503708f 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ StScrollBar StButton#vhandle:active {
 
 #overview {
     spacing: 24px;
+    padding-bottom: 32px;
 }
 
 .window-caption {
diff --git a/js/ui/overview.js b/js/ui/overview.js
index 6c5d59368..263e2b763 100644
--- a/js/ui/overview.js
+++ b/js/ui/overview.js
@@ -231,8 +231,7 @@ const Overview = new Lang.Class({
         this._thumbnailsBox = new WorkspaceThumbnail.ThumbnailsBox();
         this._controls = new OverviewControls.ControlsManager(this._dash,
                                                               this._thumbnailsBox,
-                                                              this._viewSelector,
-                                                              this._searchEntryBin);
+                                                              this._viewSelector);
 
         // Pack all the actors into the group
         this._group.add_actor(this._controls.dashActor);
diff --git a/js/ui/overviewControls.js b/js/ui/overviewControls.js
index 3bbeb97c9..39ddc78f6 100644
--- a/js/ui/overviewControls.js
+++ b/js/ui/overviewControls.js
@@ -294,34 +294,15 @@ const DashSlider = new Lang.Class({
     }
 });
 
-const SlidingControlContainer = new Lang.Class({
-    Name: 'SlidingControlContainer',
-    Extends: St.Widget,
-
-    _init: function(child, entryBin) {
-        this._layout = new Clutter.BoxLayout({ vertical: true });
-        this.parent({ layout_manager: this._layout });
-
-        child.x_expand = true;
-        this.add_actor(child);
-
-        let entryClone = new Shell.GenericContainer();
-        entryClone.connect('get-preferred-height', function(actor, forWidth, alloc) {
-            [alloc.min_size, alloc.natural_size] = [entryBin.height, entryBin.height];
-        });
-        this.add_actor(entryClone);
-    }
-});
-
 const ControlsManager = new Lang.Class({
     Name: 'ControlsManager',
 
-    _init: function(dash, thumbnails, viewSelector, entryBin) {
+    _init: function(dash, thumbnails, viewSelector) {
         this._dashSlider = new DashSlider(dash);
-        this.dashActor = new SlidingControlContainer(this._dashSlider.actor, entryBin);
+        this.dashActor = this._dashSlider.actor;
 
         this._thumbnailsSlider = new ThumbnailsSlider(thumbnails);
-        this.thumbnailsActor = new SlidingControlContainer(this._thumbnailsSlider.actor, entryBin);
+        this.thumbnailsActor = this._thumbnailsSlider.actor;
 
         this._viewSelector = viewSelector;
         this._viewSelector.connect('page-changed', Lang.bind(this, this._setVisibility));